From the archives - fertilization.


https://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=96127#Post96127

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Before a fertilizer program is started I think it wise to have the water and soil tested. Next it should be determined if you need such a program by watching visibility for at least part of the spring/summer after any non-fertilizer limiting factors are removed ( like low alkalinity below 20 ppm or serious turbidity). Often in low alkalinity situations fertilizer is not needed. Once the lime is added then a bloom will start on its own. That means fertility (N,P K) was not a limiting factor.

Last edited by ewest; 01/05/26 02:09 PM.