Years ago a cooperative extension educator made the analogy that feeding your landscape plants organics vs “standard” salt based fertilizers was the difference of feeding your family a meat, potato and vegie meal vs candy. The salt based fertilizers are used quickly, like candy...
We highly recommend organic fertilizers to feed your plants in the ground. A Cooperative Extension agent explained it this way to me a long time ago: giving your plants in the ground the blue liquid is like feeding your kids M & Ms. Not...
This catch-y little phrase simplifies how the 3 numbers on your plant fertilizer work.
Up, the nitrogen component is for plant top growth- green leaf-y growth.
Down, the Phosphorus is for healthy root development.
All around, the potassium helps all systems of the plant,...