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Expert Profile: The Long Island Gardener

Expertise:  Do you know the wrong fertilizer will keep your plants from blooming? Do you know that too much Nitrogen can kill your grass, even if it does not burn the roots? Do you know that Roses need a LOT of Nitrogen to bloom -- and why is that? There's some complex chemistry in those plant foods. The secrets behind N-P-K are the key to the ultimate lawn, the the biggest flowers, the most fruits and vegetables. And if you don't get it right, you could be sorry. I'll show you what you did wrong, and how to fix it.

Experience in the area
Homeowner with gardens indoors and outdoors, lawns back and forth. I wrote my first gardening column for our college newspaper, teaching roomates about the right way to feed those windowsills gardens. Today I look for challenges. Organic Fertilizers are the key to proper feeding of all our plants. Can you make your own fertilizer? Some people think so -- but there are side effects. I have been there, done that for 54 years and there is nothing like the voice of experience when it comes to Horticulture and Fertilizers.

Publications
Numerous and sundry but only in college did I write about plants.

Education/Credentials
B.A., Botany and Mass Communications.

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Thank you for you quick reply, gardenias are already starting to look better.
(rini on 11/03/08)
He was very intelligent person and answered my questions very well.
(Katie on 10/20/08)
Thank you for a prompt response. The Garden Weed and Fertilizer is Preen brand, and that's why I snagged it. It was a recognised brand and looked lik
(Kirk on 10/14/08)
Excellent response time, answer covered all aspects of question plus additional information. Thanks!
(Howard on 10/14/08)
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Recent Answers from The Long Island Gardener
2008-11-14  fertilizer There are actually 20 minerals needed for plant growth. Six 'macronutrients' are needed in the biggest amounts: Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P) and Potassium (K) head the list and are probably the ones you...
2008-11-09  Iris and Daffodils If your Soil is nutrient rich, you should not fertilize your Bulbs. Too much of certain nutrients will block the uptake of others, no matter how badly they are needed. Fertilizer companies won't tell...
2008-11-05  harmful effects of fertilizers This could be a very long answer. I'll try to summarize without writing a book, and if you want elaborations on one in particular we can focus on that one and expand as needed on any others. First...
2008-11-03  Mulching Not only is Black Mulch DYED that way.... YOU CAN BUY the Dye to bring back the dark color of faded, formerly Black Mulch. www.pinestrawdirect.com/mulch-dye-faq.html It is my understanding that the...
2008-10-26  FOOD PULP Fertilizer? This is a GREAT idea and I don't know why you didn't think of it sooner. I suspect you may have too much too mix into Soil without asking for trouble -- the decomposition consumes Nitrogen like a house...
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