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Best Fertlizers

If someone grows mostly Herbs which do not require much use  of fertilizers but on the other hand  you may grow a few veg that may do , what is the most efficient way of administer the fertilizers for a few plants.

The fertilizer i have needs to be diluted in a big watering can which will be too much for these 2 plants

Please advice

Last edited: 23 April 2017 16:30:06

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  • NoviceHerbsNoviceHerbs Posts: 126
    NoviceHerbs says:

    If someone grows mostly Herbs which do not require much use  of fertilizers but on the other hand  you may grow a few veg that may do , what is the most efficient way of administer the fertilizers for a few plants.

    The fertilizer i have needs to be diluted in a big watering can which will be too much for these 2 plants

    Please advise

    Last edited: 23 April 2017 16:30:06

    See original post

     

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,146

    I use mainly Fish, Blood & Bone which is a slow-release organic fertiliser - it comes in powder or granules and can be mixed with the compost when potting on, or sprinkl.ed on the surface and watered in.

    I also use Chicken Manure Pellets for veg which again can be sprinkled on the surface and watered in. 

    I only use these two or three times a year at the most as they are slow release.

    I use liquid tomato food for tomatoes, courgettes and flowering plants.  If you don't need to use it all in one go you can get a large plastic bottle or two to store it in a shady place, but please label it clearly with a permanent marker. 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190

    If you look on the label it will tell you how much to mix into a watering can full of water, divide that by 4 and add water accordingly, you don't have to make up the whole 2 gallons..

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • NoviceHerbsNoviceHerbs Posts: 126

    Thanks Dove ,

    One very silly point  chicken manure is it safe as chicken carries  salmonella etc 

  • NoviceHerbsNoviceHerbs Posts: 126

    With regard to veg do they need irrigated soil like herbs with potting grit or is john innes no 3 ok 

  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    NoviceHerbs says:

    Thanks Dove ,

    One very silly point  chicken manure is it safe as chicken carries  salmonella etc 

    See original post

     I think everyone on this site has used this, does anyone know of anybody dying because of it, I don't, my parents lived to 91 dad always used it.

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,146

    Salmonella in commercial chicken flocks in the UK is virtually unheard of nowadays due to vaccination image.  Large commercial poultry farmers are fined if their poultry is not routinely tested for salmonella.

    As a point of interest, the US do not vaccinate their poultry, which is why their poultry meat is washed in chlorine image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • NoviceHerbsNoviceHerbs Posts: 126

    Thanks dove

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