organic fertelizer for potted plants

[roberto]

Who feeds his plants with organic fertilizers? What do you use?

[Laaz]

It depends where you're located. There are many organic fertilizers.

[roberto]

I don't want to refer to brands but to the kind of fertilizer. Some animal's manure or pellets made of hair, ground horn etc. Of cause I have no chance of purchasing exactly the Things you use. And vice versa.

[adriano]

For balcony trees i use homegarden, mediterranean version. For garden trees, which overwinter in the garage, use homegarden and cattle manure, for in ground trees only cattle manure. Not happy with balcony trees. They tend to lose leaves to often.probably missing some iron

[Laaz]

I've been using the Jobes, but also use www.milorganite.com/ which I also use on my lawn.

[roberto]

I plan to try this one: styriafert.at/downloads/StyriaFert-Datenblatt-N-screen.pdf PH 5,8 sounds good. I have a very bad soil for PT rootstock.

[marro]

I use anything that’s on sale, especially in the fall for next season growth. I am especially looking for Espoma products, Osmocote plus, or whatever. My all year base fertilizer is still Peters H/P.

[millet]

Marro, I fully agree with your choice in fertilizers. Jacks H/P 25-5-15 is the best of the best.  Has the perfect nutrient ratio.

[Mtlgirl]

I use kelp fertilizer a couple of times per year.

[millet]

Mtlgirl, are you saying that you apply some kelp fertilizer just two time per year and nothing else?

[Mtlgirl]

Hi Millet,

I alternate between dyna gro foliage pro and kelp fertilizer. I like the result so far.

[ladygt]

I have been using the Epsoma Citrus Tone this year and have used Jobes Citrus and Fruit Tree in the past. They do the job. I have also been using Alaska's 5-1-1 on a monthly basis as well.

[Laaz]

If your using chemical fertilizer, you need to be careful of salt buildup in the container. Thoroughly flush the container every few waterings.

[david]

Especially if using clay pots....gotta flush them salts out.

[zap]

Hi Roberto; sort of a late reply. I use chem fertilizers for seedlings indoors.
And Try to use Natural fertilizers outdoors, for food production!

When I use organics indoors, I get those little yeast gnats.~~~

I have issues a lot with chemical fertilizers locking up nutrients. I think it is Phosphorus building up and blocking trace elements for Chlorophyll production.
Sometimes I experiment with very low Phos fertilizer, and use a colored marker in one corner of the pot. Then I always give the phosphorus in that same spot, hoping the rest of the soil keeps emitting nutrients normally.

Fossilized Seabird Guano: I have had really good luck with Fossilized Seabird Guano. It's a good natural Phos' source. But I think it has something very alkaline in it. And if it is really coarse grained; perhaps the nutrients are not available for a long long time. Powdered mixes w water - but it can make the water pH very high.

I have had the best luck with Dr. Earth brand organic fertilizer. But $10.00 for a cereal box full is V expensive. I used jobes, but got tall tall veggies, and little flowering.

The fert with the inoculants, seems to help reduce root-rot a lot. Low numbers are safer .. high numbers might be un-fermented proteins. That will produce excess ammonia breakdown. And deplete root O-2 availability.

Good luck!