what type of fertilizers i have to use for flowering plants?

Answer 1

it really depends on what kind of plant you have....

if it's going to flower continually, like marigolds or petunias, a fertilizer with a higher second number, like 5-10-5 is called a bloom booster and should be fed to the plant every couple weeks or weekly..... if it's an occasional bloomer or a one time bloomer, then even numbers is good.... like 10-10-10... that covers everything it needs...

some plants, like crepe myrtles cannot be given high nitrogen early or they'll make lots of leaves and not set bloom at all... so the use of high nitrogen (the first number, like in 10-5-5) is usually kept for foliage -only type plants, like lawns....

the very best I've found is granulated slow-release bloom food... works on anything that makes flowers!!...occasional use of a liquid fertilizer like Miracle Grow is an extra boost just as the flower buds are starting to form, too... an extra 'snack'.....

if your plants are in the ground, your use of good compost in the soil will make happy plants without the use of a lot of fertilizers... just snacks....potted flowering plants, tho, really do need extra feedings , since watering washes out alot of the plant's food.....

Answer 2

TYou use a high nitrogen on them before they begin to bloom for the foilage..then first signs they want to bloom, little nodes etc..lay off the nitrogen and get one with less nitrogen and higher in phospherous..miracle gro "all purpose" fertilizer is higher in nitrogen..then switch to miracle blloming fertilizer when nodes appear..this is less nitrogen and more phospherous.. Nitrogen feeds the foilage, greenery part of a plant..and phospherous feeds the roots and blooms/fruits...

Answer 3

what is 5-10-5 fertilizer?