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Potted in 5-1-1; Now What?

yakkwak
10 years ago

Would like to know what to do next. After spending most of the day looking for fine particle pine bark, I mixed up a 5-1-1 mix and potted two of my newer container citrus (a Seto and a Meyer lemon). The Meyer was in a bark/soil mix and the Seto was in some sort of a clumpy black sandy loam/clay mix. Had to carefully wash the Seto root ball a lot. I was paranoid about leaving any air pockets in the container - did my best. Thanks to the sage advise from you guys, I follow the "weakly weekly" rule with Foliage Pro, vinegar, and a little SuperThrive for all my citrus - also have Calamondin, other Meyers, and a Miho. For the two I just potted, should I just continue with my usual routine or make any changes while they adjust (and my back adjusts from all that sifting LOL)?
BTW, I finally found the pine bark at an adequate size to sift at Lowe's in Plano, TX, for anyone looking. The keep ratio was about 3/5ths. No nursery around here has heard of 5-1-1.
Thanks in advance. Appreciate all you citrus gurus !!!
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