All organic granular fertilizer are pretty much made up of the same basic ingredients. Don’t over pay per pound and there is absolutely no need to buy different fertilizers for different flowers and vegetables.
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Good ratio is 3.1.2 to feed the soil. I only feed my soil in the containers. Nitrogen once a month on my raised beds. You are so correct READ THE LABEL OF INGREDIENTS. To much marketing. When I first started gardening I looked at the front cover with all the marketing garage. I know better now. Thank you for spreading the word.
Excellent advice here, thank you.
Wow! Such great points! Always like to save space and money.
Is mushroom compost worth it? It's just mycelium mixed with wood chips and other organic matter. Not sure how useful it is for peppers, tomatoes, etc.grown in containers . I usually mix some in with my store bought soils but maybe it's not worth the money.
Do you have a video on water soluble fertilizers?
Great explanation! Thank you
Very informative! What do you think about adding beneficial nematodes or Mycorrhizal fungi to the soil of a brand new garden? Are they worth it or just a gimmick?
Great information I like slow release.😊
what is on the alfalfa pellets u but from feed store????
Is it better to buy Alfalfa pellets, chicken manure, bone meal, blood meal and just mix them together if youre low on compost?
Nature Safe 8-5-5 is good
Thank you for explaining. Great information!
I listened to about 10 – 15 videos of Dr. Bruce Bugbee and he teaches in his university courses that organic fertilizers have to be eaten and digested by All the different life sources in the soil to break down into the exact same thing as the so called "chemical" fertilizers. And even lab tests CAN NOT tell the difference between what comes from the organic and the "chemical" fertilizers. He explains that the use of the word (salt) between professionals and everyday people is NOT the same. Most think of the (sodium chloride in their kitchen salt-shaker) when they hear SALT and the combination of sodium plus chloride is what they are actually eating. Phorphorus is a metal {which burns when exposed to water and air} and can not be used by ANY plant — it has to be broken down into a phosphate (P2O5) which has to be further broken into the compound phosphoric acid) which is "technically" a compound before the plant can use/absorb it at the roots. And lab tests CAN NOT tell if (Phosphoric acid) came from organic or if it is from a chemical. He also teaches the BEST ratio is actually a 3-1-2 of fertilizer for "All around use". Which does explain why the Miracle Grow 24 – 8 -16 works so well. He also DOES NOT recommend using a 'balanced fertilizer" like 5-5-5 or 10-10-10 or 13-13-13 & so on, because plants are like people with different needs. If you ate equal parts of protein(N) – fat(P) carbohydrates(K), every meal, you would NOT be healthy.
Nature safe 8-5-5. Seven Springs Farm. That will save you money.
I llike your focus on frugality. Thank you for all your videos. I am a social worker and appreciate the path you have taken…inspiring!
Thank you. Very helpful. I usually buy Epsoma and Down to Earth. I will definitely be paying more attention to the ingredients going forward.
Gary – what is your opinion on fish emulsion fertilizers?
Thank you
Do you have a second YouTube channel? Or is that someone simply trying to make money on your name?
Thanks for the info Gary. Last year I used Bone meal during the spring and summer and my tomatoes and peppers grew like crazy but never grew any fruit. I blamed the Tx heat. Until fall came and I switched to garden tone. My garden flourished. I had so many tomatoes and peppers. Luckily Tx 1st freeze wasn’t until Jan. So I got something out of that garden. Not sure if it was the fertilizer or the weather. This year I’ll be using just the Garden tone to verify. Lol hoping it wasn’t the weather. I’m sure by June TX will be in the 100’s again. 🥵 It’s currently Feb and I’m enjoying this beautiful 80 degree weather. 😂 🤷🏽♀️
I use the espoma product he is talking about. A little goes a long way. I think the reason the company has so many types of fertilizer for 2 reasons. First it sells more fertilizer if it's labeled for different applications for the company and second, the average consumer doesn't have to calculate or understand NPK ratios. A Consumer has tomato plants, sees Tomato Tone and buys it. It simplifies the process for people
Appreciate honest growing advice
My local Rural king had 2 of the 18 pound bags of Tomato Tone last year for $16 a bag. I used it on all of my raised beds and had the best garden Ive had in years. I always fertilize but like many others I used 10-10-10, 12-12-12 or whatever the local places had. This stuff worked way better. Not sure why but it did. I love your videos Gary. You have the no nonsense approach to gardening and I lie that.
Since making tons of great compost I use much less fertilizers. I do use when amending beds at the end of the season and more so in my potted plants.
Thank you
Cow manure is what I used
Yeah, I always read the ingredients on organics. And I think they put in a bunch of different things so they can charge more.
A few components is all that's really needed, or one if using compost or manure.
Going to the feed store and bulk buying components is usually much cheaper. Like you do for alfalfa pellets.