Good old Yates Thrive has been the go-to for plant lovers for years. Their specialist formulas are made for the unique needs of different plants to get the best results from your garden. Yates Citrus & Fruit liquid fertiliser helps give citrus trees the balanced nutrients they need to produce healthy foliage and fruit, to grow more and juicier fruit. This specialist formula contains Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, Manganese, Iron and Copper in a concentrated formula, with one 500ml bottle making up to 150 litres. 

Trying to decide between a liquid versus slow release fertiliser? Liquid fertilisers are more immediately available to plants for faster results.

Yates Thrive Citrus & Fruit directions for use

From first flowers to the end of fruiting: Shake first. Mix 2 caps (1 cap = 40 mls) to 9 litres of water. Apply as a soil drench to feed through the roots. Apply weekly (or if watering less often than weekly, apply every time you water), up until harvest.  

Between fruiting and flowering (except when dormant): Shake first. Mix 3/4 to 1 cap (3/4 cap = 30mls), per 9 litres water. Apply either as a soil drench or spray foliage. Apply weekly (or if watering less often than weekly, apply every time you water), until flowering.  

No need to fertilise when your plants are dormant and not growing.

Application tips

Best applied during a cooler time of day (we'd give it a miss of you expect the temperature to reach over 30 degrees, even more important if applying to completely dry soil).

Give the bottle a good shake before each use.

Always dilute before you feed (don't apply the concentrate directly to your soil - dilute in water first, then apply). 

If the soil's quite dry, do a flush of plain water first, then feed with diluted Thrive as per the rates above.

If you water regularly, so the top few cm's is dry but soil around the roots further down is likely to be moist, just follow the normal directions above (initial flush feed not essential).

Store bottle in a cool, dry place. 

The safety data sheet can be found on the Yates NZ website here.