Hi everyone - just got back from a great day on the plot. I'm very excited as the garlic is looking really great. Would a feed of any kind do it more good? or should I just leave it alone?
Thanks,
Sarah.
My winter garlic ( put in in october) I feed with "some"horse manure from March on.
Having free drainage, sandy soil, and putting in compost/ or leaf mould in soil before planting, and having enough nutrient in the soil than I put in every 14 days a light fertilizer, f i a bit manure or liquid manure. I keep the weeds away, very careful by hand and when the soil gets very dry ( when o when will that be?) I water, spec. when the leaves are developing.
I know I've said it before, but the Garlic Farm say 2oz Potash in February. Not really too late??
Lucky you Sarah!
The weather here ( oop North east coast ) has been awful and did
not entice me to my lottie which would have been a mud bath due to the rain :'(
Shall be there any time after work this week - lighter nights YIPPEE!!!
Debs
FYM as above and some fish blood and bone now
Phil
I chucked some pelletted chicken manure at mine about a week ago. When should I give it some more?
Aqui,
Pelleted chicken manure is usually high in nitrogen so I wouldn't give it more - as Tim says potash is the thing use, bone meal it stays around longer than the chemical stuff which leaches out easily
phil
Oh heck. I must learn to read the labels.
So tomato feed it is, then???
That should be ok, Aqui, unfortunately alliums, cos of their leaves, don't take up much goodness through them. But it will get in through the roots
phil