Fertilizer Application Rates, Schedules and Methods

GENERAL FERTILIZER MIX RATIO

• Apply 3 oz / gallon water every 4-6 weeks (heavier at bud set to extend bloom life and enhance flower color)

FRUIT TREES

• Apply 3 oz / gallon water to foliage
• Apply at blossom and every 30 days during growing season and once after harvest

TREES AND SHRUBS

• Apply 5 oz / gallon to foliage in spring until leaves are thoroughly wetted

LAWNS AND TURF*

• Apply 1 qt / 5000 ft squared in spring to Fescue and Bluegrass *
• Apply 2 qt / 5000 ft squared in spring and fall to Bahai, Bermuda and St. Augustine

* Lighter soils may require applications in spring and fall.

** Rates are given on lawns with clippings returned to them

Shake well before using

Use mixed solution within 48 hours

HOW TO APPLY AGGRAND PRODUCTS

Applying AGGRAND products is very easy and can be done in a number of ways. First, you can purchase a hose end sprayer from AGGRAND (Altrum). These only cost about a buck, and work fairly well in most cases. However, understand that, because they only cost a buck, they're nothing all that special. It's not all that difficult to break them, so care should be taken.

To use the hose end sprayer from AGGRAND, you will attach it to the end of your hose, and then screw on a QUART bottle of AGGRAND fertilizer. Any bottle other than an AGGRAND QUART SIZE bottle will NOT work.

If you'd like to use a different application method, the following will also work.

USING AN ORTHO OR MIRACLE GROW SPRAYER

First, filter the fertilizer through something like cheese-cloth. This will remove the larger particles which aren't going to pass through an Ortho or Miracle Grow sprayer. Then, mix the filtered fertilizer, half water to half fertilizer in the Ortho / Miracle Grow sprayer "tank". On my Ortho Sprayer I then set the output rate to the 5 or 6 ounce per gallon setting. This will apply the fertilizer at 2.5 to 3 ounces per gallon (because it is mixed with half water) which is the universal rate for AGGRAND fertilizer application.

Just don't stand in one spot for very long. You only need a light application at this rate. It comes through pretty quick. This is especially true on flowers and such which are a little more delicate and respond more drastically to minor changes in fertilization. A little too much on the lawn won't hurt anything, but too much on flowers can burn them. Just give them a light application. Better to be a light application that has to be done a little more frequently on flowers than too heavy an application which might stunt them.

This method should work just fine. When filtering the fertilizer, just work it through the cheesecloth until basically all the liquid has passed through and all that is left is the larger, solid particles.

USING OTHER SPRAYERS

Other types of sprayers can be used for AGGRAND products as well. As long as the sprayer has good agitation and pressure, just about any sprayer will do. Backpack sprayers, sprayers on pull behind trailers and on truck beds, etc. Any of these are fine for applying AGGRAND. Just make sure to clean any filter screens fairly often as organic fertilizers can begin to clog these over time if not cared for properly.