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Feeding plants: a broad question
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 |
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