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Best Plant Food

Posted: May 13th, 2010 | Author: tejvan | Filed under: Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

To get best from garden it is important to make sure your plants have adequate food and nutrients. It is also important to make sure they aren’t overfed with the wrong kind of food.

The first thing is to try and feed the soil. See these soil improvement tips. This will provide natural food and also help the organic content of the soil.

However, it may be hard to get sufficient compost in a short space of time. Therefore, the garden will need additional feeding.

A liquid feed is ideal for pots and grow bags. It enables you to feed exactly where you want and the food is immediately in the soil. Sometimes it is worth feeding less than the manufacturers recommendations but more frequently – less but more frequently is main thing.

Slow Release Feed.

Slow release feed is great for the low maintenance gardener. One sprinkling in spring can be sufficient to provide food throughout the gardening season.

Organic Feed.

If you have a patch of comfrey, you can make your own organic feed  by stewing comfrey in a tub of water and draining off the liquid. Be ware it is somewhat smelly. See: Free comfrey plant food

Tomato Food.

There isn’t a specific ‘tomato food’ Tomatoes just thrive on Potash – which is element ideal for fruit and flowers. It is relatively low in nitrogen – good for green growth, but, this will help provide a bumper crop. Tomato Feeds

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