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Old October 25, 2016   #19
Cole_Robbie
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Regarding Osmocote, there are many Osmocote products. The two that I see sold at stores are the 19-6-12 with a pink label and the 14-14-14 with a green label. I think the former is meant for plant starts that will be transplanted into a garden and the latter is best for container plants grown through fruiting stage.

My Hummert catalog has an Osmocote "mini-prill plus micros" product that looks neat, but they only sell it by the 50-lb bag, so I have never tried it. My pepper plants and micro toms seem to be fine with just the 14-14-14. For larger plants, an occasional watering with a light miracle-grow type of fertilizer would supplement micros.
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