Just wondering what is a better fertilizer ?

[bonsaiboy60077]

Wondering what is a better fertilizer for my collection of bonsai trees? I have 2 Brazilian Rain Trees, A Chinese elm, a Ficus Retusa, a Japanese green maple, Trident maple, juniper, 2 mugo pines, and a jade.

I have been using the Dyna-Grow Bonsai Pro, think it is 7-9-5. Was roaming the local garden center earlier looking at the clearance rack, and was looking at the different fertilizers they have, they have the Dyna-grow grow which is 7-9-5, then they have something that looks like Osmocote but a different name, of course they have Miracle grow, and then they have the Tinyroots bio gold type.

Since the bottle of the Dyna-grow bonsai pro I have is getting low, figured I would see what is the ideal one to use for all my trees?

 

[A. Gorilla]

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[bwaynef]

Spiked? Wasn't that the term? Sent to disneyland?

Seriously though, there may be justification for banning you on THIS forum just because you mentioned that somewhere else.

OP, you're over-thinking it. Dyna-grow seems to be working for you. The others probably would as well. If you're not going to go organic (that's a whole other can of worms), one of these fertilizers is probably as good as another, particularly if the numbers are w/in the same ballpark. If I were just wishing up a fertilizer, it'd be in the ratio of 3-1-2.

 

[Shibui]

Trees are trees anywhere in the world and need pretty much the same nutrients so your trees won't really care what brand you use provided there are nutrients. I use several different products in rotation on the grounds that if one is lacking in some small nutrient the others should make up for that.

 

[bonsaiboy60077]

I will say the Dyna-grow is easy to use, 1/4 teaspoon per gallon or 1/2 gallon of water. 1/4 teaspoon every watering for maintenance, or 1/2 teaspoon per gallon of water for growth. I guess I could use 1/2 teaspoon every other watering.

 

[Bnana]

Do they contain the necessary micronutrients or only NPK? Your trees need the other stuff too, but they don't care about the brand

 

[bonsaiboy60077]

I’ll have to look at the bottle and see.

 

[DanaWhicker]

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