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EARTH JUICE BLOOM 0-3-1

We love our Earth Juice Bloom as a flowering fertilizer. Organic fertilizers are usually fairly slow in releasing nutrients, making EJ Bloom especially useful for late stage flowering. Because EJ Bloom has no Nitrogen, it’s our choice in middle and late flowering when it’s probably desirable to let herbs use up the soil’s nitrogen reserves. Earth Juice Bloom also provides excellent service when added to EJ Grow, added boost of Phosphorous at those times when plant’s need an extra boost of P.

Here’s Earth Juice’s own description of EJ Bloom:

BLOOM: A no nitrogen phosphorous formula that is used to promote buds, flowers, fruit and vegetables. Use at first sign of budding and throughout the production period. Also good for plants that do not require any nitrogen, such as cactus and legumes. Approved by Organic Materials Review Institute (O.M.R.I.) for organic crop production.

Like other Earth Juice products, Bloom has an impressive ingredient list.

EJ Bloom includes:

bat guano
seabird guano
kelp
sulfate of potash
steamed bone meal
oat bran
rock phosphate

We normally apply EJ Bloom at rates between 1 tsp and 2 TBSP per gallon. When mixed in with EJ Grow, it’s used fairly sparingly, usually only a single teaspoon per gallon. When used by itself, during middle and later flowering, a stronger dosage is usually preferred.

Light feeders may only require a single tablespoon of EJ per gallon every other watering, or every third. Heavier feeding Indica / Afghani type plants can usually be fed more aggressively, and we’ve successfully experimented with using up to 2 TBSP per gallon with every feeding on a variety or two that are capable of really packing on some weight.

It should be noted that all EJ fertilizers have a tendency for their ingredients to settle out, so they should all be shaken well before use. This is an especially large problem for Earth Juice Bloom, and it can be expected to form a congealed mass at the bottoms of the bottle.

Straight out of the bottle, your EJ Bloom should have a somewhat thickened consistency, similar to a thin fast food shake, although no one will mistake it’s smell for anything appetizing. It’s not as thick as EJ Grow, but, if your Earth Juice comes out of the bottle thin and watery looking, you probably need to use a bamboo plant stake or similar tool to really dig and stir up thickened deposits that you will invariably find at the bottom of the bottle.

There is more than a bit of an aroma to Earth Juice Bloom. This particular formula is probably the worst smelling of the Earth Juice line of ferts, although it’s not as strong as fish ferts, even the so called “deodorized” ones, so it’s tolerable even if it’s not appetizing.