![]() It may seem like a lot of work, but the financial payout alone from an extra 20 minutes of work on 1 day a week means a lot to myself. It's a lot don't get me wrong, but I also have jars of canned salsa, lots of hanging peppers, another 6 pounds of peppers in my fridge, not counting what I have given away and sold, we still haven't bought broccoli, zucchini, squash, egg plant, peppers, tomatoes, onion, beans, dill, rosemary, cilantro, oregano, sage, basil, or ginger at all this year. Neptunes Harvest Organic Fish/Seaweed Blend Fertilizer gives you the best of both products with a perfect blend of fish hydrolysate and seaweed, ensuring a. It can be a bit of work, I do it every Sunday and it can take me a good half hour or more to get a full water on my plants on that day from mixing, pumping, spraying, etc. It can cause nutrient burn on the leaves if used as foliar spray, and it can be amplified when given the sun after being used as a foliar spray. This is to help push some of the fertilizer throughout the soil to get everything from the top to the bottom with fertilizer, but also to let what little bit the plants can absorb through the leaves be absorbed.īe mindful you should not be using Neptune's when it is warm outside, you want to do it in the "golden" hours for watering, which is just before sun rise or at sunrise and at or around sunset. As the sprayer runs low, I will "empty" it by spraying the foliage of the plants. ![]() This takes me 3-4 times with my 2gal sprayer as I have a lot of plants to cover, then wait 40-60 minutes and finish watering them. They all have a benefit in some way, along with CalMag+ (not enough calcium I have found in Neptune's for some plants - particularly larger peppers) on top of Recharge for growers all mixed into the water, I water the plants again. Fish and Seaweed, Tomato and Veg, and Rose and Flowers. I use all 3 of Neptune's harvest fertilizers. This is to let water seep into the soil, and create pathways like you see in water irrigation in a creek, on your down gutter of your house, etc. I water my plants half of what I would normally water them first. ![]() I'm not a fan of mixers on hoses, as I am one who tries to not get my foliage excessively wet for fungal issues like blight on tomatoes. Plants are the same way, I use a cheap 2 gallon pump sprayer, not a mixer at the end of a hose. An example: We as humans can absorb water through our skin, do you recall a time you could stop drinking water and your showers / swimming was enough to keep you hydrated and watered? No, because we don't absorb enough that way. Plants don't absorb a lot of water through the leaves, thus making it more of a supplement than a primary way to provide nutrients. Be mindful of when you water and how you use it as a foliar spray. The mixed fertilizer should be used in a day or two, as it will start to ferment and be quite "smelly".TL:DR I use it for both. The concentrate has a long shelf life if kept cool. size will make up to 128 gallons of mixed fertilizer and the smallest size will make about 18 gallons of mix. liquid concentrate mixes to make 36 gallons. Great results for all ornamentals, fruit and vegetable crops. We have found Neptune's Harvest Fish- Seaweed fertilizersuperior to chemical fertilizers. to a gal.) for fertilizing during the growing season every 2-3 weeks, April-September. The liquid concentrate is mixed with water (1oz. It also contains micro and macro nutrients naturally found in fish and sea plants. It is processed to retain the vitamins, amino acids, enzymes and growth hormones all plants need. When watering in the peonies, we like to use Neptune's Harvest fish/seaweed liquid plant food. ![]() The third number, 1 is "K" for Potassium, and this helps plants make strong stems and keep growing fast. It's also used by plants to help fight disease. The second number 3, is "P" for Phosphorous used by plants to help form roots, buds, flowers, seed and fruit. The first number, 2 is "N" for Nitrogen, used by plants for leaf growth and good green color. The N-P-K in the formulation is expressed in numbers. Neptune’s Harvest fertilizer (2-3-1) Fish- Seaweed Blend That is why we remind you to feed your plants after they bloom, so they can build up more buds for the following spring. So what you do in this current growing season will affect the potential flowering next spring. Remember all peonies produce their buds for next spring in the summer and early fall growing season. We think it is excellent to use on tree peonies to get them to bloom and grow with more vigor. to a gallon of water for peonies and fruit trees all during the growing season. It never burns a plant and we use a dilute solution of 1 oz. This is the classic formula, one we have used for more than 20 years at Cricket Hill Garden. This fertilizer supplies trace minerals that build soil health and produce more blooms on all flowering plants.
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