What's in Fertilizer?

All fertilizers use this standard concentration rating system to show the percentage of each fertilizer element as part of the total blend.  All plants make use each of these macro-nutrients, but in varying degrees.  Regardless of how much the plant needs, they make more effective use of any macro-nutrient when presented to the plant  in small doses every time you water. If you want more information about fertilizers, please click on this link for a helpful article appearing in the March 2007 Irrigation and Green Industry Magazine called "The ABCs of N-P-K"  Click Here.

The numbering system is standard throughout the industry for all fertilizers and represents the relative strength (concentration) of various macro-nutrients that all fertilizers possess. Commonly referred to as N-P-K levels.

Generally you will not see any fertilizers having a total concentration (N + P + K) greater than 60%.  Most water soluble fertilizers have 50% to 100% higher concentration levels than liquid fertilizers since they do not have to be held in solution.  Liquid fertilizers, by their nature, have to be less concentrated since they need to keep all elements in solution.  In addition, liquids can be a bit more costly to the end user for the equivalent fertilizer amount since you are paying to ship water along with the fertilizer content.  Most natural or organic fertilizers have even lower analyses and NPK numbers as well but they work in different ways so you need to keep that in mind.

EZ-FLO offers a number of water soluble formulations that are specifically designed to feed your entire landscape any time of the year but are customized to enhance specific results. 

Organic products are labeled as such and usually have an organic certification from an independent standards body.  The Organic Materials Research Institute (OMRI) and the Guaranteed Organic Certification Agency (GOCA) are two of the rating agencies that certify products we offer as organic.  All organic products contain a significant degree of carbon molecule whether these are mined products or by-products of animals or plants.  Carbon is a significant energy source for the active biology in soils which in turn help plants absorb the nutrients they need.

Natural fertilizers are naturally derived and usually have a mix of organics and beneficial microbes.  These products are usually supplemented with some synthetic macro-nutrients but generally are more than 50% carbon based.

Synthetic fertilizers we offer are laboratory blends or horticultural grade formulations, meaning that they have been blended by chemists with chemical fertilizer building blocks.  They are of very pure quality and do not have many of the heavy metals and other impurities found in standard granular fertilizers.  That makes these productsmuch more safe to use.  

All fertilizers recommended by EZ-FLO contain some micronutrients to ensure optimum plant health.

We have found the most effective landscape blends consist of a high-quality, fertilizer with a high analysis (like the ones listed below) combined with an organic soil fertility product ( or "bio-stimulant") to make sure that the organic base of the soil is enhanced and the fertilizer effect is magnified.  We find these combinations significantly enhances the time between refills far more than what you get using diluted liquid fertilizers or simple straight synthetics.