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Old 05-09-2008, 10:38 AM
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Sandra,

I have been confused by the fertilizer question also. Especially when every grower seems to have different advice.

I have added bloom booster to my regular watering cycle along with worm tea. I used worm tea solely for a year. It started off gang busters but then the plants seemed to get use to it. Is that possible. They had great roots and leaves but no blooms. So I added the bloom booster and put my catts in a sunnier location. That might have did it as much as the bloom booster. I didn't realize how the canopy in my backyard filled in and the light was not as filtered as before but more shade than light.

So I think what I am saying is that fertilizing helps but the light, water, air circulation and the growing medium has just as much influence on the plants blooms as just giving it more fertilizer.

Hummer has good advice.

NancyG
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