How I Fertilize Annuals
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Date: 2022-07-16
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Susan
I wanted to let you know that just recently the Proven Winners fertilizers are now available on Amazon. The price compared to the Proven Winners website is a little higher ($5 more on the water soluble fertilizer and $2 more continuous release, but there is no additional shipping fee if you total purchase is over $25. The shipping fees on Proven Winners is very high.
I think Proven Winners would be well served by allowing Amazon to take over the shipping the fertilizers that are ordered on the Amazon website. If they did that and kept the price lower more people would likely order the product. Proven Winners knows how to ship live plants the best way. But on product like fertilizer, Amazon would keep the price down.
But right now I'm grateful to be able to order the fertilizer and give it a try. It's not available at any of our local nurseries or big box stores.
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I wanted to let you know that just recently the Proven Winners fertilizers are now available on Amazon. The price compared to the Proven Winners website is a little higher ($5 more on the water soluble fertilizer and $2 more continuous release, but there is no additional shipping fee if you total purchase is over $25. The shipping fees on Proven Winners is very high.
I think Proven Winners would be well served by allowing Amazon to take over the shipping the fertilizers that are ordered on the Amazon website. If they did that and kept the price lower more people would likely order the product. Proven Winners knows how to ship live plants the best way. But on product like fertilizer, Amazon would keep the price down.
But right now I'm grateful to be able to order the fertilizer and give it a try. It's not available at any of our local nurseries or big box stores.
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Totoonthetube
In uk, we use something called fish, blood and bone to fertilise beds. It's mixed into the soil with composted manure, about 2 to 3 weeks before planting out and the nutrients are broken down by soil organisms to make it available for plants. So watering in fertiliser isn't really needed. I might top it up with a seaweed feed or Epsom salts and this takes care all my soil fertilisation needs. For hungry feeders like roses and dahlias, and around trees and perennials, the fish, blood and bone dose with manure goes on in autumn and spring in generous amounts. For pots, I do add loads of slow release fertiliser and the water well and consistently. I only ever liquid feed tomatoes and vegetable plants, if their production rate drops. Otherwise, thrifty is my byword. Fertiliser costs a lot of money here.
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In uk, we use something called fish, blood and bone to fertilise beds. It's mixed into the soil with composted manure, about 2 to 3 weeks before planting out and the nutrients are broken down by soil organisms to make it available for plants. So watering in fertiliser isn't really needed. I might top it up with a seaweed feed or Epsom salts and this takes care all my soil fertilisation needs. For hungry feeders like roses and dahlias, and around trees and perennials, the fish, blood and bone dose with manure goes on in autumn and spring in generous amounts. For pots, I do add loads of slow release fertiliser and the water well and consistently. I only ever liquid feed tomatoes and vegetable plants, if their production rate drops. Otherwise, thrifty is my byword. Fertiliser costs a lot of money here.
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handmade
The thing that ALWAYS ruins the hand pressurized pump for me is the end always gets plugged and it's such a pain to unplug. I've been through several. If they would make a better design and have it easier to unplug, maybe I would try again. Also, it gets so tiring keeping the pressure up and the pressure is not sufficient. The hose end sprayers are expensive, and are calibrated to one brand of fertilizer. We need one that would use liquid or dry, and directions that were understandable-like teaspoons and tablespoons instead of ounces. The easiest are the sprinkle-able grains that you spread and then water in. Do they not do as good a job?
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The thing that ALWAYS ruins the hand pressurized pump for me is the end always gets plugged and it's such a pain to unplug. I've been through several. If they would make a better design and have it easier to unplug, maybe I would try again. Also, it gets so tiring keeping the pressure up and the pressure is not sufficient. The hose end sprayers are expensive, and are calibrated to one brand of fertilizer. We need one that would use liquid or dry, and directions that were understandable-like teaspoons and tablespoons instead of ounces. The easiest are the sprinkle-able grains that you spread and then water in. Do they not do as good a job?
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Peaches
Thank you so much for this video! I appreciate you! I only fertilized at planting time (using Osmocote) prior to watching your videos. I love your results though so now I'm giving fertilizing with a liquid once a week a try. I mix according to package directions but I kept thinking surely no one walks around watering with watering cans. Particularly not with as many plants as you have! Being a novice at this, I thought I was missing something. I was wrong. Thank you for letting us know how you handle it. I have no good ideas for you at this point but I'm sure many others here will have. Thanks again!
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Thank you so much for this video! I appreciate you! I only fertilized at planting time (using Osmocote) prior to watching your videos. I love your results though so now I'm giving fertilizing with a liquid once a week a try. I mix according to package directions but I kept thinking surely no one walks around watering with watering cans. Particularly not with as many plants as you have! Being a novice at this, I thought I was missing something. I was wrong. Thank you for letting us know how you handle it. I have no good ideas for you at this point but I'm sure many others here will have. Thanks again!
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Franz
Or why not use the Versailles garden petunia planting as a test; ) I know it would be a ton of work, but nice to compare. don't fertilize one quarter, use your usual method on another, the hose-end feeder and in another normal watering just adding slow release fertilizer continuously throughout the season. I've also used water soluble powder fertilizers directly on the ground for trees and shrubs without any bad reaction, it just needs rain of normal watering to go into the ground, but don't know if it would be too much and burn the annuals roots.
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Or why not use the Versailles garden petunia planting as a test; ) I know it would be a ton of work, but nice to compare. don't fertilize one quarter, use your usual method on another, the hose-end feeder and in another normal watering just adding slow release fertilizer continuously throughout the season. I've also used water soluble powder fertilizers directly on the ground for trees and shrubs without any bad reaction, it just needs rain of normal watering to go into the ground, but don't know if it would be too much and burn the annuals roots.
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Susan
It seems like there are fertilizer systems that you can add to your drip system so everything gets watered and fed at the same time. Maybe they come with an on/off switch. Obviously, you'd have to adjust the fertilizer strength since it would be an everyday thing or not if there's a switch. It would work like that hose fertilizer sprayer except in your drip system. I wish I knew the name but I don't. You'll have to research it. Good Luck.
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It seems like there are fertilizer systems that you can add to your drip system so everything gets watered and fed at the same time. Maybe they come with an on/off switch. Obviously, you'd have to adjust the fertilizer strength since it would be an everyday thing or not if there's a switch. It would work like that hose fertilizer sprayer except in your drip system. I wish I knew the name but I don't. You'll have to research it. Good Luck.
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Lueree
I just started gardening again this year, we've been reclaiming a very run down garden the past three years. I couldn't find any Proven Winners products in my local stores so I bought the Miracle Grow All Purpose water soluble plant food from Home Depot. It's working really well & my plants are very happy.
I really enjoyed thus video. Very helpful! Thanks for sharing your tips!
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I just started gardening again this year, we've been reclaiming a very run down garden the past three years. I couldn't find any Proven Winners products in my local stores so I bought the Miracle Grow All Purpose water soluble plant food from Home Depot. It's working really well & my plants are very happy.
I really enjoyed thus video. Very helpful! Thanks for sharing your tips!
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Mike
I don't use Miracle Grow any longer. It works fine, but if you ever use too much, or too often I found it kills my plants! I would much rather go with some organic which is much safer. I am trying all Espoma products this season because of what I have seen on Garden Answer and Laura's garden looks so great, that is what I want in my garden!
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I don't use Miracle Grow any longer. It works fine, but if you ever use too much, or too often I found it kills my plants! I would much rather go with some organic which is much safer. I am trying all Espoma products this season because of what I have seen on Garden Answer and Laura's garden looks so great, that is what I want in my garden!
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Sandra
Hi Laura, I love your inthuseasim on gardening it keeps me going! but I am hoping you can explain to me when or with what plants do you use the plant tone and/or PW release plant food. Your right PW fertilizer are very hard to fine. since you give them a lot of exposer maybe they will put it out to bigger business for us to buy.
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Hi Laura, I love your inthuseasim on gardening it keeps me going! but I am hoping you can explain to me when or with what plants do you use the plant tone and/or PW release plant food. Your right PW fertilizer are very hard to fine. since you give them a lot of exposer maybe they will put it out to bigger business for us to buy.
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