i have little fruit trees in tubs in the garden which are fruiting beautifully what if anything should i be feeding them?
As with any flowers or fruit they want a high potash feed.
I won't mention any branda names but if you look at the npk ratio on the packaging and the third value is the highest this is what you want. It is also preferable that the first value is the lowest.
Tesco do a soluble feed which is reasonably priced, and has all the trace elements that the leading brands have. It's in a cardboard box, and there are 4 induvidual bags in each box. Quite good value. I use it on plants in pots.
thanks guys
would you please mention a brand name Tee Gee or pm it id appreciate it as need to go and grab one tomorrow in a very short window of time
thanks again
It's not that I didn't want to it's just that there are many e.g.
Potassium Phophate
Sulphate of Potash
Fish Blood & Bone
Chempak No 4
Tomato feeds
Doff soluble plant food
Top rose
Tomorite
So there are a few to be going on.
There may be more under names I don't know about so use the ratio formula I mentioned earlier.
I don't want to be a drag but are these trees in their first year of fruiting? If so, you really need to prevent the tree from putting all its energy into making fruit. It is really better to nip the fruit off now so the tree can concentrate on building girth and rootmass.