Vitax Q4 Fertiliser,4.5kg

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Don't let that information confuse you, Richierich - the guidance I've given above in my previous response is pretty much textbook!

Personally I do use it as a top dressing on permanently potted subjects – just a handful and then top up with some fresh growing medium. Vitax Q4 Premium liquid fertilisers have been specially developed to give your plants all the benefits of Vitax Q4 straight away. Some products may be delivered straight to your door from one of our suppliers and these products will be labelled within the product description.Synthetic fertilizers, unlike their organic counterparts, immediately supply essential nutrients to soil.

By and large, we don't - but that doesn't mean you shouldn't think about soil conditioning as well as chemical fertilizing! But I wonder if the average gardener can tell the difference between a plant that looks fine and one that looks something slightly better, then do we need to feed for feeding's sake? Originally developed for use as a base fertiliser in John Innes composts, and still approved for use in JI formulations, Q4 has proved an extremely versatile fertiliser suitable for use on a wide variety of crops. This is a balanced general fertiliser which contains all the vital plant nutrients and the trace elements that are essential for growth, flowering and fruit production. The confusion in this thread seems to be caused by conflating two things - feeding plants and 'feeding' soil.So even if you have poor soil or tired growing media lacking in organic matter these fertilisers deliver essential humates. Blood meal, fish emulsion, seaweed are excellent sources of supplemental fertilizer if there is some obvious deficiency. After this period it is recommended that Vitafeed fertilisers are applied for supplementary feeding.

These harmful nitrites react with the hemoglobin in the blood stream to cause methaeglobinaemia, which damages the vascular and respiratory systems, causing suffocation and even death in extreme cases (when blood methaemoglobin level is 80 percent or more). An outstanding general purpose fertiliser, supplied in easy to use, pelleted form, Vitax Q4 has been a firm favourite with both amateur and professional gardeners for many years. For roses Vitax Q4 should be mixed with the soil prior to planting and then used as an annual dressing every Spring. As well as using Q4 Pelleted Fertiliser for flowers and vegetables, it is also ideal for fruit, tomatoes and chrysanthemums.

Started from scratch fifteen years ago, the garden is naturalistic in style, with an extensive wildflower meadow and informal planting. Plants that grow in overly fertilized soil are deficient in iron, zinc, carotene, vitamin C, copper and protein.