![]() This is to help push some of the fertilizer throughout the soil to get everything from the top to the bottom with fertilizer, but also to let what little bit the plants can absorb through the leaves be absorbed.īe mindful you should not be using Neptune's when it is warm outside, you want to do it in the "golden" hours for watering, which is just before sun rise or at sunrise and at or around sunset. As the sprayer runs low, I will "empty" it by spraying the foliage of the plants. This takes me 3-4 times with my 2gal sprayer as I have a lot of plants to cover, then wait 40-60 minutes and finish watering them. They all have a benefit in some way, along with CalMag+ (not enough calcium I have found in Neptune's for some plants - particularly larger peppers) on top of Recharge for growers all mixed into the water, I water the plants again. Fish and Seaweed, Tomato and Veg, and Rose and Flowers. I use all 3 of Neptune's harvest fertilizers. ![]() This is to let water seep into the soil, and create pathways like you see in water irrigation in a creek, on your down gutter of your house, etc. I water my plants half of what I would normally water them first. I'm not a fan of mixers on hoses, as I am one who tries to not get my foliage excessively wet for fungal issues like blight on tomatoes. Plants are the same way, I use a cheap 2 gallon pump sprayer, not a mixer at the end of a hose. An example: We as humans can absorb water through our skin, do you recall a time you could stop drinking water and your showers / swimming was enough to keep you hydrated and watered? No, because we don't absorb enough that way. Plants don't absorb a lot of water through the leaves, thus making it more of a supplement than a primary way to provide nutrients. Be mindful of when you water and how you use it as a foliar spray.
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