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December 1, 2024Boost Your Garden Blooms with Bio Ocean Fertiliser This Summer
As summer approaches, our gardens come alive with vibrant colours and lush growth. To ensure your flowers, vegetables, and indigenous plants thrive during this season, look no further than Bio Ocean. This organic and environmentally friendly product is packed full of goodness, designed to give your plants the nutrients they need for bigger and better blooms.
Why Choose Bio Ocean?
Organic and Environmentally Friendly
Bio Ocean is manufactured by composting seaweed, fishmeal, humic acid, and poultry manure. This process creates a soil and plant conditioner that is rich in naturally occurring minerals and growth stimulants. By choosing Bio Ocean, you are not only nurturing your garden but also supporting sustainable and eco-friendly gardening practices.
Added Kelp and Fishmeal
These ingredients provide a slow, consistent release of nutrients, ensuring your plants receive the necessary sustenance over time. Kelp and fishmeal are renowned for their ability to enhance plant growth and improve soil health, making Bio Ocean a powerhouse of natural plant nutrition.
Water-Wise
South Africa’s hot summer months can be tough on gardens, but Bio Ocean is designed to be water-wise, helping your plants retain moisture and reduce water usage. This is particularly important in regions where water conservation is crucial. By using Bio Ocean, you can enjoy a lush, vibrant garden without the need for excessive watering.
Child and Pet Friendly
Safe for use around children and pets, Bio Ocean is pathogen-free and does not contain germs, mould, or bacteria. You can apply it to your garden with peace of mind, knowing it won’t harm your loved ones.
Easy Application
Pelletised for easy application, Bio Ocean is pH neutral and will not burn your plants, making it an ideal choice for all types of garden plants. The pellets allow for a slow, consistent release of nutrients, ensuring your plants are fed over an extended period without the risk of nutrient burn.
How to Use Bio Ocean
Vegetables and Herbs: Apply one to two handfuls per square metre every 6 weeks. Bio Ocean promotes healthy, robust growth in your vegetable and herb gardens, ensuring a bountiful harvest throughout the season.
Planting: Mix two handfuls into the soil at the base of the hole before planting. This ensures that new plants receive an immediate boost of nutrients, helping them establish strong root systems and promoting vigorous growth.
Flowers and Shrubs: Apply two handfuls per square metre every 6 to 8 weeks. Bio Ocean enhances the flowering potential of your ornamental plants, resulting in bigger, more vibrant blooms.
Trees: Apply 10 handfuls per tree for each year of the tree’s age (up to 2.5kg) every 10 to 12 weeks. Trees, both young and mature, benefit from the consistent nutrient supply, leading to stronger, healthier growth.
Indigenous Plants: Apply one to two handfuls per plant every 10 to 12 weeks, perfect for establishing new plants. Bio Ocean is ideal for South African indigenous plants, including fynbos, as it supports their unique nutritional needs and promotes their natural beauty.
Pot Plants: Use half a handful, depending on the size of the pot, and work into the top layer of soil. Container plants benefit from the slow-release nutrients, ensuring they remain healthy and vibrant throughout the season.
Maximise Your Summer Blooms
December is the perfect time to feed your garden with Bio Ocean. For maximum bloom power, focus on feeding summer-flowering plants such as:
- Hibiscus: Known for their large, showy flowers, hibiscus plants thrive with the extra nutrients provided by Bio Ocean.
- Bougainvillea: These vibrant climbers will produce an abundance of colourful bracts when fed with Bio Ocean.
- Geraniums: Enhance the flowering potential of your geraniums with Bio Ocean, resulting in stunning displays of colour.
- Marigolds: These hardy annuals will bloom profusely with the nutrient boost from Bio Ocean.
- Hydrangeas: Bio Ocean can help your hydrangeas produce large, stunning flower heads, adding a touch of elegance to your garden.
Bio Ocean is not only great for these vibrant flowers but also for all your garden plants, including veggies, fynbos, and all indigenous plants. It truly is an all-round superstar product!
Visit Your Nearest Garden Centre
Bio Ocean is available in 200g, 5kg, and 10kg bag sizes. Head to your nearest Garden Centre and give your garden the boost it needs this summer. The convenience of different bag sizes means you can buy the right amount for your gardening needs, whether you have a small urban garden or a large landscape.
From the Atlantic Fertilisers team, happy gardening and happy holidays!