"HumanJHawkins" <JHawkins@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
> Charles Manoras wrote:
>> Would it be effective to also add some fertilizer
>> in order to stimulate future and further growth
>> (spread, height and diameter)?
>>
>> If so which one?
> I have been told that a 3-1-2 ratio is best... It doesn't matter
> whether it is a 3-1-2 fertilizer and you put a lot on, or a 24-8-16 and
> you put just a little.
> If you are going to fertilize only once or twice a year, get a slow
> release fertilizer. If you don't mind the extra work, a weak water
> soluable fertilizer like Miracle Grow, applied every two weeks or so is
> great.
> Also, those who really know what they are doing change the fertilizer
> with the season. In the spring, bamboo is shooting and leafing out. So,
> a high nitrogen fertilizer like a 28-3-3 grass fertilizer is a good
> choice. However, in the fall there is a lot of root and rhizome growth.
> So a "root-blast" type fertilizer (I forget the numbers) is better.
> And, note that the three numbers in fertilizer are not the only things
> a plant needs. They ARE the most im****tant, which is why they get their
> own numbers. But some fertilizers like Miracle grow (and many others)
> have a lot of the other minerals that plants need.
I am no fertilizer expert, what do these three numbers mean?
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