Just looking at my plants in the ground I can tell you this year should bring lots of blooms for many people. I already seen twice as many inflos this year compared to last year.
I live in South Florida not sure about other areas..
Good luck!

TD, You must be retired. I say that with partial envy (at least related to being able to spend time like that).

Bill,

Is that the ratio of Dr. Earth to worm castings and SloPoMag? I still have some Epsom Salts, would you use the same amount of Epsom Salts as SloPoMag? I just ordered some Dr. earth ( 4 lbs.) as well as CocoWet and SpraynGrow from Amazon. No charge for shipping and no one around here had any.

no no no. hard to calculate. I use about a shovel scoop of worm castings and add about a quarter scoop of #8 and then a couple of large spoonfuls of sulpo mag. I sprinkle a few spoonfuls of this mix around the plants. This is the best I can estimate. You can use epsom salts.

Thanks, that is good enough for me. I just need to buy the worm castings. I will fertilize this weekend.

Hey Everyone,

Let the fun begin....

Bill hearing you talk of getting your mix ready...makes me so anxious to get started....i did bring out all of my plants a few days ago when we had nice temps...and wanted to put them in my greenhouse...but since i cant regulate the temps in there yet...electricty hasnt been hooked up...i have noway of controling the high temps (fans) while i am at work...the other day the highs in the greenhouse reached 110..yikes...so before that happened...i brought them all back inside...i dont want to "fry them" before they have a chance to adjust to the sunshine...

i ready to get the production line started on fertilizing...worm castings and all that you have shared....thank you for being so helpful and sharing all that you know...we certainly appreciate all that you do for us Bill...

Hi Jen...and everyone else....April is coming soon...cant wait until the 28th!!! : )

Take care...

Laura in VB

Bill, O wanted to also ask, how do you use Spray and Grownand Coco Wet? Do you combine them in a sprayer so the Spray and Grow stick better? When do you stet to use the SNG? Thanks again, Jennifer/ Jen from So. Cal.

Hi Jen, I just got the Spray-n-Grow Perfect Blend Kit myself and it was pretty easy. The S-n-G came with Coco-Wet and Bill's Perfect Fertilizer and I just mixed all three as directed into my spray bottle with warmish water.

The Coco-Wet must've been doing its job because even the slick new leaves of my roses, daylilies and crinums stayed damp with the mixture.

Even with a cheap hand spray bottle I managed to spray down all the landscape plants in my back yard, all the plumies and seedlings, and even the lower bits of my ornamental trees without my hands wearing out. Now they have no excuse not to bloom!

Jen- Make sure you mix your SNG in warm water with the coco wet and let sit for 15 minutes before adding Bill's perfect. I do not start using until I have decent leaves since it is a foliar feed. I use a 2 gallon sprayer from home depot even though I have a four gallon sprayer, the cheap pump sprayer works great. I spray early in the morning on a day that is not going to be really hot.

Jen and Bill, thanks for the Tip. I will also get the Bill's Perfect also then. I have time since only one of my Singapore Whites still has all of it's leaves. The others (rubras) are just now developing them. I am patiently waiting to see if the other 3 Whities survived the winter OK. I am still debating in whether to move them from the planter back into pots, since the one in the pot did fine.
When you use SnG/Coco wet & Bill's do you also use the seaweed spray as a foliar spray or do you alternate them? So many choices! Jen

I use seaweed extract and a few drops of superthrive in my regular watering but do not use as a foliar. I found that the seaweed stains leaves and expecially white flowers and leaves spots so I just use SNG/cocowet as a foliar and once in awhile I use the Bill's but I do not want to over fertilize.

What's your experience with worm casting? Two of my worm bins will be ready by early summer, and I've seen opinions ranging from insect control to improved blooms... diana

I use worm castings every few months as I find that whitefly do not like the taste. Since I have several 15" hibiscus and many gardenias all of which are tasty to whitefly, and pumerias are their third choice, I use worm castings and have minimal damage. It is a very mild fertilizer (usually less than 1-1-1)and feeds microorganisms. I know it also works on aphids and probably on spider mites. The process is not instant but takes weeks to months depending on the plant size.

Hi guys. Believe it or not, yesterday in the rain I worked on replanting and repotting some of my plumerias. When I started, it was raining occasionally, by the time I finished, grudgingly, it was pouring, and continued to pour all day and night. I was soaking wet and covered with palm soil.

I decided to replant one of the Singapore Whites back in my planter. I had pulled them all out 3 days ago. When my hubby planted them, they were all a bit high in the ground, so I replaced one of them back in the same spot, and placed othe other two into large double walled pots, like my other Whitie is in. Perhaps the double wall helps it withstand the cold better, because it wasn't damages, when the other ones were.

I also scratched in some Dr. earth's #8 into all my pots as well.I also put an egg in the bottom of each repotted plants- two in the biggest one! I had put Epsom Salts in last week.

With this rain Bill, I guess we won't have to water for awhile! I was in your area on Saturday, went to Disneyland with my 2 & 3 year old grandchildren, well... Step grandchildren ( brother and sister in law's grandkids). Had a ball, it has been a fee years since I rode Dumbo and the Casey Jr. Train. Fun!! The weather was perfect, no rain... Yet.