Feed for veg and fruit, what do you use and for what?

[Bigmallly]

Do poundland sell BFB?

Is there any there now or will it be in nearer springtime? How much do you get for a quid?

This'll be what they have in at the mo Scoot:

http://www.poundland.co.uk/gardening-2016

[Scoot]

Cheers. Doesn't look like they have it in yet. I've found 25kg's for £20 on eBay. I'm just a bit gutted to have to pull 20 quid out haha so was wondering if anywhere else had it in as cheap.

[Bigmallly]

Keep an eye on......£land, £world, B&M, Homebargains, £stretcher, Wilkos.

[Philthy]

Put a few shovel fulls into a Hessian sack & soak in a bin of water for a few weeks. Don't forget to put a lid on it.

Cheers BM.

Should this be material from near the bottom of the bin i.e. mostly broken down already and uniform dark brown in colour?
When it's ready will it need diluting further?

(Is the lid for the benefit of the stewing tea.... or my nose)?

[Chippy Minton]

I use chicken poo pellets, compost and manure. Also used miracle grow on the carrots last year (for some reason I thought as one isn't supposed to manure it'd be better if the feed was soluble )

This year I have joined the fish blood and bone (blood fish and bone, fish bone and blood, fish blood spam bone and spam, whatever)

However I am definitely trying the vegetarians approach this year, thanks BM Do I have to dig them in or just lie them on the top as a mulch?

[Bigmallly]

Cheers BM.

Should this be material from near the bottom of the bin i.e. mostly broken down already and uniform dark brown in colour?
When it's ready will it need diluting further?

(Is the lid for the benefit of the stewing tea.... or my nose)?

Some folk soak horse manure, vegetation or part rotted home made compost, then dilute when applying. I soak old vegetation then dilute a jug full in each watering can. The lid is for your nose.........

[NatalieCooke]

I've made my own Nettle Tea last year.
I was going to feed everything with it.
Is that right or wrong?

[roitelet]

I've made my own Nettle Tea last year.
I was going to feed everything with it.
Is that right or wrong?

Nettle tea is high in nitrogen and for leafy plants. If you want something for things like tomatoes, fruits, then comfrey tea is it.

[Bigmallly]

However I am definitely trying the vegetarians approach this year, thanks BM Do I have to dig them in or just lie them on the top as a mulch?

You can either soak it for a few weeks then apply as a tea or just chop it up on the bed as a mulch, it will then rot down into the soil.

[Dianaalice]

Same as chippy minton, spam, blood, fish, spam bone & spam.
still laughing at that now! Going to have to go to bed and try and get that out of my head.

[spamvindaloo]

When I just grew chillies and tomatoes at home, I just used fresh compost as I potted up and then tomato feed when they were flowering and fruiting. Got the allotment last year and so many different feeds to choose from. I used spuds galore for my spuds. Miracle Gro for most other things and also gave most things a seaweed tonic (maxicrop). Also bought some ericaceous feed (Doff, I think) for my blueberries.

I think I'm going to use spuds galore again as it seemed to work well. Most other things I plan to use BFB and chicken manure pellets. Most fruit will get tomato food when it reaches the flowering stage. No idea if this will work but we will see.

I don't really know if I'm wasting my time and money with the seaweed tonic, would be interested to hear other's experience with this. Hope to plant some comfrey this year and have comfrey tea for 2017.

[hamamelis]

I'm trying to cut out the middleman this year with the seaweed feed- had a trip to the seaside, collected some that'd washed up, and dumped it straight on the plot.

Maybe it won't do much, but it shouldn't hurt, and it wasn't far away!

Aside from that, homemade compost, nettle/comfrey smelly tea and chickie poo is about it. I don't like paying for stuff!

[maverick451]

I swear by Shropshire seaweed feed, amazing stuff, everything gets a foliar spray once a week, you can see the difference

[NatalieCooke]

Nettle tea is high in nitrogen and for leafy plants. If you want something for things like tomatoes, fruits, then comfrey tea is it.

So I can't use it on the tomatoes then? ;(

[Bigmallly]

So I can't use it on the tomatoes then? ;(

You could sprinkle wood ash around them or make a potash tea.