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understand what true organics means. Call the manufacturers directly if you have doubts, and be<br />
direct with them. Ask them if they have any synthetic chelating elements in their fertilizer. Chelating is<br />
pronounced like key-layting, just so you sound serious. Always avoid products that use the term<br />
“Organic Based” because in my experience this almost always means that the product contains<br />
Synthetic Chelating Salts, which are very bad. If you see the phrase “Made with organic or natural<br />
nutrients” be very wary <strong>to</strong>o. <strong>The</strong> bottle should state that the product is made with 100% or all-natural<br />
or organic nutrients/elements. It also needs <strong>to</strong> have the OMRI tag on it clearly visible. I trust any<br />
nutrients with this tag on them for use with TLO gardening.<br />
With TLO growing you really never need a lot of liquid nutrients, and I have about 4 on hand at all<br />
times. I’ll list them below for you, with some info relating <strong>to</strong> why and when I use them.<br />
Fox Farm’s Big Bloom<br />
I love this nutrient as it is essentially an organic tea made with bat guano and earthworm castings,<br />
along with many other good things. Take note of the NPK (Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Potassium<br />
respectively) numbers, because they are very low in comparison <strong>to</strong> many liquid organic nutrients; this<br />
is a good thing. If need be, you could use this at a ratio of ½ cup per gallon of water, but I use it in<br />
teas at a ratio more like ⅓ cup per gallon.<br />
Organic Gem Fish Fertilizer<br />
This product is all natural with great NPK numbers for an all-purpose liquid TLO nutrient. <strong>The</strong> N-P-<br />
K numbers on this one are great, at 3-3-0.3—and sometimes I like <strong>to</strong> use this one when I have vegging<br />
plants in the same container for <strong>to</strong>o long between transplants. Normally for me it’s a tea additive only,<br />
and a great one at that. In teas I use it at either 2 teaspoons per gallon, or if used as a flowering stage<br />
tea, something more like 1 tablespoon per gallon. For an all-purpose plant booster dosage, I would<br />
say use it about every 3rd watering, at about 2 teaspoons per gallon.
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