Is osmocote any good?

ChaosHunter

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I use it a lot for landscape plants and flowers. Espoma or Dr earth would get my vote for slow release outdoor
 
I also have jobes organics (3-5-4)(I know it's not actually organic) and dynamite matter magic tomato food (8-5-5) will either of these work better than osmocote or will I have to buy some more stuff
 

ChaosHunter

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You need primary, secondary and micros. This completes base nutriants hence "grow,bloom,micro". You will need to fine a nute at the Depot that is all in one and they don't offer it.
 

Organic Altruism

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They do have an "Osmocote+" with all the micro nutes in it. However, don't waste your time or money. As a joke/experiment I tried growing a single clone using nothing but Osmocote+ and it wasn't great. Plant looked good until about halfway through flower. It never quite filled out and didn't have much of a yield. The other plants that recieved my usually blend of dry fertilizers flourished. The experiment was done with 4 Sugar Black Rose clones. 3 clones in amended Roots Organic and the other one went into unamended Roots Organic with osmocote on top.
 

Lucky Luke

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Ive used it mixed into potting mix in a hole at a patch. Seemed to work OK up to about the 3 month mark (I had no defiency problems a any rate) which was about perfect timing for a flowering switch of nutes.
 

AnimalMother1974

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They do have an "Osmocote+" with all the micro nutes in it. However, don't waste your time or money. As a joke/experiment I tried growing a single clone using nothing but Osmocote+ and it wasn't great. Plant looked good until about halfway through flower. It never quite filled out and didn't have much of a yield.
My guess is the ratio of iron to the rest of the trace elements is too high. Also not enough potassium for flower
 
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