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Originally Posted by mskitty38583
i purchased some fert last night that is called ironite plus. it is a 12 -10- 10. it contains essential secondary and micronutrients in it. also 2 % iron. its total contents are as follows:
n -12 %, phosphate- 10%, potash -10%, sulfur- 9%, boron- .02 %, iron 2. %,manganese .10%, molybdenum .0005% and zinc .10 %. would this be ok to use on my palms and my bop? they need to be fed but i didnt want to miricle- gro them cause of salts. could this also be used on the nanas for the occasional feeding, beside the cabbage and spinach they get? i want to make sure its ok, i dont want to use bad stuff. any help would be appriciated. and thank you!!!!
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I would stay away from any fert,,that has to high of p in it wich is phosphate N P K ,,for palms would be better if it was like 8-4-8 or 8-4-12 with all of the minors in it .phosphate over time in a potted palm will get to high and shut down its ability to use other nutrients that it needs,,your best bet is to order fert,,off the computer that is made just for palms,,,trust me ive learned hard lessons with using fertilizers that were not designed for palms ,and in the winter I never feed my palms inside my house only in the summer or if their outside and growing alot,,manganese,magnesum,pottasium and minor elements are the most important to palms not so much the N and the P.hope this helps-Jason.[
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