green manure nettles and comfry

[adam connor]

I am inundated with these so make green manure but does this have the right balance for green/leaf stage of tomato growth or for fruiting stage?

[adam connor]

it is interesting this posting has had 29 views and no replies. I wonder if we know. Perhaps "organic" ideas are not as well thought out as modern agricultural. I mean if the question was what fertiliser (modern) to use on at different stages it would be straight forward. Now there's a gauntlet to the organic staulworts.

[Gryfon]

Well I'd thought I'd answer that I have no idea Don't fertilise my plants which I know I should do but they seem to manage alright without!

I would just use it anyway and see what happens

[adam connor]

thanks, quite reassuring. I haven't fertilise any of my veg garden but did add to soil organic matter before planting out - was starting to panic but now more relaxed

[Gryfon]

I usually just leave mine to get on with it. However I have bought some blood, fish and bone which is supposed to be good!

[adam connor]

yes and that is organic also. I use the stuff I drag out of rest of the garden - such as leaves mulched and roitten, rotted waste from the pond and cleared reeds etc. but I am a novice andmay all go horribly wrong

[Birdie Wife]

Good thing about blood, fish and bone is that it's a slow release fertiliser so can go on fertilising the ground for months. Does this also mean that in hevay rain the nutrients can get washed down into the soil or leach out altogether?
I use this and chicken manure pellets as well, the chicken manure is faster acting but doesn't last so long.
How do you make your green manure? It's probably in another thread but not sure where...

[adam connor]

there was a piece in GYO few months back, basically put all in water tight container - such as old plastic bin, cover in water, leave 6w, drain off stinky black liquid and then dilute to use (as though tomato food), the remaining solid can go on compost

[lyndap]

If your growing organically,according to july issue of gyo, you shouldn't be using blood,fish and bone cos its not organic(PAGE 51)!I always thought it was supposed to be. I don't use it because I'm a 'veggie' I tend to stick with chicken pellets and growmore once the crops are in the ground,and only then if a crop looks abit under the weather otherwise I just leave the veg to get on with it with weeding being the only interferance(only toms,squashes n peppers fed oft)