Liquid feed and non-stop rain

[PyreneesPlot]

Morning.

I usually feed everything weekly with a nettle or borage liquid feed as part of the watering regime. As it hasn't really stopped raining since January (I kid not) I've not been watering (horay) but therefore not feeding (boo).

Will the plants - tomatoes, aubergines and the like - get any benefit from a liquid feed or will any goodness just be diluted in the sodden ground. How much goodness is absorbed by the foliage?

I can't feeling the veggies could all do with a bit of help, given everything else is stacked against them.

[allotmentor]

It may be less effective but plants will still be able to grab nutrients as it soaks past them - just don't dilute any more than is necessary. I'd be careful of foliar feeding - there's good evidence that it works well (e.g.Foliar feeding - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) but, in our current wet, cold conditions, I'd be very wary of getting leaves any wetter than they already are...

[horticultural_hobbit]

how about scattering handfuls of BFB around the base on wet/damp soil? you don't wet the foliage then.

[PyreneesPlot]

Thanks both.

Blood fish bone? I don't have any and don't really want to have to buy anything, either.

Wine or fertilizer?!

What about chopping down some more nettles/borage and using that as a mulch?