Can i use the ash from my indoor open fire on my garden vegetable patch? I have only burnt wood and paper (and maybe 4 cubes of firelighter). Or if not the vegetable patch on the flowerbeds?
I grow hardy orchids in both pots and in the garden. They benefit from liquid feed. My problem is do I add even more water by liquid feeding when everything is already saturated
I have several outdoor pot plants. How often should I use liquid feed on them? Also, I have a palm in a very large pot which this year looks a bit sad, very yellow. Is it okay to use liquid feed on this? Also, does bamboo in pots need feeding?
Hi Ann, potash is another name for potassium which is important for plant growth. You can buy it in garden centres and maybe some big stores. Not sure if it comes in granules but you can get it in a box in powder form and add it to your watering can. Hope this has helped you in some way. I have only been gardening for the past five or six years and it has been a lovely journey, especially learning all these new things and I'm still learning. I don't know too much about the ins and outs of all these feeds but I think I know enough to get by now. Barbara
Feed all plants in pots with weak (1/2 strength) tomato feed every week when growing. Tomato feed good for just about everything( including grapes,) as all fertilisers have basicaly same ingredients but in varying proportions. By limiting yourself to one, i.e. Tom. fert., you can buy large bottles/packs more economically. Can't go very wrong.
Woodash good but not too close to plant or might "burn"
Acers can lose leaves to wind burn. They can dry out quickly as they have very thin leaves.
Potash can be bought in garden centres. Again tom.fert. high in potash
Plant camellias any time, preferably in acid soil or ericaceous compost if in pots. if you haven't got acid soil the latter may be best. Water mainly with rainwater. Keep nice and moist/wet in autumn as this will encourage flower bud formation for spring flowering. Feed with special camellia food, and twice a year dose with Iron Sequestrene to encourage take up of food.
Dilute nettle juice 10 to 1 with water.
If any of the above is incorrect others should add or correct it please
Do I need to feed my flower garden this time of the year I am a fairly new Gardner and have lots of different flowers and bulbs planted ,thank you Avril Prowse
If you have light sandy soil almost any feed at this time of year will wash away and be largely wasted. Also as the plants are entering their dormant phase they aren't looking for food anyway. I would wait until you see the first signs of growth next spring and off you go.
Bulbs have all they need to flower next year, but you should feed them while they are in growth to set them up for the next year.
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What exactly is potash fertiliser. I've never grown them before
Can i use the ash from my indoor open fire on my garden vegetable patch? I have only burnt wood and paper (and maybe 4 cubes of firelighter). Or if not the vegetable patch on the flowerbeds?
Chicken poo good, can't really go off
Feed all plants in pots with weak (1/2 strength) tomato feed every week when growing. Tomato feed good for just about everything( including grapes,) as all fertilisers have basicaly same ingredients but in varying proportions. By limiting yourself to one, i.e. Tom. fert., you can buy large bottles/packs more economically. Can't go very wrong.
Woodash good but not too close to plant or might "burn"
Acers can lose leaves to wind burn. They can dry out quickly as they have very thin leaves.
Potash can be bought in garden centres. Again tom.fert. high in potash
Plant camellias any time, preferably in acid soil or ericaceous compost if in pots. if you haven't got acid soil the latter may be best. Water mainly with rainwater. Keep nice and moist/wet in autumn as this will encourage flower bud formation for spring flowering. Feed with special camellia food, and twice a year dose with Iron Sequestrene to encourage take up of food.
Dilute nettle juice 10 to 1 with water.
If any of the above is incorrect others should add or correct it please
If you have light sandy soil almost any feed at this time of year will wash away and be largely wasted. Also as the plants are entering their dormant phase they aren't looking for food anyway. I would wait until you see the first signs of growth next spring and off you go.
Bulbs have all they need to flower next year, but you should feed them while they are in growth to set them up for the next year.