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What fertiliser should I add to my veg patch now?
ProfCool
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in Fruit & veg
Hi there, I created a new veg patch in my garden last year, but didn't add any fertiliser after the growing season finished. Can anyone advise what feed I should give the patch now in readiness for this years planting?
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Ideally dig in some well rotted farmyard manure - it'll work wonders.
If you intend growing carrots, don't manure that area or you'll get forked roots.
A dusting of blood, fish and bone will help too
Billericay - Essex
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Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Thanks verdun, better get myself some fish and blood fertiliser then ?
It depends partly on which crops you're growing. I wouldn't use any one product for everything. All my beds except the one where carrots are to go get a layer of compost in the late autumn. Then when I sow the seeds, I sprinkle a bit of lime where the beans and peas are to go, potash or tomato feed on the strawberries and around the fruit canes, and perhaps some BFB or Growmore on onions and carrots. Once the salad crops get going I may give them a nitrogen feed. Later on I will put tomato feed on the tomatoes as well as the courgettes and cues. Then later still, I will wonder why I ever gave the courgettes any encouragement....
Thanks for the seaweed/beetroot idea, Verdun, I would never have thought of that. Will try.