The easiest way to feed flowering plants in pots would be to add liquid tomato food to their water once a week or so during their growing season. I usually do it at half the strength that it says on the bottle (for tomatoes too) and it's enough. That's hardly any more work than watering, which you'll be doing anyway unless you have an irrigation system. Cheaper kinds will do fine, it doesn't have to be an expensive brand. For foliage plants a more balanced liquid feed would be better.
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Agree. If all your plants are in pots just make sure the size of pot is adequate for the plant concerned and that you you use the best compost - loam based formost and then ericaceous or not as applicable.
Liquid feeds thru the season and generic SM and DIY brands are fine too to save money. If you can, a dollop of slow release fertiliser such as pelleted chicken manure or blood, fish and bone will do fine as long as you keep them sufficiently watered and top up with the liquid feeds.
As for making your own compost, you can get a tumbler bin on a stand with a handle for turning it that will very quickly make compost from weeds, prunings, old compost and root balls plus fresh kitchen waste from peeling and cleaning fruit and veg plus crushed egg shells, tea leaves and coffee grounds. Never add cooked food or bread. That should ease your phobia worries.
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Ah - if we'd known that @alexemmersonuk, we'd all just have said to use liquid and/or granular food. That kind of info is necessary for us to give appropriate advice. I hope that makes it easy enough for you though- some of the granular foods might be better for flowering plants too, as they're lighter to carry around, and you don't need huge amounts for containers, depending on the plant, and often a sprinkle early on in the year will suffice for the main season
@debs64 has as mostly container garden so perhaps she'll see my tag on her name and will tell you what she uses.
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Liquid feeds thru the season and generic SM and DIY brands are fine too to save money. If you can, a dollop of slow release fertiliser such as pelleted chicken manure or blood, fish and bone will do fine as long as you keep them sufficiently watered and top up with the liquid feeds.
As for making your own compost, you can get a tumbler bin on a stand with a handle for turning it that will very quickly make compost from weeds, prunings, old compost and root balls plus fresh kitchen waste from peeling and cleaning fruit and veg plus crushed egg shells, tea leaves and coffee grounds. Never add cooked food or bread. That should ease your phobia worries.
I hope that makes it easy enough for you though- some of the granular foods might be better for flowering plants too, as they're lighter to carry around, and you don't need huge amounts for containers, depending on the plant, and often a sprinkle early on in the year will suffice for the main season
@debs64 has as mostly container garden so perhaps she'll see my tag on her name and will tell you what she uses.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...