Where to buy Jobe sticks?

[Simon]

choy, dun worry, in time to come u see it grow

[hoppinghippo]

I"ve tried thomson nurseries and supermarkets, but they only stock horti sticks and not jobe. Are there any diff? do jobe sticks contain anything other than NPK?

[loupgarou]

jobes/horti are more or less the same. just that jobe's is the imported version of horti.

all of them contain NPK, N in the form of urea/ammonium nitrate. you must bury in the gravel because if they pop up, they can kill your fish.

I do not know what's the difference between the flowering vs indoor plant versions of horti, cos I look at the ingredient list. like the same.. so they are trying to bluff people or something.. heh

[hwchoy]

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On 2/18/2002 8:23:22 AM

choy, dun worry, in time to come u see it grow
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it's OK lah, got a lotus from Teo that comes with part of a rhizome (stem) but the leaves are green/red mottled. Saw this one at Ah Pek's which is an offshoot of the larger one which is all red (similar to those at GenX) so decided to buy another for "insurance" but Ah Pek's didn't have stem and the leaves very thin. But they're all bubbling away so I guess they're OK.

[hoppinghippo]

loupgarou: I think the diff is that the flowering kind has no sulphate or calcium added in it compared to the indoor plant kind. I checked horti's 2 diff kind of sticks and noticed the diff is in the above 2 ingredients. don't know if it's better to have sulphur present in the tank tho.

[hoppinghippo]

I found that ntuc at bukit timah plaza sells horti slow release fert that comes in small round balls which look exactly like those which the ocean free root monster is made up off. $2 only! and it's supposed to be rain resistant, so I think it's safer to use in the aquarium. plus it lasts 3months!

[wks]

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On 2/19/2002 8:52:54 AM

I found that ntuc at bukit timah plaza sells horti slow release fert that comes in small round balls which look exactly like those which the ocean free root monster is made up off. $2 only! and it's supposed to be rain resistant, so I think it's safer to use in the aquarium. plus it lasts 3months!
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Hi hippo, in case u want to try out this houseplant fertilizer, I suggest u set up an experimental tank to test it. I know that many houseplant fertilizers contain some levels of N & P. A mistake from u will not cause a big headache to your planted tank.

[Simon]

perharps we can all listed down the varies fertilizer stick/tab we have tried in our planted tank... it will help those who wanna try them but fear of the worse

[jag]

I use Horti plant tabs.... its the light blue tabs thats supposed to last 3 months.

No probs so far for the last one week. Beware for tanks with exessive algae.

N- 14%
P- 2-3%
K- 5% (about this proportion coz I can't remember the exact figures)

[loupgarou]

in that case, don't put sulphur in the tank. after the roots rot and you get hydrogen sulphate. lol... dunno, any experts?

[hoppinghippo]

wks: I think there should be NPK present in the tab, and the only thing to look out for is that you don't get the tabs exposed to the tank water. which is not so bad for the one I mentioned cuz it's meant to be a slow release tab and is somewhat water resistant. the fert sticks are supposed to dissolve in a few weeks, more dangerous!

I feel that house plant fert is the same as aquatic plant fert cuz ingredients are the same and is much cheaper.

I bought pond plants from farmart plus a blue plastic "pond" and the lady told me to fertilize the lily just add the powder fert she gave me, she told me there's liq fert too but it's more expensive and does the same so no point. the powder fert smells like normal soil fert (ie. damn smelly) and so far my fishes are ok! I think aquatic plants specific fert is more of a marketing ploy to differentiate amongst the same range od products to get higher prices.

[DEA]

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On 2/19/2002 4:08:54 PM

I think aquatic plants specific fert is more of a marketing ploy to differentiate amongst the same range of products to get higher prices.
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well, yes and no
the main ingredients are the same
plants are plants, it doesn't make a difference what species they are, they all need the same basic nutrients to live
the difference is land plants use different proportions of NPK (i think) and they don't have to consider the effect of the fertilisers on the ALGAE they get over their nice crop plants etc

for most of the fertilisers available i find there's not much difference
any one will do
the only types i find to be almost unique are dennerle's pflanzengold 7, amano's ECA (and something else also) and dupla's similar product, which are, i think, plant hormones which are similar in function to auxin