The table below will give you an idea of the savings you will find using the Green Elf Fertilizer Applicators to apply fertilizer to your plants. The default numbers are based on averages over several seasons at Midas Nursery Solutions. See the form below to caluclate your return on an investment of $1970.00** for a Green Elf Fertilizer Applicator. Enter the average number of plants one of your people fertilize in an 8 hour day and the hourly wage paid to that person, then click "See the Investment Savings".

Number of pots fertilized manually in one 8 hour day:
Hourly Wage Paid:
Quantity per 8 hour day Quantity per hour Hourly Labor Cost per Plant Cost per 1000 Total Hours per 1000 Cost per 10000 Total Hours per 10000
Manual Fertilizing* 9000 1125.00 $ 13.5 $ 0.0120 $ 12.00 0.89 hours $ 120.00 8.89 hours
Green Elf Fertilizing* 26000 3250.00 $ 13.5 $ 0.0042 $ 4.20 0.31 hours $ 42.00 3.08 hours
My Investment Savings $ 7.80 0.58 hours $ 78.00 5.81 hours
Cost per 100000 Total Days per 100000 Cost Per Million Total Days per Million
Manual Fertilizing $ 1200.00 11.11 days $ 12000.00 111.11 days
Green Elf Fertilizing $ 420.00 3.85 days $ 4200.00 38.46 days
My Investment Savings $ 780.00 7.26 days $ 7800.00 72.65 days

*The above numbers are based on a 1 gallon pot, with one shot of fertilizer being added to each pot.
**Price does not include shipping.