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  • Liquid fertilizer question

    From T@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 2 18:52:19 2023
    Hi All,

    I water my ground pots with a watering want
    on sprinkle.

    I picked out a liquid fertilizer that I liked
    as it had a lower nitrogen and a higher phosphate
    number (1-3-1).

    https://www.amazon.com/Espoma-Bl18-Bloom-Organic-Plant/dp/B07VL4XZZS

    They want you to premix 1/2 cap to one quart of water.

    This is a supreme hassle to to do over so many
    ground pots.

    Is there any reason why I can't just put a 1/2
    cap in each ground pot and then go back and
    water it in with my watering wand?

    Many thanks,
    -T

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  • From songbird@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 3 15:07:15 2023
    T wrote:
    ...
    Is there any reason why I can't just put a 1/2
    cap in each ground pot and then go back and
    water it in with my watering wand?

    yes, even if you immediately watered and did not
    wait it may still be too strong in spots and do
    harm to the roots of the plant. if you look up
    what fertilzer burn is you can see that it's not a
    good thing to do to a plant.


    songbird

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  • From T@21:1/5 to songbird on Mon Jul 3 12:18:26 2023
    On 7/3/23 12:07, songbird wrote:
    T wrote:
    ...
    Is there any reason why I can't just put a 1/2
    cap in each ground pot and then go back and
    water it in with my watering wand?

    yes, even if you immediately watered and did not
    wait it may still be too strong in spots and do
    harm to the roots of the plant. if you look up
    what fertilzer burn is you can see that it's not a
    good thing to do to a plant.


    songbird


    I thought that was not possible with
    organic fertilizers?

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  • From T@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 3 12:43:07 2023
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  • From songbird@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 3 19:31:30 2023
    T wrote:
    ...
    I thought that was not possible with
    organic fertilizers?

    depends upon the strength, sorry i missed that
    it was rather weak and organic source, so really
    then the issue becomes how dispersed it would be
    and perhaps may still be mostly in or near one
    spot.


    songbird

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  • From T@21:1/5 to songbird on Mon Jul 3 17:42:26 2023
    On 7/3/23 16:31, songbird wrote:
    T wrote:
    ...
    I thought that was not possible with
    organic fertilizers?

    depends upon the strength, sorry i missed that
    it was rather weak and organic source, so really
    then the issue becomes how dispersed it would be
    and perhaps may still be mostly in or near one
    spot.


    songbird


    It is pretty weak (1-3-1).

    What do you think of dissolving a bunch
    in a two gallon water buckets, poured a
    1/2 cups of the diluted mixture on each
    ground pot, then watered it in? Sort
    of a two step process?

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  • From songbird@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 3 21:50:00 2023
    T wrote:
    ...
    It is pretty weak (1-3-1).

    What do you think of dissolving a bunch
    in a two gallon water buckets, poured a
    1/2 cups of the diluted mixture on each
    ground pot, then watered it in? Sort
    of a two step process?

    i think it would be ok, better at least
    than putting the stuff right in there and
    then watering.

    how big are the ground pots these days? :)
    i remember when you were just starting to
    dig them.


    songbird

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  • From T@21:1/5 to songbird on Mon Jul 3 20:20:15 2023
    On 7/3/23 18:50, songbird wrote:
    T wrote:
    ...
    It is pretty weak (1-3-1).

    What do you think of dissolving a bunch
    in a two gallon water buckets, poured a
    1/2 cups of the diluted mixture on each
    ground pot, then watered it in? Sort
    of a two step process?

    i think it would be ok, better at least
    than putting the stuff right in there and
    then watering.

    how big are the ground pots these days? :)
    i remember when you were just starting to
    dig them.


    songbird


    They are about 12 inches deep and about 9
    inches in diameter.

    They are in hard pack decomposed sandstone
    (ancient lake bottom). Before adding peat
    moss and fertilizer to the hole, filling
    them with water takes about 6 hours or
    more to drain.

    The idea was pots that do no blow over in
    the wind and not having to amend ($$$)
    the entire area.

    The soil in these holes has worms in them
    and feels really nice in my hands.

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  • From songbird@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 4 06:41:48 2023
    T wrote:
    ...
    The soil in these holes has worms in them
    and feels really nice in my hands.

    :)


    songbird

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