Is it time to start 'tickling' yet?

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• Plantminded Posts: 3,580

  8 March

  Yes @Meomye, start using it now, if necessary, ie if your soil is not in good condition. It takes a few weeks to break down into available nutrients so using it now will coincide with the start of active growth. Be selective though, established trees and shrubs shouldn’t need it unless you’ve done some hard pruning and generally perennials don’t need it as it will often encourage soft foliar growth at the expense of flowers, and thus attract pests. Ornamental grasses don’t need feeding, neither does lavender.  It’s better to use organic matter as a mulch if your soil is poor in nutrients and not retaining moisture well. This list is not exhaustive but should help!
   

  Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.
  
  
  

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• Perki Posts: 2,527

  8 March

  Depends on the coming weather , I keep hearing and reading that a snow bomb / deep freeze is due next week , this has been going on for weeks and weeks now    . I'll be waiting a little bit long for where I live another 2-3week . 

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• Plantminded Posts: 3,580

  9 March

  I thought it might help you to know what I have recently fed with blood, fish and bone @Meomye: Clematis, Hydrangea paniculata, an Amelanchier planted last year, a recently pollarded Catalpa, a tree fern, Phormiums and a slow to get going Fargesia. I am also going to use it on some box hedging and some box in containers. (My soil is sandy and free draining so it doesn't hold water or nutrients well without regular mulching with organic matter.) I also use BF&B on my lawn if it looks a bit tired!

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• Meomye Posts: 949

  10 March

  Thank you @Plantminded

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