Thanks for the reply.I was looking into that but I noticed there are several variations of nutricote but only one is made by Florikan? They have that other fert too called Galax- E -One.

I have been thinking about getting nutricote. Can you post which one and where you buy it? Thanks.

What the heck's wrong with Osmocote? Osmocote Plus contains everything you need and was around long before Scott's bought the company. And nothing has changed with the new company ownership re: the formulations available....no sinister ingredients or anything else to cause concern. And it is very widely available.

Scotts is aligned with Monsanto and I believe is the same company that knowingly sold poisoned bird seed to unsuspecting customers. That's not to say I've never bought or won't buy Scotts products ever but I'll avoid them whenever possible.

Osmocote has almost everything a plant needs missing only a few if using mittleider calculations. However, I feel plants need much more than modern science knows.

Ok I'm way off topic!

I believe Florikan makes all of it but the different packages are for different distributors.

I use the 18-6-8 180days. I get 50# bags from small landscape supply store in Gardena CA.

I actually just purchased this stuff called Pro Organic. Its organic and vegan so no manures or fish.

https://www.shinnong.org

I hope you opted for the liquid formulation.......you do realize that dry or granular organics in any sort of container situation are extremely inefficient? There are simply not the populations of soil microorganisms present in potting soil (a 'soil-less' mix) to process organic fertilizers, which require consumption and digestion by the soil biology to be converted into a plant usable form. Liquid organics are much better but still not great.

Yes I've read that and if it fails I have nutricote as backup and/or water solubles to fill in the gaps

I should also add that liquid organics are not considered 'slow release' either. They are immediately available and you will have to reapply periodically.

Dry or granular organics ARE slow release as there is a time delay involved in the processing of these by the soil biology before the nutrients are converted into a plant usable form. But as stated previously, these are not at all efficient for container gardening. Bit of a catch-22 situation :-))

ETA: I didn't see your last post before posting this. Good that you have a back-up when the vegan organics don't do the trick!!

We shall see. I'll keep everyone posted.