Description
GARDEN FERTILIZER
Versatile Mix for Backyard Gardens and Hobby Farms
OMRI Listed
4-4-4
Down To Earth Vegetable Garden 4-4-4 is full of powerful plant nutrition to help your garden grow! Its all-purpose formulation provides a perfect start for your sprightly spring veggies, gives your summer tomatoes super-powers and is fantastic for growing your favorite fragrant herbs. DTE Vegetable Garden’s broad nutrient profile is ideal for use throughout the growing season. Grow and Eat Your Veggies!
Ingredients: Fish Bone Meal, Alfalfa Meal, Feather Meal, Langbeinite, Basalt, Potassium Sulfate, Dolomite and Kelp Meal. (6% calcium, 1% magnesium, 0.4% iron).
Usage: 2.5 cups ≈ 1 lb; ½ cup ≈ 3.2 oz; 1 tbsp ≈ 0.4 oz
Vegetable & Herb Gardens: To prepare new gardens, apply 3-6 lb per 100 square feet and thoroughly mix into the top 3″ of soil. For new transplants, add 1-2 tbsp per hole, mix into soil and water in well. To feed established plants, side dress 1/3-2/3 cup, depending on plant size and desired growth rate, once each month during the growing season.
Containers: For new plantings, add 1-2 tbsp per gallon of soil and mix thoroughly OR add 5-10 lb per cubic yard. For established plants, lightly mix 1-2 tbsp per gallon into the soil surface once each month during the growing season.
Trees & Shrubs: Spread 1 lb per 1″ of trunk diameter around the base outwards to the drip line, mix into soil surface and water in well. For new trees, prepare transplant hole and mix 1-2 cups with the backfill soil. Use amended soil to fill in around the new tree and water in well.