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 original, all natural, all purpose plant food
since 1929.
Directions
One pound equals approx. 3 cupfuls
Lawns:
For new lawns, work 40 lbs. per 1,000 sq. ft. into the top 4 inches of soil. Seed can be sown
immediately. Once the lawn is 6 months old, treat it as an established lawn. For established
lawns, apply 20 lbs. per 1,000 sq. ft. 3 times a year - Spring, Summer and Fall.
Garden Beds:
Mix Plant-tone into the top 4 inches of soil at the rate of 4 lbs. per 100 sq. ft.
New Plantings:
Dig hole twice as wide and same depth as root ball. Loosen roots and spread them into prepared
hole. Remove 1/3 of soil and replace with compost or soil mix. Mix 1-2 cups of Plant-tone into
soil mix. Do not mound the stems. Water thoroughly and add mulch to conserve water and
control weeds.
Established Plants:
In general, feed trees and shrubs twice a year - Spring and Fall. Feed flowers and vegetables
once per month throughout the growing season. Sprinkle 1 cup of Plant-tone around the drip-
line of the plant (forming a circle under the plant’s outer leaves). For trees and shrubs, use 1 cup
for each foot of branch spread (diameter of plant).
Potted Plants:
Mix 1 part Plant-tone to 25 parts soil. Feed established plants 1 teaspoon of Plant-tone for each
3 inches of pot diameter. Repeat monthly.
Plant-tone Plant Food
FACT SHEET
Plant-tone
®
5-3-3
GUARANTEED ANALYSIS
The Espoma Company • 6 Espoma Road, Millville, NJ 08332
Total Nitrogen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0%
0.4%. . . . Ammoniacal Nitrogen
1.6%. . . . Water Soluble Nitrogen
3.0%. . . . Water Insoluble Nitrogen
Available Phosphate (P
2
O
5
) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.0%
Soluble Potash (K
2
O). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.0%
Calcium (Ca) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.0%
Magnesium (Mg). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0%
0.6%. . . . Water Soluble Magnesium
Sulfur (S). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0%
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 3.0% 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.