Best Method To Store Plant Food (Blood Fish Bone)

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  1. intel

    intel Gardener

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    Last Autumn Wilko were selling some of their gardening products off cheap, managed to buy some plant and some bone food, problem is I stored it in our metal shed, which although
    dry, it can get damp in the shed.

    Checked the boxes a couple of weeks ago and it has crystallised around the box (which is made from cardboard) I assume that this is due one of the ingredients reacting to the damp?

    Is the stuff better off stored in a Tupperware type of container or a metal one,
    guessing that Stainless Steel is the best type?







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  2. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    I Usually buy it in those plastic buckets, with the snap on lid, it usually then is ok.

    If I bought it in boxes and wanted to overwinter it I'd probably bring it into the house an store it in a cool room, but dry.

    This kind of stuff has a way of attracting moisture from the atmosphere, so goes gooey very fast in damp conditions.
     
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    • Sheal

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      I learnt the same way Intel. :doh: I've found the tupperware type containers are best for storage but removed it from the original box. :)
       
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        Left mine in the shed year before last and it went to crud, plastic boxes/tubs are the way forward
         
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        • Clare G

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          I've had the same problem with boxes of growmore - as pete says, some fertilisers seem to attract moisture from the atmosphere! Tupperware works well, something like a cereal container makes it easy to tip the amount you need out in a controlled way. I also use sturdy recycled plastic bottles - milk bottles with their squared-off shape are especially handy. I keep an old plastic funnel in the shed too, for filling from.
           
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          • Steve R

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            I buy my fertilsers in 25kg plastic sacks, and they stay there until used up, either in the shed or polytunnel with no problem. I either fold the top down or roll up and have no issues.

            Steve...:)
             
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            • Scrungee

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              If the damp doesn't get them, slugs,snails will eat the printing off the box leaving you wondering just what the contents are. Use snap on lidded buckets, write on outside with permanent marker and retain part of box with instructions inside the bucket.
               
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