Sustane 824 Organic Fertilizer, 5 pound bag
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Sustane 824 Organic Fertilizer
5 pound bag, OMRI certified
Ingredients: composted turkey litter, feather meal and sulfate of potash
Granular organic fertilizer is an absolute necessity for planting vegetables in your raised bed garden, and there are a few options we have in our web store for you to choose from. Sustane is the brand of fertilizers that we use in our gardens and our edible plant starts, but to be totally honest the main reason why is because we can get it in large quantities locally (versus these small bags for home gardeners like you).
What makes this product unique is its use of turkey litter instead of chicken (chicken is less ethically desired because its a by product of the industrial chicken & egg factory farming system) and its slow release formula. It also contains 5% humates by volume, which is important for cation exchange capacity (your plants ability to absorb available nutrients) and your soils water holding capacity.
This products NPK balance is 824, which means it is a “high nitrogen” fertilizer, not a balanced one. We recommend purchasing this product if you’re planning on growing lots of leafy green stuff in your bed this season, like herbs, lettuce, arugula & kale. Nitrogen is the key building block of green growth in edible plants, so its only recommended to really pile it on like this if thats your primary crop. If you give something like this to tomatoes for example, it’ll make you lots of plant, but wont focus its energy on making you fruit. If you give it to sweet potatoes, it’ll use the extra nitrogen to make more leafy growth instead of taking its energy and putting it into making you tubers.
This 5 pound bag is plenty for a new planting of a 4 x 8 foot raised bed.
Delivery Details
Delivery Details
When you place your order we head into our greenhouse to select the very best plants we have in stock for your garden. We label them with handwritten compostable wooden labels and pack them in recyclable boxes to keep them safe on their journey. Our delivery partners, Roadie, take it from there and head to the Redlands to pick up your order. Communication and tracking take place via Roadie and your driver will leave your plants in a safe and covered area.
Plant Care
Plant Care
When your plant delivery arrives, make sure you water your new plants thoroughly with a light spray of water (none of this thumb over the hose stuff). We recommend planting them within 10 days of receiving them. If you do intent to wait to plant them, we recommend placing them in a shallow reservoir (like a baking pan) and filling it with half an inch of water so they can drink the water from below while you are at work and place them in an area with plenty of sun. When planting in your garden always add a dash of Organic granular fertilizer, and give them extra water during their first week in their new home, while they adjust. We recommend disturbing the root ball as little as possible during planting.
About Our Plants
About Our Plants
All of our plants are grown in OMRI certified Organic materials (potting mix, fertilizer, seeds, etc.) and include Organic granular fertilizer, living locally-made compost, and have been cared for with healthy microorganisms from compost tea and microbial inoculants. We only use organic pesticides when needed. We only stock varieties that we have experience growing and that are season and climate appropriate for South Florida. Our curated inventory is simple enough for a beginner and interesting enough to keep an advanced gardeners attention, with new and rare varieties being added weekly.
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