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Sun, Jun 27, 10 at 12:27
| I think I remember once reading on this forum that a fertilizer which works on tomatoes is great to use on geraniums.
If I'm mistaken, can anyone recommend one that works well for potted zonals? |
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- Posted by oilpainter 3 (My Page) on Mon, Jun 28, 10 at 3:00
| I grow lots of Geraniums in pots. Mine get time release fertilizer when I plant them and nothing else except a bit of water soluable 15-30-15 near the end of summer when the time release is done. Before I started using time release fertilizer I used the water soluable every 3rd watering. Whatever you use it should be a balanced fertilizer. Too much nitrogen and you'll get nothing but leaves |
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| Thanks for the tip about avoiding too much nitrogen. Does the brand of time release matter? Which brand did you use? |
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- Posted by oilpainter 3 (My Page) on Tue, Jun 29, 10 at 16:55
| I have used Smartcote and CIL time release. I used Smart cote the year before last and I found a good deal on CIL last year, so I stocked up. I couldn't see any difference between the years, so I don't think it really matters. This year I used CIL again. They are all a balanced fertilizer, with all fairly equal numbers. |
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| Many thanks for the names. I searched for both and couldn't find a US source. I'm going to try ebay next. |
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