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    Could someone recommend a general purpose fertilizer. My sweetcorn and beans looks like they could do with some (sweetcorn looking a bit yellow). Never used any before (first time growing), so not sure what would be good.

    Thanks for any advice.

    Steven
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    The basic rule is Nitrogen (N) for leafy crops, Phosphorus (P) for roots, and Potassium (K) for fruiting crops.
    The NPK value relates to the amount and type of nutrients in the plant food.

    I use liquid comfrey for everything. Use your Search button to locate lots of advice about Comfrey on this forum.
    Other people use Blood, Fish & Bone (organic, slow release), Growmore or Miracle Gro (not organic, synthetic)
    All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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      Growmore must be the most widely used general purpose fertiliser available. It is even available in an organic form. I like to use a slow release fertiliser such as bone meal when planting and as a top dressing (don't allow it to come into contact with the plants). For a good feed of particularly hungry veg. such as sweetcorn, pumpkins and courgettes I use a liquid tomatoe feed.
      It is the doom of man, that they forget.

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      • #4
        Blood Fish & Bone will attract vermin like rats & foxes, so don't use it on the surface, put it in the planting hole instead.
        All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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        • #5
          Thanks for the replies. I think I'll try Growmore. Though I might grow some nettles and comfrey plants to get some liquid feed next year.

          Steven
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          • #6
            You can't go far wrong with the Chempack range of feeds.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by snuffer View Post
              Growmore must be the most widely used general purpose fertiliser available. It is even available in an organic form.........
              Organic Growmore? That's a new one on me! I always thought it's predecessor was the organic equivalent, i.e. Blood,fish and bone meal!
              My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
              to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

              Diversify & prosper


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              • #8
                I always used to use growmore but never seemed to notice but improvement in growth. I still use it occasionally but now tend to use pelleted chicken manure far more often, especiallly if I want to give plants a boost.

                Ian

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                • #9
                  you could use worm casts from a wormary......very interesting beechgrove garden program the other night.

                  Do you think chicken pellets would work for sweetcorn snadger? also if i were to soak chicken pellets in water could i then use this as a liquid feed?

                  BBC iPlayer - Beechgrove Garden: 2008: Episode 16
                  Last edited by Duronal; 16-07-2008, 10:53 PM.
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