Aside for my roses (which get RoseTone once a month, sprinkled around the base of the plant), I DON'T fertilize.

Closest thing to fertilizer that my gardening beds get is compost. Every once in awhile I'll sprinkle a couple of shovel fulls of compost around my plants, then water. That seems to provide all of them plenty of nutrients. Heck, my purple coneflowers & Rudbeckia are chest high on me this year and my dahlias are growing like gangbusters. Everything in my yard does just find without chemical fertilizers of any sort.

very little fertilizer here except for initial planting. I use a timed release pelleted then. Homemade compost is the only other thing I use and because of the number of beds I have it varies from year to year as to which ones get the compast. Containers and window boxes do get MG on a reagualr basis......

Lynne

Fish emulsion once a month, put down osmocote and if the flowers need an extra boost, 10-56-10 in the watering can

I mostly use compost and organic matter. When digging a new bed, I dig in at least a couple inches of compost and sometimes mix in leaves. Then top dress and mulch with more compost and leaves. Some of the beds are lasagne beds, in that case no additional amendments and fertilizer are needed, there is so much organic matter.

Occasionally I will mix in some organic granulated fertilizer at planting time, such as with bulbs. I also use a seaweed solution in the watering can for seedlings or transplants to give them a little boost.

Overall this seems to work very well, my plants are happy and lush.

Well, my beds are already dug, mulched and planted. They are too big to fertilize with a watering can. I am looking for a good hose sprayer attachment. Live and learn I guess.

I use only compost, aged horse manure, bone meal, blood meal, alfalfa tea and leaf mold.

proudgm, I don't fertilize anything once in the ground either, except occasionally roses, so I can't help you with a good quality hose end sprayer. Are the things in your vegetable garden showing signs of needing something additional?

A hint with the MG sprayer is that the water needs to be turned on all the way to create enough pressure so that it does not dribble. You can also use a sprayer head attachment that you like on a MG feeder. Hope that helps!

I am just giving my flowers an extra boost. Perhaps fertilize isn't the right word. Maybe feeding? I want to help them grow and flower better.