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Allotment Stuff => The Basics => Topic started by: newspud9 on May 04, 2014, 21:19:37
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I have strawberries growing amongst my raspberries and also in the same bed as my dwarf apple tree (looks nice!). If I use tomato feed for my strawberries, can it also be used for the companions. Thanks for all the responses
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As you can see from the photo below my strawberries and apple trees are in the same bed!
http://s222.photobucket.com/user/tgalmanac/media/11th%20April%202014/Fruitbed1_zpsf13a937f.jpg.html (http://s222.photobucket.com/user/tgalmanac/media/11th%20April%202014/Fruitbed1_zpsf13a937f.jpg.html)
I just feed the bed with with growmore in early spring just as the strawberries start into new growth and that's it for the season.
As you may know growmore is a balanced slow release fertiliser where as tomato feed is a high potash feed which is fed to plants when they are fruiting.
To me using a high potash is a bit of a waste with the other fruit as these mature at a different times
It also means you are giving the different plants potash when they do not need it.
I find that the slow release balanced feed kicks in when needed.
But then again that is only my opinion.
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Tee Gee
Many thanks