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fertilizer Questions on fertilizer ?????????

peppermanbaha

peppermanbaha

I've got a few q's that need some a's .Any help guys

IS THE NPK THINGY SOMETHING TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH NUTES YOU GIVE TO YOUR PLANT:?::?:

iS AN NPK rating of 15-4-5 good. I saw it on the Jobes plant foods spikes i bought and when i arrived i gave some to my peppers. I did so today so i'll note the results. I'll try see if i can buy some MG all purpose plant food when those run out.:shocked:

Why is epsom salts good for your plants And Is it wise to spray it underneath the leaves.

I like to mix and match my ferts as recomended by someone ( i think it was patrick , thanx by the way ). So i'll mix some Miracle grow , rootone, water epsom salts and a bit off eggshells and vinegar. It seems to work really well with my plants when i dilute it a bit with water and helps them.I was wondering if any1 recomends using seaweed emulsions. I'll see if i can find some seaweeds later this week.

And how should i treat a plant thats being negativly affected by the ferts . ( also what's a good recomended NPK type thingy.)
 
NPK numbers tell you how much Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P) and Potassium (K) are in the fertilizer.

In early life of the plants you want an even number, like 10-10-10 or even 6-10-10, or even something with higher Nitrogen than Phosphorus and Potassium. Nitrogen will cause the plant to develop into a nice, green bushy plant.

When the plant is larger and ready for fruiting you want to switch to a fertilizer with a larger P and K than N like 6-15-15 because the plant will use those nutrients to develop the flowers and fruit, and if the plant is lacking them you will have a deminished fruit set, and if you have enough of those the plant will produce lots of flowers, which given the right conditions will load the plant up with fruit.

If all the numbers in the NPK are large (20+), this means the fertilizer is stronger and you need to use less of it, even more so because peppers dont need a lot of fertilizer.

Epsom salt is Magnesium Sulfate, other than the big three NPK nutrients, there are Magnesium, Calcium and Sulfur all of which are needed by Pepper plants.

Epsom Salt provides Magnesium and Sulfur, Dolomite lime however provides Magnesium and Calcium.

Since Magnesium tends to flush out of the soil easy, and since Peppers and Tomatoes are Magnesium hungry crops, you will need to provide them this nutrient at some point.

When using Epsom Salt you should spray above and below the leaves, and only in the morning or at night, because the leaves will be "closed" in the daytime to avoid excessive transperation (water loss, plant sweating).

If you have a plant that has been given too much fertilizer, you need to flush it out, that is you need to pour water into the pot untill water comes out the bottom, and you do this several times. For example, if the water comes out an amber (beer, piss) color, then keep doing it untill the water comes out clear.

You should then leave the plant alone for a while and DO NOT WATER IT untill it starts showing sings of drying out, like wilting! If you water it too early you could cause root rot and make things much worse!

After the plant shows signs of recovery, you might need to add back a little fertilizer if the plant starts showing signs of a nutrient deficiency, which might happen considering you just flushed out a ton of fertilizer.

Hope that answers your questions :)
 
peppermanbaha said:
Ok guys i bought a bag of all purpose Sunniland fertilizer. Richard it says 6-6-6 Is that a good NPK number.
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Yes, that will do fine during the vegative stage when the plant is growing up and outward, when the plant gets large enough to hold a decent load of pods you should switch to tomato food or anything with more P and K than N.
 
Thanx man. iwas thinking of mixing different fertilizers together to use woul;d that be recomeanded. How would you find the npk, add and devide.
 
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