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Fertilizing and other container questions

17 years ago

I planted my veggies in Al's 5-1-1 mix in containers on my deck, and they seem to be doing just fine. I mixed Dynamite 13-13-13 fert and an organic fert made of poultry manure into the mix before planting. Is that too much fertilizer? I also have some Maxicrop 5-1-1 fish emulsion -- should I use that in addition to the fert already mixed into the medium, or would that be too much?

Also, the closest thing I can find to PBF in my area is a landscape mix made by Scotchmans. Lou from DFW (an awesome gardener with great advice!) told me that it contains sawdust/finer particles that needs to be filtered out. I have been filtering it out, but it looks like the PBF in Al's photo contains sawdust/finer particles. Can I skip the filtering step? I totally value Lou's advice (thank you, thank you, Lou!), but I am lazy :), so if skipping the filtering step will not compromise the mix, I like that option! Thanks!

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