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seaweed feed
I got some seaweed feed and am now wondering how best and when to use it, I particularly want to help along 3 plants ( 2 roses and a mathiola incana) that have been moved and look a bit unhappy, also how & when should I use in general? Am hopeless with feed, all I've done so far is sprinkle rose food round roses and slow release fertiliser in pots
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Hi rose, usually a capful in a watering can is all you need. Good for building up plants in general especially younger plants. I use it for rooted cuttings especially after a few weeks of growth and over wintered pelargoniums. Seems to set them up before going outside. Good as a general tonic for anything really. It's one of those rare fertilisers that's good for everything
Verdun I give the cuttings a few weeks in fresh MPC and then feed them. Really good root systems by the time they're ready to go out.
sounds good, shall I just give all my plants a spray then? even the ones I fed with rose/shrub food?
thanks Verdun, don't forget you have to describe everything in minute detail to me as my tiny brain doesn't hold much info!!! OK to spray on leaves? sorry am so thick and need to be so precise
Aym I would use it for perennial poppies but not annual poppies. The annuals prefer poorer conditions. The perennial poppies don't seem to need anything though in my experience.
I always use Shropshire liquid sea weed on all plants Verdun an article I read states
Another benefit of using seaweed fertiliser over time is it acidifies and adds iron to the soil, which is great news if you are growing acid and iron hungry plants like gardenias, camellias, azaleas and rhododendron.
never had any problems myself used for years