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Umgowa Roswell, GA May 02, 2011

As you know all fertilizer has 3 numbers for the amount of nitrogen, phosphate and potassium. I'm using special acid loving organic Holly Tone (3-3-4) for my camellias and organic Plant Tone (5-3-3) for my euonymus. I found a bag of 10-10-10 in my garage. What does a person use that for? Those seem like pretty high numbers. Does anyone have a feel for this kind of issue? How do I accomodate the 10-10-10 into my gardening? Or should I just throw it out?

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bellieg Virginia Beach, VA May 02, 2011

I use a lot of 10-10 10 for my trees, roses , hosta and veggie garden. I only apply it in Spring and once it gets hot then I use miracle grow. Belle

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themoonhowl Prairieville, LA(Zone 9a) May 03, 2011

I use 10-10-10 as a general feed for all my beds in the spring....before laying in the new mulch, I broadcast the recommended amount lightly over the entire ground surface of the bed, scratch it into the top inch or so and add mulch. I also use it around shrubs and roses for that first Spring feeding.

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flowers_delight Leicester, NC(Zone 8a) May 04, 2011

I toss it around my shrubs and yard for a little extra boost right before the spring rains comes. I think more people use it for vegetable gardens than any thing else.

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Lilyofthenight Victoria, TX(Zone 9a) May 07, 2011

Ditto what moonhowl said, I also use it for most of my potted plants.

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susiek57 Aurora, IL(Zone 5a) Jun 01, 2011

I use this everywhere- lawn and flower beds. This has less nitrogen (greening effect) for the lawn as opposed to using a regular lawn fertilizer (most major brands have @29% nitrogen-the first number on the bag) but it has more potassium for root development (middle number). When I use my rotary spreader on the lawn, if a little bit gets into the beds- no worry- unlike regular lawn fertilizer. This product is a no-brainer for me. I also mix this with gypsum because of my clay soil.

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