With Osmocote there are many factors that come into play when it comes to release. The 2 main factors being temps and amount of moisture applied. This is the part where you need to read your plants and figure out how to use and fine tune it to your particular garden and area.
With Osmocote there are many factors that come into play when it comes to release. The 2 main factors being temps and amount of moisture applied. This is the part where you need to read your plants and figure out how to use and fine tune it to your particular garden and area.
Makes sence Besides moisture I was thinking PH may be a factor.
As far as reading plants , I think thats a little over complicated , It seems to me many/most MJ growers like to fertlize to the max . As long as I dont see any definicyens , I dont see a need to fertlize beyond a very weak 1/4 strength fert about every month, or a little top Manure dressing
I really like the farm farm line of time released nutes. Been using the same bag of American Pride for about 3 years now. Marine Cuisine is very similar, but with outdoor growing I was worried there might be some residual fish odor that we can't smell and attract animals. I just mix it in the soil when transplanting. I don't go too heavy with it. I like to hand feed with liquid nutes also. I don't bother top dressing later on.
As for whether it has an instant release component, I'm honestly not sure. You'd have to check out their website.