Specialty Gardening: How about this?, 1 by Tomtom

Tomtom wrote:
Segar-fl,the liquid fertilizer I use is �gHyponex,"which you probably know, and its Japanese version.
The insecticide is what you can buy at supermarkets and drugstores.It is for indoor use, not for gardening .Quite a few people seem to think that the indoor one does not work well for gardening, but I've been using it for more than twenty years without any problem.It works quite well to kill bugs and worms hidden behind the leaves and elsewhere.
Just have a try,I insist.

>"Liquid fertilizer not only costs more but it also requires more time and attention, so I usually use it only for making seedlings."

Let me explain more. As you know, to keep flowering in containers you have to keep giving enough fertilizer.
I take care of so many containers that I 'll go bankrupt if I depend solely on liquid fertilizer, and I 'll
be unable to take time out to enjoy DG. So,to maintain the plants in containers I prefer solid chemical fertilizer, which is less expensive and is effective a lot longer.

It is very difficult to keep plants flowering in summer here,because of the muggy climate.
This summer Dolichos,Dwarf Thitonia and Agastache flowered strikingly .
Usually Petunnia,Zinnia linealis, African marigold, Celosia,etc.are enjoyable as annuals in my summer garden.

Shown below is the photo of:
liquid fertilizer(top left),bug-killer sprayer(top right),
organic feritlizer(bottom left)and two kinds of solid chemical fertilizer(bottom middle,and bottom right).

ps. The organic fertilizer I use is composed of oil cake, bone manure,etc. Its N:P:K ratio is 5:5:5. It works extremely well for the plants in their infancy.


This message was edited Oct 14, 2003 11:12 PM