Use and Care Manual

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The Espoma Company • 6 Espoma Road, Millville, NJ 08332 • Telephone: 1-888-ESPOMA1 (888-377-6621) • Fax: [phone] • www.espoma.com
All Natural Plant Food
with Bio-tone Microbes
• Complex blend of 100% natural organics to provide
complete & balanced feeding.
• Enhanced with Bio-tone beneficial microbes.
• Long-lasting, slow release. Won’t burn or leach away.
• Environmentally safe. No sludges, hazardous or
toxic ingredients.
• The leading choice for hollies, azaleas, evergreens,
rhododendron & other acid-loving plants.
Directions
One pound equals approx. 3 cupfuls
Note:
Azaleas, rhododendrons and laurel are shallow rooted plants. Keep them mulched and well watered
in dry weather. Do not cultivate near them as surface roots may be cut and the plant damaged.
Planting
Dig hole larger than root of plant so that roots can spread naturally. Discard 1/3 of the soil
removed and replace it with good humus. Add one cup Holly-tone and mix thoroughly.
Feeding
Established acid-loving plants should be fed twice yearly, spring and late fall. Use half the
recommended rate in the fall. If the area to be fed is mulched, it is preferable to remove the mulch,
feed, and then restore the mulch on top of the application of plant food. If this is not possible,
double all recommended feeding rates.
Spring
Trees:
1 lb. of Holly-tone per inch of trunk diameter. Triple the quantity for diameters three inches and over.
Shrubs:
One cupful of Holly-tone per foot of branch spread. Double the quantity if branch spread is three
feet or larger.
Beds:
Preparation of new bed - mix 10 lbs. of Holly-tone per 100 square feet and incorporate into the
top four or five inches of soil. Feed established beds 5 lbs. of Holly-tone per 100 square feet.
Acid Loving Plants
Holly-tone Plant Food
FACT SHEET
Amaryllis
Andromeda
Aster
Azalea
Bayberry
Bleedingheart
Blueberry
Camellia
Dogwood
Evergreens
Ferns
Fir
Gardenia
Heath
Heather
Hemlock
Holly
Huckleberry
Hydrangea
Inkberry
Juniper
Leucothoe
Lily-of-the-Valley
Lupine
Magnolia
Marigold
Mountain-ash
Mountain-laurel
Oak
Pacheysandra
Phlox
Pieris
Pine
Raspberry
Rhododendron
Spruce
Strawberries
Whitecedar
Woodsorrel
Holly-tone
®
4-3-4
GUARANTEED ANALYSIS
The Espoma Company • 6 Espoma Road, Millville, NJ 08332
Total Nitrogen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.0%
0.3%. . . . Ammoniacal Nitrogen
1.2%. . . . Water Soluble Nitrogen
2.5%. . . . Water Insoluble Nitrogen
Available Phosphate (P
2
O
5
) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.0%
Soluble Potash (K
2
O). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.0%
Calcium (Ca) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.0%
Magnesium (Mg). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0%
0.7%. . . . Water Soluble Magnesium
Sulfur (S). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.0%
Derived from: Hydrolyzed Feather Meal, Pasteurized
Poultry Manure, Cocoa Meal, Bone Meal, Alfalfa Meal,
Greensand, Humates, Sulfate of Potash, and Sulfate of
Potash Magnesia.
*Contains 2.5% Slow Release Nitrogen.
Non Plant Food Ingredients:
Contains 3,804,705 colony forming units (CFU’s) per lb.
(253,647 CFU’s per lb. of each of the following 15 species):
Acidovorax facillis Marinibacillus marinus
Arthrobacter agilis Paenibacillus lentimorbus
Bacillus licheniformis Paenibacillis polymyxa
Bacillus megaterium Pseudomonas alcaligenes
Bacillus oleronius Pseudomonas chlororaphis
Bacillus pumilis Pseudomonas putida
Bacillus subtilis Rhodococcus rhodochorus
Bacillus thuringiensis
While fertilizer materials have unlimited shelf life, the
beneficial microbes in this product are best used within two
years of the production date (see side panel for production
date). After that time their numbers may be reduced.