| The slow release fertilizer we use in Florida is Floritan. It is sold retail as Dynamite. It is a water release fertilizer so as water runs over the pellets the fertilizer is release in very small amounts. It is most common as 13-13-13 but it is also made 17-4-9.
I do not like osmocote since that it temperature release over 75 degrees.
Brooke your point about the longer growing season is accurate, but whenever I give an example I always use a time frame that anyone can match. All the examples I have given are from the hybrid project - April to current. I can grow into November and again starting in February, but I do not give those growth periods as examples.
It may surprise you that growth during this extended period is minor. The genetics of the plant slows growth. I get extra growth but not as much as you might think.
The thread I cited was for growth from May to current. Everyone should have good growth during that time.
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