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Re: plant food spikes suitability
- To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
- Subject: Re: plant food spikes suitability
- From: "Roger S. Miller" <rgrmill at rt66_com>
- Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 09:25:48 -0700 (MST)
- Delivered-To: fixup-Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com@fixme
- In-Reply-To: <200103260848.DAA09481 at actwin_com>
Mixalis Thalassinos wrote:
> I know that this question has been asked, but I failed to find an answer in
> the archives. I am unable to find the ferns and palms Jobe's formulation. I
> did, however, find some spikes from Garden Basics (manufactured by Gro Tec
> for Wal-Mart) that are formulated at 13-4-5. These spikes nitrogen is 2%
> nitrate nitrogen, 2% urea nitrogen, 2% water soluble organic nitrogen, and
> 7% water insoluble nitrogen. The package states that: "Plant nutrients
> derived from Ureaform, Triple Superphosphate and Potassium Nitrate, Chlorine
> maximum 0.20%." Are these spikes a suitable substitute for the highly touted
> palm and fern spikes by Jobe?
These sound identical to Jobes House Plant spikes. The lines you quoted
are almost word-for-word off the back of the Jobes package. I've used
Jobes house plant spikes in my tanks successfully for some time now.
Roger Miller