A Healthy Diet for your Plant
Plant |
When to Fertilize |
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Healiver- feeding vegetable (1) |
Every 2-3 weeks |
Lighter- feeding vegetable (2) |
2-3 times throughout the growing season |
Vegetable and flowers growing in containers |
Every 7-10 days |
Annual Flowers |
Every 3-4 weeks |
Herbs |
Every 3-4 weeks for herbs in containers: not necessary for herbs in garden soil
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Perennial flowers |
When growth starts each season, then twice more at 4-6 weeks intervals. Late blommers may need an additional application.
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Ornamental trees and shrubs |
For established woody plants, once a year in early spring or in fall after plants are dormant. For small trees and shrubs, use half strength of label recommendation.
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Fruit trees |
About the time they finish blooming in spring
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1) Broccoli, cabbage, cucumbers, eggplant, onions, peppers, spinach, sweet corn, tomatoes 2) Beans, beets, carrtos, peas, radishes, sweet potatoes, turnips, watermelons |
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