Liquid fertilizer for annuals?

Personally, I feel that foliar feeding is for lawns. Most annuals/perennials seem to do better with soil feeding. Best practice is to mix it and use the solution as a soil drench, but I am lazy and do what you are asking. I spread the dissolvable granules and then water them in or wait for rain to do it for me.

Thanks @bernstem - I’ll mix some up as a soil drench.

bernstem said:

Personally, I feel that foliar feeding is for lawns. Most annuals/perennials seem to do better with soil feeding. Best practice is to mix it and use the solution as a soil drench, but I am lazy and do what you are asking. I spread the dissolvable granules and then water them in or wait for rain to do it for me.

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This is what I did. I couldn't find anything on foliar spraying the new landscaping I had just put in. So i just drenched it at the roots with some liquid starter that I had. Going forward I will just use some 10-10-10 for it. I need to figure out how often to fert it though. The drench seemed to work pretty well. Getting a lot of good growth along with deadheading my roses. I think I'll get some flowering on my hydrangeas too.

For annuals I have found success with simply drenching the soil (and covering the leaves) with some cheap generic fertilizer and reapplying every few weeks: