"Another John" wrote in message
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My wife tends to be the plants grower, whilst I tend to see to the
structural and tidying side of things (iow, I do all the hard work!).

My wife loves to sow, plant, and watch her plants growing, but she's
hopeless at feeding them once they're "up" and/or established. I worry
about this. So:

(1) Shouldn't we be feeding the garden flowers? These are predominantly
annuals, sown by my wife in her yearly, delighted, absorbed, frenzy of
sowing, tending, overseeing, transplanting, and finally planting out.
We also have many perennials. (We also have roses, but these are
"mine", and I feed them with Toprose at the usual times.)
I occasionally fling Growmore over the soil, but with no real organised
approach.


(2) And what's the best way to feed indoor plants? We have some that
are years (and years) old, which rarely get repotted, sometimes suffer
drought, and often suffer overwatering. Still, they survive -- the
miracle of plant life :-/ I feel we should feed them mo are those
little sticks that you can get the best way to do this?


Every year around Autumn I swear I'll get a load of rotted manure, and
distribute it around the borders, and thus not have to worry about
feeding ... unfortunately I've never done this yet.

Lastly, I do make compost, and I do distribute that each year in Autumn
or early Spring, but I always feel that this is thin stuff compared to a
load of farmyard manure.

And lastly lastly: in case it's of any interest: our garden isn't that
big -- maybe 70' by 30' at the back, and maybe 20' by 12' at the front.

Thanks for any advice!

John

I'm a big fan of fish, blood and bone, you could give indoor plants a tiny
sprinkle?
I have this knipfophia that established as a self seeder beside a wall
where there wasn't much soil. It struggled along, and did about 3 spikes
for years. I started to feel a bit sorry for it, so I gave it some fbb,
watered it in and 12 spikes this year.
Alternatively, apparently you can dilute your own urine x 10 I part urine
ten parts water and that is also good for plants. Tried it on my big money
plant which was looking a bit bald on some of the branches. Worked a treat.
No bald branches now ;-)