It's interesting that fertilizer timing was counterintuitive for you. It didn't seem counterintuitive to me. The reason is that fertilizer isn't food for plants; the term "plant food" is misleading. Plants use sunlight and air as their sources of nutrition. Fertilizer is more like a supplement, providing extra nutrients when plants are actively growing. When plants are not actively growing they don't need this extra supplement.
Yeah now that I understand the logic behind it it makes sense! Not sure why it seemed unintuitive initially but I wonder if other beginners have the same thought
It's interesting that fertilizer timing was counterintuitive for you. It didn't seem counterintuitive to me. The reason is that fertilizer isn't food for plants; the term "plant food" is misleading. Plants use sunlight and air as their sources of nutrition. Fertilizer is more like a supplement, providing extra nutrients when plants are actively growing. When plants are not actively growing they don't need this extra supplement.
Yeah now that I understand the logic behind it it makes sense! Not sure why it seemed unintuitive initially but I wonder if other beginners have the same thought