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feed for a veg patch
As below, I am growing carrots, parsnips, sprouting broc, beetroot,
radishes, potatoes and peas. I dug in a good amount of well rotted horse manure about 2 months before planting. Should I be looking to add any feed / fertiliser to the soil ? Any liquid feeds that could/should be watered in ? |
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feed for a veg patch
NC wrote: As below, I am growing carrots, parsnips, sprouting broc, beetroot, radishes, potatoes and peas. I dug in a good amount of well rotted horse manure about 2 months before planting. Should I be looking to add any feed / fertiliser to the soil ? Any liquid feeds that could/should be watered in ? No. However how have you devided your crops? Are they all on the same bed? Are you going to start a rotating system so that you avoid the build up of bugs and diseases in the soil? After growing root vegs it's a good idea to put in the legumes (peas, beans) the following year and liming before this. There's nothing else you ought to do beside weeding, watering and keeping an eye on p&d. |
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feed for a veg patch
"NC" wrote As below, I am growing carrots, parsnips, sprouting broc, beetroot, radishes, potatoes and peas. I dug in a good amount of well rotted horse manure about 2 months before planting. Should I be looking to add any feed / fertiliser to the soil ? Any liquid feeds that could/should be watered in ? If they have had some manure they should be OK although I wouldn't put fresh manure where I was to grow Carrots & Parsnips, was always told it can make them fork but have never bothered to try proving it. A good all round feed is Seaweed Extract and whilst the above probably don't need it I find it helps get transplanted plants growing healthily, very noticeable with things like Chillies and Tomatoes. http://kayshorticulture.com/cgi-bin/...18;pi d=71744 -- Regards Bob Hobden 17mls W. of London.UK |
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feed for a veg patch
: : "NC" wrote : As below, I am growing carrots, parsnips, sprouting broc, beetroot, : radishes, potatoes and peas. I dug in a good amount of well rotted horse : manure about 2 months before planting. : Should I be looking to add any feed / fertiliser to the soil ? Any liquid : feeds that could/should be watered in ? I would still add fertiliser like chicken pellets or fish blood and bone |
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