Do you mean “regular” Jobe veggie spikes? I have many packages of those due to having as many containers as I have. I thought I had to get special “citrus” fertilizer for citrus trees.
I think I (and probably rightly needs one, too) need a “keeper” (you know 24 hr. nurse or whatever). Went to car to go get Prissy at groomer, put my left hand under door handle to open it, and searing pain hit my little finger. In my state of major pain, saw a wasp fly off. Went fast back into house, car is only about five steps from my door, and grabbed ice and slapped it on little finger. That pain was so intense, I felt like throwing up. I'm having trouble now with keys on keyboard that little finger hits.
I managed to call groomer using only right hand and keeping the ice on finger, and told them I couldn't get there right now due to wasp bite on finger. Took a hydrocodone pain pill. Waited a bit for the searing pain to lessen a bit and got Prissy using only right hand driving and dealing with her. That was about an hour ago.
I think it was so bad because that finger must have been right on that wasp's body and he totally nailed it - all his poison in a small finger. The sting hole on finger is very evident.
Yep, I need a keeper (or a husband to keep me out of trouble). I won't put my fingers under that door handle again without looking behind it first. There are wasps and bees on those Azalea bushes on both sides of my front door, but behind the car door handle?
I did get the hummingbird feeder up before I went to the car and got stung, so it's up.
I won't be doing anything with this finger until it's not killing me the way it is right now. I think this calls for some Amaretto on top of that pain pill.
I hope it's okay by tomorrow because I was going to do some transplanting and I can't put any pressure on it right now.
The only other sting I've ever had was a bee sting years ago that went away quickly and the pain was nothing like this one immediately when it was stung.
Johnny, thinking about this, what is it in that poison that instantly causes a very high pain level that sears your brain with pain? I could likely find that on the web. Inject that into your enemy and he isn't going to function for a while.
Put tobacco or meat tenderizer on wasp stings.
Another Hints from r_d
Give the hummers time to find it,it may take them a while being a new feeder and in a walled garden, plus its just the start of hummingbird season. We are only seeing two. The nectar will sour in a day or two, so don’t put too much in there till you are getting lots of activity at it. I’m sure you already know that you can make nectar yourself by boiling water and dissolving surgar in it.
You need to do more than ice and pain killers for a sting. What sort of wasp was it? Did it leave a stinger behind? If so, it needs to be removed.
Vinegar or lemon juice can neutralized the venom. Wet tobacco can help or make a baking soda paste. Some people advise mixing the baking soda with vinegar and applying that.
It takes about 20 minutes for the vinegar to make it stop totally.
If you have that much pain from one sting, there is a distinct possiblility that you have developed an allergy to the venom, and may need to have an epi pen or something to take in case of future stings.
JMHO.
Yes I think it’s the same. I get the plant food spikes at Walmart, and they are about 2 1/2 inches tall, and not very big around.
I put more than one in the big containers. I tend to use the slow release granules more for the long term potted plants, and spread them out a bit on the soil.
I like the additional dyna gro feedings, because they have additional nutrients in addition to the NPK.