Timestamps. Don’t get fooled by and overpay for organic vegetable garden fertilizers. What organic fertilizer do I buy? How to use organic fertilizers in the garden? What does N, P, K stand for on bagged fertilizers? All these questions are answered.
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0:00 Same Basic Ingredients & Intro
1:19 You Don’t Need ‘Specialized’ Fertilizers
1:41 What Does N, P, & K Stand For?
2:28 Here’s How to Figure Out Cost Per Pound of Fertilizer
3:23 Don’t Be Fooled By Marketing, Packaging, or Gimmicks
4:02 You Don’t Need Plant Specific Fertilizers – 1 Bag is Just Fine!
4:54 How to Pick JUST ONE Type of Fertilizer for the Whole Garden
6:40 How Does Organic Granular Fertilizer Work?
7:51 You Still Need Compost & It’s Below a 1-1-1 N, P, K
8:18 Understanding the N, P, K Ratios & Keeping it Simple
12:29 Basic Bagged Fertilizer Ingredients – Mostly the Same
14:38 Organic Fertilizers are Mostly Manure & Animal Parts
15:47 What is Bone Meal – Do I Need to Buy It?
17:20 What is Blood Meal – Do I Need to Buy It?
19:08 How to Use Granular Fertilizer in the Garden
21:48 A Quick Tip on Buying Fertilizer at a Discount
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7 Comments
Love this! I’m a master gardener in CT zone 6. Thank you!
I find most fertilizer has the big three, but I find the micro nutrients seem to play a big part. I gave some to a friend I tried last year for the first time that I had good results with. He was able to grow and get fruit from harvest things that he hasn’t been able to. The only thing different was the fertilizer.
I bought 4 cases (8 bags each) of that Burpee bone meal on clearance at Home Depot. If you can find the Burpee blood meal & bone meal in stock, it should be only 90cents each right now!
Amazon currently lists Espoma Organic Plant Tone (36 pounds) for $39.31, and my local ACE Hardware store (in Maryland) has the same product for $35.99. I hope this helps!
Home Depot and Lowe's in North Jersey NEVER puts fertilizer on sale. I thought you would have mentioned worm castings.
I’ve been using HollyTone on everything for years. Buy a big bag from Costco in the spring.
Thank you Gary for continuing to simplify the things many other gardening channels make overly complicated. Last year I bought a 27 pound bag of Garden Tone and it worked well with most of my plants in my small porch garden. Strawberries do seem to benefit more from the Berry Tone formula and Worm Castings for maximum production, especially in very small containers.