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How is Heirloom Roses’ ‘Boost and Bloom’ plant food?

Rose Beginner Zone 9b LA

11 months ago

Hi everyone!

Looking for reviews on Heirloom Roses’ Boost and Bloom plant food. Has anyone used it?

I’ve used Maxsea plant flood (both Grow and Bloom versions) and I’ve absolutely loved them. My roses love it and always respond well to it and bloom beautifully. But I am wondering if there is another plant food out in the market that I might be missing out on? A more cost effective plant food that does well just like Maxsea or even better might be good. :)

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11 months ago

Fetilizer is fertilizer. The differences lie mainly in how much and what form of Nitrogen is present. Nitrogen in the form of Urea needs to be broken down by bacterial action to become available to plants. If its in the fertilizer as Ammonium nitrate, then its immediately available for uptake. Ammonium nitrate is by far the better form of N in a fertilizer, but most fertilizers use Urea, probably because its cheaper to use.

No matter what a fertilizer manufacturer wants to tell you, Nitrogen is doing the heavy lifting in a fertilizer formula, so you can use the cheapest thing you can find and odds are it will be just as effective as the most $$$ formula you can find. There's little reason to choose an expensive fertilizer over Miracle Gro, to be honest.

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Diane Brakefield
11 months ago
Hear, hear. Paul. I'm sure Heirloom's Fertilizer is more expensive than many others, though. Now what would make me think that? Diane
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SoCalGardenNut
11 months ago
I got one free bag because i had a coupon for $10. But i think Rose tone is my simplest and easiest fertlizer, i bought the spikes from Home Depot.
Rose Beginner Zone 9b LA
Original Author
11 months ago
Diane, Maxsea is even more expensive than Heirloom’s. Wonder why
Moses, Pittsburgh, W. PA., zone 5/6, USA
11 months ago
Paul's post is right on the money. Fertilizer isis
Diane Brakefield
11 months ago
Rose Beginner, what is Maxsea? Diane
Rose Beginner Zone 9b LA
Original Author
11 months ago
Diane — Maxsea Grow 16-16-16 1.5 Lbs. Water Soluble Seaweed Plant Food Fertilizer https://a.co/d/blIjGe8
Rose Beginner Zone 9b LA
Original Author
11 months ago
Maxsea Bloom Plant Food 3-20-20 - 6 lb https://a.co/d/h0wz4Vr
User
11 months ago
About MaxSea fertilizers: they're as good as any other, but my comments above apply here also. If you look at the SDS sheet for their products, it becomes obvious that the Nitrogen in these formulas is still coming from Urea, just like most other fertilizers on the market. The minerals and other potentially beneficial components from the seaweed powder are supposed to be the "magic ingredient" in MaxSea, but at the end of the day, its a fertilizer blend just like any other.

Oh, and its worth nothing that they state fairly clearly that MaxSea isn't an organic fertilizer - its "an organic-blend" fertilizer: natural nutrient components blended with traditional fertilizer sources (like Urea). This stuff is bloody expensive too: $75 for a 6 pound jar.
Rose Beginner Zone 9b LA
Original Author
11 months ago
Thanks a ton for the info, Paul! Thats for educating me. Dang, I think I bought the hype around Maxsea a couple years ago.

Whats your choice of fertiliser for roses?
Ken Wilkinson
11 months ago
I'm with Paul on this one. That being said, I use Espoma Plant Tone for just about everything in my garden. It works fine. That's all I worry about.
Rose Beginner Zone 9b LA
Original Author
11 months ago
Thanks everyone! I ended up grabbing Espoma Plant Tone and a small bag of Bone Meal. What are your thoughts on Bone Meal for roses? Does it promote blooming?
Meg-zone8aOR
11 months ago
https://paulzimmermanroses.com/gardening/care/planting-roses/bone-meal-think-twice-about-adding-it-to-the-planting-hole/
susan9santabarbara
11 months ago
Rose beginner, I don't know if your LA means Los Angeles or Louisiana, but generally in So. Calif., roses don't need bone meal.
Rose Beginner Zone 9b LA
Original Author
11 months ago
Los Angeles. Gotcha

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