Fertiliser Advice

[firefly]

Hello,

I will be planting onions, shallots, and garlic later this week, then parsnips & carrots next month though need to know what fertililiser to apply to the soil as a precursor to planting/sowing.

My manure is not yet rotted down enough, so I will be using chicken manure pellets as an underlay for my potatoes when thay go in later this month, though would chicken manure be suitable for my onions, shallots, garlic, parsnips, & carrots?

Or would fish, bone, blood be a better option here? Are there any others to consider?

Thanks in advance,
Andrew

[Florence Fennel]

Hi Andrew, root vegetables don't appreciate fertiliser before planting. Do a bit of a search on here and you'll find loads of advice.

[Two_Sheds]

Potatoes are prone to scab if their soil is alkaline ... chicken pellets are alkaline

[Aberdeenplotter]

A general purpose fertiliser such as growmore applied a couple of weeks before planting works for me.

[Two_Sheds]

... blood fish and bone is the organic equivalent of Growmore

[FionaH]

I use a handfull of blood fish and bone with spuds. It was suggested on here that I use chicken poo in the onion bed a few weeks before planting. As Flo said don't use any at all with root veg like carrots and parsnips, makes em all funny shapes and a begger to clean and cook

[firefly]

Thanks for your replies guys. Plently to go on here.