Espoma Alfalfa Meal Plant Food 3 LB

Espoma® Alfalfa Meal All Natural Plant Food is perfect for organic gardening. Provides better growth & blooming. For roses, flowers, vegetable, trees and shrubs. Apply directly to soils or make Alfalfa tea fertilizer. Can be used to make a liquid fertilizer tea.

• Size: 3 lbs
• Guaranteed Analysis: 2-0-2
• Enhances growth & blooming
• For roses, flowers, vegetable, trees and shrubs
• Promotes vigorous growth and abundant blooms
• Can be used to make a liquid fertilizer tea.

How To Use

Roses

• Apply  1 cup per plant in the early spring.  Repeat application when blooms appear.  Use 1/3 rate for miniature roses

Vegetable & Flower Beds

• Prior to planting:  apply 5 lbs. per 100 sq. ft. and work into the top  4” of soil
• Established plants:  Apply ½ to one cup per plant.

Fertilizer Tea

• Use 2 cups in 5 gallons of water and allow the mixture to steep in a covered container for 4 to 5 days.  Stir the mixture daily.  Apply I gallon of finished tea to roses and other plants in the spring.  Use 1/3 gallon for miniature roses and smaller plants.  Remaining solid material can be applied around plants in the garden.

Trees & Shrubs

• Shrubs: Apply one cup per foot of branch spread in the spring.  Repeat in the late fall at half spring rate
• Trees: Apply one lb. per inch of trunk diameter out around the drip line of tree.

Benefits

• Promotes better growth and blooming.