favourite fertiliser!!

[matty-j]

hey everyone

i was just wondering what everyones favourite fertiliser is

at the moment i use dynamic lifter, osmocote slow release on all my plants and liquid feed with thrive on everything but my natives

cheers
matt

[Grant Bowie]

Osmocote in mix; powerfeed and seasol together throughout the year,

Grant

[Nathan]

When I repot I use Dynamic Lifter and Blood and Bone (small quantities) mixed into the soil, on the top of the soil I use Osmocote.

Generally I water with Seasol once a fortnight and Power feed one a month

Works well for me up in Brisbane in the growing season, and I usually back of the Seasol and Power Feed in the winter

[shibui]

osmocote 12-14month slow release in the mix at potting (and a little more drilled into the mix yearly if not repotted)
worm juice every 3-4 weeks during growing and occasional extra feed with any liquid feed that is available.
a few chook poo pellets sprinkled on the surface of the mix every month or so during growing for good measure.

[scuba16]

dynamic lifter and rooster booster

[Scott Roxburgh]

Cottonseed meal, blood and bone, charlie carp formed into cakes.

Then charlie carp, seasol, and miracle-gro alternated each week...and lots of water!

[hugh grant]

i use osmocote in the mix at repotting and then another application 6 months after that etc until next repot (usually start of spring and end of summer).
then i try to liquid feed every fortnight or so with either powerfeed or nitrosol all throughout the growing season and monthly or so in the off season.
i also apply a mix of dynamic lifter, blood and bone and cottonseed meal if available into fertiliser bags (teabags) every month or second month during the growing season.

Hugh

[Ces]

For me...

Figs get a lot of DL and some osmocote (native) on top of the soil, nitrosol bi-weekly and seasol monthly.

My natives, chinese elms and maples get a few pellets of sudden impact, osmocote (native), nitrosol bi-weekly and seasol monthly (banksia species dont get seasol)

Junipers and Azaleas get osmocote for acid loving plants, sudden impact, liquid fertiliser for acid loving plants bi-weekly and seasol monthly.

I'm in Sydney and am quite happy with the grow on results I get. Not a lot of refining happening here at the moment.

Cheers,

Ces.

[Paul W]

Do you guys use the fertilisers at full strength especially the powerfeed.
And and are banksia`s sensitive to seasol and if so why and does that apply to all aussie natives Thanks

[Mojo Moyogi]

Hey scuba16, you're not coaching North Melbourne in the AFL at the moment are you?



Cheers,
Mojo

[Tony Bebb]

Osmocote in mix and Charlie Carp not as regularly as I should.

Seasol for conditioning at repot time and occasionally added to Charlie.

All ferts at full strength

Tony

[Paul W]

And and are banksia`s sensitive to seasol and if so why and does that apply to all aussie natives Thanks

[Brian]

Cottonseed meal, blood and bone, charlie carp formed into cakes.

Then charlie carp, seasol, and miracle-gro alternated each week...and lots of water!

I like making fertiliser cakes, but maggots are a problem.

[Bougy Fan]

Paul W wrote:
And and are banksia`s sensitive to seasol and if so why and does that apply to all aussie natives Thanks

There is nothing that is sensitive to Seasol as it is a tonic and not a fertilizer. You can use it on all natives without fear. The proteas are the most sensitive to P (Phosphorous) and you need to build up it's use on them. Over time they can be exposed to a higher amount of P but it must be done gradually. That's not to say you can use a P value of 8 or anything. Grant Bowie uses Powerfeed on banksias after they have become used to it. You should always use new fertilisers at a reduce strengt5h and work up the concentration on your plants. Never use it at full strength because Joe Blog does

[Scott Roxburgh]

Cottonseed meal, blood and bone, charlie carp formed into cakes.

Then charlie carp, seasol, and miracle-gro alternated each week...and lots of water!

I like making fertiliser cakes, but maggots are a problem.

Maggots just make them break down faster on the soil surface, more ferts quicker