Houseplants the AGGRAND Way
If you're a houseplant enthusiast, AGGRAND has developed an excellent fertility program just for you! If you're not, AGGRAND can make you look like an expert without a lot of fuss.
Houseplants depend on you to supply their needs:
- Apply AGGRAND products regularly; organic matter two times a year.
- Leach the pots with plenty of water twice a year.
- Apply enough water, but do not over water.Repot the plants every couple of years.
Here's what you need on hand to do the job right:
- A one gallon capacity watering can with a long spout.
- AGGRAND Natural Fertilizer 4-3-3
- AGGRAND Natural Liquid Bonemeal 0-12-0
- AGGRAND Natural Kelp and Sulfate of Potash 0-0-8
- AGGRAND Natural Liquid Lime
- A bag of earthworm castings, good quality compost or composted manure.
- A bag or two of potting mix containing sphagnum peat moss, perlite, vermiculite, sand or sandy loam soil and/or pumice (Mix should be pH adjusted to 6.0 to 7.0 for most plants. Nurseries usually sell in-house mixes that are inexpensive and high quality. Try to get one without time release fertilizer added.)
- Pots of various sizes (Make sure they have drainage holes).
- A small hand spade.
- A tub for mixing soil.
- Apply AGGRAND 4-3-3 every two weeks in summer and every four weeks in winter (For cacti, apply a very weak solution several times a year).
- Apply AGGRAND 0-12-0 several times at monthly intervals in spring and fall.
- Some plants will flower at certain times of year or even continuously when AGGRAND 0-12-0 is applied regularly (Every month in summer and every two months in winter).
- Apply AGGRAND 0-0-8 sparingly along with the 4-3-3 every month in summer and every two months in winter.
- Apply AGGRAND Liquid Lime every month in summer and every two months in winter.
- There is no need to apply Liquid Lime when you are using AGGRAND 0-12-0 in spring and fall or during periods of flowering (Natural Liquid Bonemeal 0-12-0 also supplies calcium).
- In spring and fall place potted plants in sink and leach with plenty of fresh water (At least one gallon of water for each gallon of soil).
- Topdress the pots with compost or earthworm castings once in spring and once in fall after leaching (Use one cup for each gallon of soil).
- When potting or repotting your plants, blend in one cup of compost or earthworm castings per gallon of soil; wet soil while in mixing tub with a solution of AGGRAND Liquid Lime and AGGRAND 0-12-0 until soil is well wetted; after you've potted your plant water it in with a weak solution of AGGRAND 4-3-3.
AGGRAND Mix Rates (oz. fertilizer/gallon of water) a
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Fast Growing Plants
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Slow Growing Plants
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Cacti
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Flowering Plants
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Acid Loving Plants
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AGGRAND 4-3-3
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3
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2
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1
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2-3
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2-3
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AGGRAND 0-12-0
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3
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2
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2
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3
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3
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AGGRAND 0-0-8
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1
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1/2
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1/4
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1/2-1
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1/2-1
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AGGRAND Lime
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3
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2
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2
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2
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a Apply one cup of fertilizer solution per gallon of soil; make sure plants are well-watered between fertilizations (Some plants like moist soil at all times while others respond better when soil dries out more between waterings). Two tablespoons = 1 oz.