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Fish, blood and bone fertilizer

Shane15Shane15 Posts: 4
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Hi

I've applied Fish, blood and bone fertilizer for the first time to my plants in pots and garden.

I've tried raking in as much a possible, but it's difficult with some of the plants eg clematis with roots so compacted on surface of the pot. So, i left about a tablespoon of the fertilizer on the surface of the soil in various pots . After a week, I've noticed  a white fungal growth on the fertilizer in all the pots. Is this normal? Do you need to rake this type of fertilizer in very deep and water it into? It rains non stop in Yorkshire, so i didn't water it in.

Thanks

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  • Kitty 2Kitty 2 Posts: 5,150

    Hi Shane. I don't use FBB (to avoid urban foxes digging up my plants), but if your pot's are so compacted by roots that you can't loosely fork it in, it's time to pot them on into bigger pots with some fresh compost.

    What type of clematis do you have? A vigorous Montana would do better planted in the garden and will struggle in the confines of a pot.

  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618

    I don't feed anything at this time of year. The plants are going dormant so it just washes out of the soil with the winter rains, or induces sappy growth that gets caught by frost.

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    Rather than feeding that clematis, for reasons already stated,  I'd get it in the ground or a pot at least double the size, as Kitty says. Bury it so that it's several inches deeper than it is now. It must be struggling really badly. They need loads of water and food to thrive. 

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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