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What techniques do you use with liquid plant feed?

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  • DitsyDitsy Posts: 196
    I had some winter pansies still thriving in a hanging basket. I decided to give them a boost with a tomato feed, they are all dead now.

    Something went wrong! I am new to feeding too...
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    @Ditsy you need to go very gentle with the feed. Read the instructions carefully on the bottle and maybe start with a half strength solution, which might only be a few tablespoons to concentrate diluted. Too much can be worse than none.

    Might it not have been something else that killed them? Frost? Drought?
  • DitsyDitsy Posts: 196
    No frost or drought, it was only a couple of days ago @Fire.

    So do you use a lesser dilute than you would for tomatoes? I put two capfuls into my standard size watering can.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    My bottle instructions say one capful for ten litres.

    I'm not saying that was why your plants died, just that it's good to be careful not to overdo it.
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    I too use one capful of tomato feed per watering can, but only feed once a week. This is later in the season ( late June) when I start, as I do put slow release granules below my plants when planting. Between the new compost and granules they don't seem to need anything till then.
    In winter the beds get a mulch of manure, and in spring they get BFB.
  • DitsyDitsy Posts: 196
    Ha ha got it, less is best. Bit like chocolate cake, too much of a good thing is bad!
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