Which fertiliser

stewie1098

Went into my local 'Rightways' store, they had large tubs of fertiliser reduced by 25 %- they had Growmore, Blood Fish Bone, and one other-can't remember. which is best for shrubs +pots.
stew

trollopscarletwoman

For one thing growmore is not organic if that's important. As a fertiliser in pots and so on it releases slower. For shrubs personally I would hand fork it in around the base.

Blood, fish and bone can be considered organic but can have a grey area about that.. Has a more instant perk up for plants than growmore. It can be applied simply by throwing it about or by dilution in the watering can.

The other one your thinking off could be bonemeal or even a rose fertiliser. Perhaps chicken manure pellets. They have different constituients in them meaning they can have different levels of various nutrients in them for various purposes.

I_have_spoken

Chicken poo pellets and BFB I use.

A._Badger

Neither is suitable for pots. For pots you should either incorporate a controlled release fertiliser when you plant them up (Osmocote or one of its copies) or use a liquid feed like Phostrogen according to the instructions when you water.

Blood, fish and bone has the possible advantage over Growmore that it contains quite a lot of trace elements but the disadvantage that it 'goes off' if stored for a long time. It is also slower release in operation (not necessarily a bad thing, of course) and not as equally balanced in the main three nutrients as Growmore. It can also attract foxes and rodents.

Chicken pellets (if that was the third option) is also a fox magnet and also contains useful trace elements.

If it were me, I would buy a packet of Phostrogen for the pots and (assuming you live in a fox-free zone), blood, fish and bone. But in practice, any of the three will do for most general gardening uses.