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Originally Posted by IronPete
A lot of the talk in other threads is either at a high level that is too much for my level of knowledge, involves expensive products that my limited budget can't manage, or is based on a desire to have all things organic.
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Fertilizing is cheap with inorganics. Just buy a sack of haifa and it will last forever. Use balanced (ratio of 1-1-1) until fruit forms, switch to 2-1-3 or 2-1-4 after words. or just use the 2-1-3 all the time, it's still fine.
Easily the most important with inorganics is to have a runoff, and maybe to check runoff pH. Low runoff = major problems.
Organic is actually easier imo for containers, you can't do anything odd with it, which is useful (like get your pH way otu of balance or too high EC, etc), but without adding some microelements in inorganic form it's tough, the low minerality of potting mix is a problem.