GARDENWISE Elite 8-10-10 Professional Fertilizer for Banana, Flowering, and F...

This is more a basic fertilizer than what would be called a complete fertilizer. A complete fertilizer has a large list of micronutrients. Micronutrients are needed in very small amounts. This fertilizer has some micronutrients but is lacking in the number of micronutrients needed. Given the price, this fertilizer is more a cheap bag fertilizer available at your local discount store than a professional garden or specialty fertilizer sold at agricultural stores or garden centers. It does have nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium which is the percentage of these nutrients listed on the label such as the common fertilizer 10-10-10. It does contain a high amount of sulphur which is needed in most areas and a short list of micronutrients- magnesium, copper, iron, zinc and manganese which is a very short list of micronutrients. Also, this is not a slow release fertilizer which controls the amount of fertilizer available over time such as 3 to 9 months. This fertilizer is available immediately so you can easily "burn" your plants because too much fertilizer is available causing damage to the plant. This is a decent garden or lawn fertilizer, but for containers and specialty crops, it is severely lacking.

2 quarts is about 4lbs.This makes it easy to apply fertilizer as you can just sprinkle it in the pot. I would NOT use this in homes with kids, as it is easy for them to pick up the little bits and eat them.8-10-10 stands for the ratio of Nitrogen (8 percent) Phosphorus (10 percent) and Potassium (10 percent). Nitrogen helps with leaf growth and length. Phosphorus helps with root growth and Potassium helps with nutrients. Dad told me I needed to get my outdoor soil tested for the Phosphorus and Potassium actually, which I did not do, because, well, I am lazy.This is on the expensive side, so if you need a lot, I would price shop. This is about 4lbs for fifteen dollars or about $3.75 a pound.

I'm quite happy with this fertilizer, besides being the fertilizer that i needed, it's nicely pelletized so the machine that i use to spread it has no problems evenly spreading it, which is really nice. My Banana plants are super happy, and so am i!

If the proof is in the pudding, the proof of fertilizer takes a bit of time to show up. The product looks good, the contents are appropriate, and I’m glad to have it. When its impact shows up in the rose garden, I’ll post pictures.

The bag is pretty small, but the formulation looks decent and certainly workable. It is a little high in chlorine (8% max), which is a negative, but I knew this before I got the bag. Be careful not to use on chlorine sensitive plants.My one gripe is that the product photos are not realistic. The bag is not filled to the top and the fertilizer grains are a lot smaller than advertised. See attached photos for what a real bag looks like.It's currently the late winter, so I won't be able to fully test this out for another few months. My fruit trees are just barely getting ready to start growing leaves again, so certainly not time for applying a flowering fertilizer mix.