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# Label - Scotts Osmocote CRF Tomato, Vegetable & Herb

> Product Label

Osmocote®
The Original Controlled
Release Plant Food™

Grow delicious vegetables and gorgeous bedding plants in your
garden with Osmocote®, the original controlled release plant
food. Osmocote® helps vegetables and garden plants flourish
throughout the season by releasing all of the vital nutrients
they need, when they need them most. Osmocote®
Vegetable, Tomato, Herb & Garden Beds is the quick, clean,
easy way to feed garden plants. Added organic compounds and
the high iron formula helps activate the soil and develop
beautiful blooms and vegetables.

Osmocote® Vegetable, Tomato, Herb & Garden Beds feeds:
• All flowers
• All vegetables
• All herbs

Osmocote® is environmentally safe and will not burn plants
when used as directed. This product contains a unique soil
wetting agent to help the soil hold more water.

Osmocote® works with Nature.
Osmocote® contains all of the nutrients your plant needs
including essential trace elements for a healthier plant.

Soil moisture activates Osmocote® Controlled Release Plant
Food but Osmocote® soya bean oil resin coating only releases
the plant food in response to soil temperature. Osmocote®
controls the release of the plant food ensuring the plant
receives nutrition when needed. Osmocote® eliminates
fertiliser waste, run-off and leaching.

Try other Osmocote® products. Osmocote® Garden Beds is
formulated for outdoor garden use. For container grown plants, try
Osmocote® Pots, Planters & Indoors, specially formulated to meet
the needs of plants grown in potting mixes.

Directions for Use
Apply Osmocote® Vegetable, Tomato, Herb & Garden Beds around
your garden plants every 6 months. Sprinkle 4 tablespoons per
square metre of garden area and lightly rake in or cover with
topsoil or mulch.
New Garden Beds: Scatter 6 tablespoons of Osmocote® per
square metre.
Mix Osmocote® evenly throughout fresh soil prior
to planting.

### Application Rates

| Ideal For | Planting | Established Plants |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Annual garden beds | | |
| Flowers | 6 TBL per m² or | 4 TBL per m² or |
| Vegetables | ½ TBL per plant | ½ TBL per plant |
| Bulbs | | |
| Strawberries | | |
| Tomatoes | 1 TBL per plant | 2 TBL per plant |
| Capsicum | | |
| Herbs | | |

TBL = tablespoon = 15g

### Guaranteed Analysis

| | |
| :--- | :--- |
| **Nitrogen (N)** | **17.3%** |
| as Ammonium Nitrogen | 2.1% |
| as Nitrate Nitrogen | 1.3% |
| as Urea Nitrogen | 11.4% |
| as Organic Nitrogen | 2.5% |
| **Phosphorus (P) soluble in neutral** | |
| ammonium citrate and water | 1.9% |
| water soluble | 1.6% |
| **Potassium (K)** | **6.8%** |
| as Potassium Sulphate | 5.9% |
| as Organic Potassium | 0.9% |
| Sulphur (S) as elemental and sulphate | 8.3% |
| Calcium (Ca) | 0.5% |
| Magnesium (Mg) (2648mg/kg) | 0.2% |
| Iron (Fe) (1850mg/kg) | 0.2% |
| **Trace elements - mg/kg** | |
| Boron (B) | 28 |
| Copper (Cu) | 71 |
| Manganese (Mn) | 101 |
| Molybdenum (Mo) | 28 |
| Zinc (Zn) | 24 |

This product contains 0.6mg/kg cadmium (Cd),
2.4mg/kg lead (Pb) and less than detectable levels
of mercury (Hg). Therefore this product may be used
without restriction on food and animal feed crops.

FOR FREE GARDENING TIPS AND
INFORMATION, CALL OUR GARDEN
HELPLINE TOLL FREE:
Australia
NZ 0800 449 213

Satisfaction guaranteed
or your money back
If you are not satisfied,
return the empty package to:
Scotts Australia Pty Ltd,
Limit: One package per household

KEEP OUT OF REACH OF
CHILDREN AND PETS.
Osmocote® contains non-poisonous salts.
If ingested, drink plenty of water.
Seek medical advice if ingested in large
quantities.

© 2010, Licensed by The Scotts Company.
World rights reserved.

Scotts.
Scotts Australia Pty Ltd
11 Columbia Way,
Grant Thornton New Zealand Ltd,
L4 Grant Thornton House,
152 Fanshawe St, Auckland 1140