To get a good harvest, any cultivated plant needs extra help. And one of the options is to feed the crop by fertilizing the land. This approach is especially relevant for use in our strip, where chernozem is not so common. Therefore, the use of dressings is more than justified.
In summer cottages, fertilization begins in the spring and ends only in late autumn, indoor plants are fed throughout the year. Therefore, a reasonable question arises, which drugs are best to use.
Today, there is a fairly large variety of different fertilizers on the market, both proven and well-proven, and created using modern technologies and achievements in agricultural technology.
What Fertik fertilizer is?
One of these preparations is Fertik fertilizer. Actually, it's not that new. If you used at one time such a tool as "Kemira", then you will be familiar with the effect of the drug "Fertika". Fertilizer, reviews of which today are only the most positive, in fact, is the same tool as "Kemira" with the corresponding high quality. But under a new brand name.
For reference: Kemira has not been produced in Russia since the beginning of 2011. However, the popularity of this fertilizer is so high that you can still find bags with this inscription on sale. Such products cannot be anything but fake. To date, the production, which was engaged in the production of "Kemira" in Russia, produces its complete analogue - "Fertika Universal".
The main use of Fertika
Fertika is made using the same technologies as its prototype. And the composition uses similar components from Finnish raw materials. Therefore, the quality of the fertilizer meets all the required European standards. However, under the Fertika brand, new lines of the drug were launched with slightly different percentages of components.
According to gardeners, the most successful use of this fertilizer is top dressing, primarily flower and fruit plants. Due to the composition of the drug, where the ratio of sodium, potassium, nitrogen and trace elements is carefully selected, Fertika is very popular with flower growers and is perfect for indoor plants.
Fertilizer specifications
The drug "Fertika" looks like a powdery crystalline substance with granules of different colors. The composition includes the main components required for the growth and development of the plant. In addition to the obligatory substances - sodium, potassium and nitrogen, here you can find iron, manganese, zinc and other trace elements. This composition activates the process of bud formation andfruit set, prolongs the flowering period and improves the color of the flowers, making it brighter and more saturated.
But the main thing is that the preparation does not contain chlorine and its components, which are extremely harmful to plants.
Fertilizer is sold in small packages of 20 and 100 g, which is quite convenient for use at home and in the garden. At the same time, the consumption of the drug is economical in comparison with other fertilizers.
Fertika Lux
The most popular among both gardeners and indoor plant lovers Fertika Lux fertilizer is a universal remedy. With a minimum consumption of 1 teaspoon without top per 5 liters of water, according to gardeners, it gives truly amazing results. In fruit crops, the number of ovaries increases sharply, the fruits grow better. In flower plants, the buds are enlarged, and their color becomes more saturated.
The Fertik flower fertilizer gives the same effect. Often, after using this drug, even those plants for which there was no longer any hope bloom.
Fertilizer "Fertika Lux" is used in a diluted form every 7-14 days as a top dressing for both seedlings and adults. For indoor plants in summer, the drug is used with each watering, in winter - after 3-4 times.
Flower fertilizer "Fertika", the use of which is more convenient in dry form, is applied at the rate of 1 kg per 14 squares of land. More exact proportions are indicated on the sachet.drug.
Fertilizer for root crops
In our country, the cultivation of potatoes, which is considered the second bread for Russians, is especially popular among gardeners. Fertik for potatoes will help to achieve a good harvest of this root crop. The drug will help increase the yield of plants, bring the ripening of root crops closer and improve their quality.
The composition of this type of preparation is optimized for the nutritional characteristics of potatoes. This approach allows you to get a particularly effective result when using the Fertik tool. Fertilizer, reviews of gardeners about which are more than enthusiastic, is applied for the first time when planting potatoes, subsequent times - when hilling. The granules are embedded in moist soil, where they will dissolve themselves under the influence of rain.
Preparation for evergreens and conifers
There are several other special Fertik fertilizers. Of greatest interest are such varieties as, for example, the Fertika coniferous agent for evergreens, which is produced separately for fertilizer in spring and summer. This drug allows you to increase the acidity of the soil to an acceptable pH and support coniferous trees. Fertilizer is also recommended for other plants that prefer acidic soil, such as azalea, garden and wild blueberries, rhododendrons and others. In the spring, the drug is applied only superficially, closing up the fertilizer when loosening. In summer, plants are watered with diluted Fertika.
Fertilizer, reviews of which are equallypositive, as well as on other types, due to its properties has gained great popularity among landscape designers.
Other varieties of the drug
No less important when creating the landscape of a country house and beautiful lawns, which will also help preparations from Fertik. Fertilizer, reviews of gardeners about which it is advised to use this particular tool, allows you to make a luxurious element of landscape design out of any most unattractive lawn.
All that is needed is to apply dry fertilizer when sowing in the spring, close them up and water the lawn abundantly with water. Subsequently, the grass is periodically fed at the rate of 5-6 kg per 100 squares. As a rule, top dressing is recommended after 2-3 lawn mowing. At the same time, the soil must be moistened before and after fertilization.
And perhaps, it is worth mentioning one more fertilizer that is useful to any gardener in their summer cottage. This is "Autumn Fertik", designed to prepare for wintering. The preparation was specially developed for perennial plants and is used in dry form during autumn digging. Fertilizer is applied in late August-early September at the rate of one package per 30 squares of land.
Using this product will help perennial crops make it easier to endure the winter period and develop more actively next spring.
Advantages of Fertik fertilizer
Gardeners who are not familiar with the preparation "Fertika" often have a question, what is the reason for such a great popularity of thisfertilizers. The fact is that the manufacturer pays great attention to the percentage of its main components. This takes into account the characteristics of the crop and the phase of development of the plant, as well as the time of application of the fertilizer.
Under different conditions, a different concentration of a particular agent and a certain feeding regimen are recommended. All this information can be found on the bags in which Fertika fertilizer is packaged, the instructions are usually printed on the reverse side.
To get strong plants, beautiful inflorescences and a good harvest, you only need to choose the necessary preparation, dilute it correctly, according to the manufacturer's recommendations, and feed the plants in time.
