Ferticare fertilizers, ideal for wicking African violets

Ferticare fertilizers from Kemira are perfect not only for vegetable crops, field crops, lawn plants, but also for decorative plants.
African violets react to this fertilizer with a luxuriant flowering and a uniform development of the rosette.

It is a universal fertilizer, with a rich content of micro- and essential macroelements for plant growth and development.
For African violets the most indicated are the Ferticare fertilizer 15-30-15, has a high content of phosphorus that stimulates flowering and Ferticare 14-11-25 that prevents the deficiency of microelements and stimulates the harmonious development of the plant. These two fertilizers can be successfully used for watering by wick of African violets.

Both fertilizers are water soluble. The nutritional solution prepared from these fertilizers has a pH of 6.5-7 and once used does not increase the concentration of salts in the soil, properties that perfectly suit Violets of Parma.
Used in reasonable proportions, plants become more resistant to diseases and infections.
The content of micro and macroelements in % in the two fertilizers:

For watering by wick will prepare a nutrient solution with fertilizer Ferticare 14-11-25 with a concentration of 0.05 %(0.5g / 1l water).
If dissolved in a liter of water 20 gr of fertilizer we get a nutrient solution with a concentration of 2%. 25 ml of this solution or 5 teaspoons dissolved in a liter of water = nutrient solution with a concentration of 0.05%.

If after watering the violets remained nutritional solution, it can be kept in a container for a long time, away from children and the sun, and at the next watering the solution will shake (it is possible to form a sediment).

The tanks will be filled with water after 7-10 days or as the water drops from the tank.
The fertilizers in question have a low degree of danger (4).
When we work with them, the basic rules regarding safety and personal hygiene will be observed. During their use, rubber gloves will be used.
The mixture of soil utiilized when planting violets watered through the wick is weak in nutrients, because of this it is necessary to use nutrients that will reach the plant through the wick.

Nutrients reach the plant evenly. The plant is not stressed due to excess or deficiency of nutrients.
The health of the plant should be kept under observation. If the plant grows well, we will not change anything. If the bottom leaves turn yellow, and the plant "thickens" will increase the concentration of nutrients.

If in the center of the rosette you can see a reddish-white sediment, the concentration will decrease.
Many violet enthusiasts let the soil mixture dry out after depletion of the nutrients in the tank. This is important for those whose African violets are planted in the universal ground for decorative plants and are watered ordinary.
Ferticare 15-30-15 and Ferticare 14-11-25 are of Finnish origin, produced by Kemira GrowHow