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Can you use high-potassium liquid feed on flowering herbs to get them to flower?

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Indeed @punkdoc - I should have said that! 
    There seems to be a slight 'fixation' about feeding though, especially artificial feeding in particular. 
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  • elliotp981elliotp981 Posts: 105
    edited August 2023
    Fairygirl said:
    You can lead a horse to water.....

    You don't feed shrubs like Buddleia in winter  :|
    That is not what I said, who would be stupid enough to do that? I mean can I feed it in its supposed growing season (wisteria as well) until around late August/September? You don't feed dormant plants, that is as common sense as not walking off cliffs. 
  • elliotp981elliotp981 Posts: 105
    punkdoc said:
    I wouldn't feed Buddleja at all.
    Mine is in a pot, hence why I'm asking. The soil where I live is atrocious (due to incompetent builders being too lazy to order skips to get rid of their waste, so they buried it in the back garden instead), which is why it is not in the ground. 
  • elliotp981elliotp981 Posts: 105
    Obelixx said:
    Try re-reading the first sentence in my last post @elliotp981
    They need to specify that on liquid fertiliser labels on the back of the bottle. I assumed the growing season meant until late August/late September but if you have to pack it in that early they should warn you. 
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Wakey wakey @elliotp981 They're selling their product to make profits.  That's why a forum like this is useful to get past the marketing speak and get advice form experienced gardeners who have no commercial axe to grind.

    Do not feed past mid July unlless the plant will be protected from winter frosts.
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  • elliotp981elliotp981 Posts: 105
    Got ya, what else is just marketing in the horticulture sphere? I ask myself whether granular works as well. 
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Improving your soil will work far better than any artificial feed, and be cheaper in the long run.
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  • elliotp981elliotp981 Posts: 105
    I don't use artificial feeds, only organic ones. Miraclegro and tomorite offer organic versions (the latter smells kinda like comfrey).
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Improving your soil is still a much better option.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    " feed the soil, not the plant "
    Devon.
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