There are dozens of fertilizers so called Bloom Natural, Bloom buster, Super Bloom, Bloom Foliar and the list go on and on.. Does any one has any experience with any of these products and their ability to accelerate blooming in fruit trees. Comments will be appreciate. I would like to try one of these products on my avocados but I wonder if it is snake oil or someone can tell me something positive about one or more of these products that may have experience with.
Thanks
It's all marketing hype. Leaves produce fruit, not one particular element which must work in unison with the others.
Check out the good doctor's take under Fertilizers. https://puyallup.wsu.edu/lcs/
Thanks Mark
The Myth of Foliar Feeding Applying fertilizers to leaves (or the soil) without regard to
actual mineral needs wastes time and money, can injure plant roots and soil organisms, and contributes to
the increasing problem of environmental pollution.
Very interesting read
https://s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/sites/403/2015/03/foliar-feeding.pdfSoils that have been heavily used for agricultural
crops are often deficient in phosphorus, as are acid sandy and granitic soils. In landscaped urban soils,
however, phosphorus is rarely deficient and the misapplication of this element can have serious
repercussions on the plant, the soil environment, and adjoining watersheds.
I was wondering why the middle number in recommended fertilizers are low. If you have a nutrient deficiency that is not relieved by nitrogen addition, try a foliar application of
likely nutrients and see if the symptoms are alleviated. This prevents excessive addition of
mineral nutrients to the soil.
https://s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/sites/403/2015/03/phosphate.pdf