Frequently Asked Questions

It’s all in the ingredients. That means you need to have a formulator that knows what they are doing. All plant foods are not created equally! Nelson Plant Food makes plant foods for the professional grower and we put the exact same plant food into our consumer packages. Only professional quality plant foods are available from Nelson Plant Food.

Yes, one could make a specific plant food for a specific plant. However, that would be impractical. There are too many variables, including: weather, growing media, type of crop, and cultural practices. Nelson Plant Food makes plant foods that generally benefit a wide variety or type of plant grown under a wide set of circumstances. Commercial growers that we sell to, with hundreds of varieties of plants grown under a multitude of conditions, use only a few types of plant foods. The ingredients can be blended to meet the needs of the plant and the practices of the grower. We will blend a plant food to meet the feeding regimen of any plant or grower.

Yes, over time, science has determined that different plant species require different plant foods. This is usually because we have taken a plant out of its native habitat. These plants need nutrients to replace those that were in their native areas but not in the new one. In addition, adding a concentrated amount of, say Bone Meal, does increase the blooming over the normal bloom size and quantity.

Yes. Some plants need an acidic environment and some don’t. A plant food must not only have the correct ingredients to correct the Ph problems, but also must not have other ingredients that counteract the acid forming ingredients. The formulator is key to a plant food that does adjust Ph.

Yes, That is why our plant foods may cost a little more. It’s all in the ingredients and the formulation. Better ingredients in the correct combination cost more, but then they provide more nutrition to the plant. A quality blended plant food results in well-fed plants. It is cheaper to use the right plant food.

Yes, by writing to Nelson Plant Food, PO Box 638, Bellville, TX 77418. Provide the product name you are requesting information for.

Some fertilizers suggest certain spreader setting because: Age/Condition of spreaders vary greatly. The fertilizer manufacturer doesn't always recommend proper rates. Most base settings on providing 1 lb. of Nitrogen per 1,000 sq. ft. per application.

The numbers on the bag represent a chemical analysis by percentage. The first number is Nitrogen. The second is Phosphate, and the third is Potash. Nitrogen is used for top growth on a plant. Phosphate is used for blooming, and Potash is used to develop the root system.