Plant Tone is an all-purpose fertilizer blend that is safe, long lasting, and conditions the soil. It is superior to compost and manure. Easy to use, just add to your mulch beds each spring to jump-start your soil. Improves your soils fertility and productivity and works great on a variety of plants all year round. One pound equals approx. 3 cupfuls.

Planting
Dig hole larger than root of plant so that roots can spread naturally. Discard 1/3 of the soil removed and replace it with good humus. Add one cup Holly-Tone and mix thoroughly.

Feeding
Established acid-loving plants should be fed twice yearly, spring and late fall. Sprinkle Holy-Tone around like adding salt and pepper to food. If the area to be fed is mulched it is preferable to remove the mulch, feed, and then restore the mulch on top of the application of plant food. If this is not possible, double all recommended feeding rates.

Spring
Trees: 1 lb. of Holly-Tone per inch of trunk diameter. Triple the quantity for diameters 3 inches and over.
Shrubs: 1 cupful of Holly-Tone per foot of branch spread. Double the quantity if branch spread is 3 feet or larger.

Beds:
Preparation of new bed - mix 10 lbs. of Holly-Tone per 100 square feet and incorporate into the top four or five inches of soil. Feed established beds 5 lbs. of Holly-Tone per 100 square feet.

Fall
The plants should be given a light feeding in the late fall. Use the quantities recommended for spring.