Simplifying Fertilizer Choices: One Size Fits Most Landscape Plants

Despite marketing for specialized fertilizers (tomato, azalea, orchid, citrus, etc.), plant nutrition is straightforward. Plants need nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, and micronutrients—most already in your soil. They're "grazers," absorbing what's available.

My three-product system works for everything: 10-10-10 on garden and landscape plants in spring and summer, turf fertilizer on lawn three times yearly, and water-soluble houseplant fertilizer as needed. No complex chart required.