hello,
I think I have to change a little my fertilization after looking at the explanations of Rick about the K too high in most fertilizers.
Mines are MSU like fertiliser (Akerne Rain mix) and makes some of my plants (the slow growing ones especially) become more compact (and then stopping completely) whereas blooms seem very good and plants make many (smaller) growths. the other is 28-14-14 plant prod (with urea and little ammonium), which I think compensate a litte the excess of K in the other one and urea makes growths bigger and just make some plants growing (they don't grow at all with only rain mix, for example micranthum)
My idea, before making our own formulation like Rick here in Europe, is to fertilize like this:
-municipal water, EC 300µS/cm pH 6.8, reduced to 6 with addition of nitric acid
-1.5g/10l 28-14-14
-1g/10l magnesium sulfate
-0.5g/10l dithane (mancozebe) as a source of Zn and Mn
that, applied during the growth period (march to novembre)
I remove the 28-14-14 in winter in order to lessivate the K in the pots and respect the plants rest.
what do you think of this?
I think I have to change a little my fertilization after looking at the explanations of Rick about the K too high in most fertilizers.
Mines are MSU like fertiliser (Akerne Rain mix) and makes some of my plants (the slow growing ones especially) become more compact (and then stopping completely) whereas blooms seem very good and plants make many (smaller) growths. the other is 28-14-14 plant prod (with urea and little ammonium), which I think compensate a litte the excess of K in the other one and urea makes growths bigger and just make some plants growing (they don't grow at all with only rain mix, for example micranthum)
My idea, before making our own formulation like Rick here in Europe, is to fertilize like this:
-municipal water, EC 300µS/cm pH 6.8, reduced to 6 with addition of nitric acid
-1.5g/10l 28-14-14
-1g/10l magnesium sulfate
-0.5g/10l dithane (mancozebe) as a source of Zn and Mn
that, applied during the growth period (march to novembre)
I remove the 28-14-14 in winter in order to lessivate the K in the pots and respect the plants rest.
what do you think of this?