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Choosy Gardeners Choose "Gard'n-Wise Choice"
April/May 2001
Jason Rogers, Johnson's West 13th Store Manager

    We have an exciting new product at Johnson's this spring!
Gard'n-Wise Choice is a premium grade, organically composted blend of
composted cotton burrs, composted cattle manure, alfalfa meal, feather
meal, cottonseed meal and sulfur. It is suited for a wide range of soil
conditions, plants, flowers and rose varieties.
    
    By incorporating Gard'n-Wise Choice into your garden, you release
beneficial microorganisms into the soil as well as improve the soil's
ability to quickly establish a vigorous and brilliant plant, flower or
rose bed. Gard'n-Wise Choice is excellent, not only as a soil
conditioner at the time of planting but also as a top dressing
throughout the year. Your plants will love its rich ingredients, each
with its own unique nutrient composition:
    
    Cotton Burr Compost--is unsurpassed in its ability to break up clay
soil and improve water retention in sandy soil. At the same time, it's a
rich food source for beneficial soil organisms.
    
    Cattle Manure--is included in the blend for its trace elements and
soil conditioning qualities.
    
    Alfalfa Meal--is an organic source of nitrogen and potassium. The
nitrogen helps plants grow stronger and taller and the potassium
promotes stronger limbs and branches. Alfalfa meal is an excellent
natural plant food.
    
    Cottonseed Meal--is a natural source of nitrogen, phosphate and
potash that helps create acidic soil conditions and aids in production
of friendly soil bacteria. Cottonseed meal is a valuable slow-release
fertilizer.
    
    Feather meal--is an excellent alternative source of rich, organic
nitrogen. Feather meal releases nitrogen into the soil more slowly and
in greater amounts than most other nitrogen sources.
    
    Sulfur--helps create acid soil conditions and also acts as a soil
conditioner. Helps lower pH in excessively alkaline soils. It is slow
acting but long lasting.