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Old 25-04-2006, 07:43 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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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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Old 25-04-2006, 08:18 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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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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Old 25-04-2006, 11:16 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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"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

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Regards
Bob Hobden
17mls W. of London.UK


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Old 27-04-2006, 06:22 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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: "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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