As part of the Houseplant 101: Back to Basics series, I decided to do a fairly robust overview of fertilizing houseplants, including what fertilizer is, why to fertilize your plants, the difference between organic and synthetic fertilizers, and more.

If you've been following along over the past two years on 'Plant One On Me', you'll have noticed I covered fertilizing before (Ep 12:    • Best Fertilizers + Fertilizing Schedu...   and Ep 50:    • How to Fertilize Houseplants — Plant ...  ), but this will go more in-depth while still staying on a foundational level. If you want to go more in-depth into fertilizing and troubleshooting micro and macronutrient deficiencies in houseplants, for example, check out my Houseplant Masterclass at www.houseplantmasterclass.com. Great news is you learn while being able to support the channel in the process!

Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
1:00 - What is a fertilizer
1:24 - Why do houseplants need fertilizer?
2:30 - When you want to fertilizer your plant
4:05 - When and how often to fertilize houseplants
5:29 - Different kinds of fertilizers
6:32 - Soil amendments
7:08 - NPK Value
9:33 - What the fertilizer numbers and ratios mean
12:11 - Organic vs synthetic fertilizers
18:38 - Other micro and macronutrients
19:12 - How much fertilizer should I use?
23:52 - Organic vs synthetic fertilizer: what is better?
24:18 - How to fertilizer your plants
30:29 - When not to fertilize your plant
34:13 - Over-fertilizing

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- JR Peter’s (Jack’s) 20-20-20 Fertilizer with micronutrients - https://amzn.to/2MwJdX1
- Neptune’s Harvest 2-3-1 Fertilizer - https://amzn.to/2KxboST
- Buffaloam Soil Booster - https://amzn.to/2Kwwssz
- Bonide 10-10-10 Liquid Plant Food - https://amzn.to/2MwJlWv
- Tillandsia Air Plant Fertilizer - https://amzn.to/2Xp8OC2
- Jobe’s Organic Fertilizer Spikes - https://amzn.to/2IksXTv

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