Feeding Winter Onions and Garlic

[philcooper]

We'll have to agree to disagree on the chemical/organic fertiliser debate. I've done it both ways and now avoid chemical fertilisers.  Gardening does generally boil down to "if it works for you ...." and any home grown veg is better than the supermarket stuff.

Those growing on alkaline soils should note that the chalk in nitrochalk means more calcium

Phil

[philcooper]

[Ant]

Just searching on what to feed my overwintering garlic and found this thread.

If we use chicken manure pellets what dose should we use?

[Hyacinth]

Ant, sorry can't advise about pellets, don't know - as Tim wrote before, the Garlic Farm recommends potash and that's what I did last week (and last year..and the year before.. cont.p92 :D). Praps others have used pellets & can give you the OK...otherwise a box of potash is a good buy I reckon.

[Sparkly]

Okay, but do you give them a high nitrogen feed as well or just the pot ash?

[Hyacinth]

I only give potash for garlic....onions I don't know - only grow spring set ones :-\