Feeding herbs
 

Is it safe to use the indoor and outdoor growmore plantfood stuff on herbs?

I'm slightly warey as to putting chemicals on and around the plants which I
am then going to eat and use for cooking.

Feeding herbs
 

"MR2 ROC" wrote in
news:z2s3c.3172$re1.2754@newsfe1-win:

Is it safe to use the indoor and outdoor growmore plantfood stuff on
herbs?

I'm slightly warey as to putting chemicals on and around the plants
which I am then going to eat and use for cooking.


Which herbs are you planning to fertilise? Many are adapted for fairly
harsh dry environments, and don't need much feeding.

You can get seaweed-based liquid feeds if you'd feel more comfortable with
those. (Though such small quantities are not going to make much difference
to the plants, or you eating them, and are unlikely to be chemically that
different from the organic versions anyway. )

From the environmental point of view you are probably better off using up a
packet you've already got than throwing it away and going out to buy
another one. You could use 'worm wee' if you have a wormery though.

Victoria

Feeding herbs
 

"MR2 ROC" wrote in message
news:z2s3c.3172$re1.2754@newsfe1-win...
Is it safe to use the indoor and outdoor growmore plantfood stuff on
herbs?

There is only one standard definition of Growmore, as far as I know.
Yes, it is safe to uuse it absolutely anywhere in the garden

I'm slightly warey as to putting chemicals on and around the plants which
I
am then going to eat and use for cooking.

If my memory serves me right, Growmore was designed in the last war with the
specific aim of improving the yields of vetegable gardens.

Franz

Feeding herbs
 

"MR2 ROC" wrote in message
news:z2s3c.3172$re1.2754@newsfe1-win...
Is it safe to use the indoor and outdoor growmore plantfood stuff on
herbs?

There is only one standard definition of Growmore, as far as I know.
Yes, it is safe to uuse it absolutely anywhere in the garden

I'm slightly warey as to putting chemicals on and around the plants which
I
am then going to eat and use for cooking.

If my memory serves me right, Growmore was designed in the last war with the
specific aim of improving the yields of vetegable gardens.

Franz

Feeding herbs
 

On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 15:50:07 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann"
wrote:


"MR2 ROC" wrote in message
news:z2s3c.3172$re1.2754@newsfe1-win...
Is it safe to use the indoor and outdoor growmore plantfood stuff on
herbs?

There is only one standard definition of Growmore, as far as I know.
Yes, it is safe to uuse it absolutely anywhere in the garden

I'm slightly warey as to putting chemicals on and around the plants which
I
am then going to eat and use for cooking.

If my memory serves me right, Growmore was designed in the last war with the
specific aim of improving the yields of vetegable gardens.

vetegable?
or Betty Gable?
Part of Digging for Victory?
--

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit;
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad

Feeding herbs
 

"MR2 ROC" wrote in message
news:z2s3c.3172$re1.2754@newsfe1-win...
Is it safe to use the indoor and outdoor growmore plantfood stuff on
herbs?

There is only one standard definition of Growmore, as far as I know.
Yes, it is safe to uuse it absolutely anywhere in the garden

I'm slightly warey as to putting chemicals on and around the plants which
I
am then going to eat and use for cooking.

If my memory serves me right, Growmore was designed in the last war with the
specific aim of improving the yields of vetegable gardens.

Franz

Feeding herbs
 

On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 15:50:07 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann"
wrote:


"MR2 ROC" wrote in message
news:z2s3c.3172$re1.2754@newsfe1-win...
Is it safe to use the indoor and outdoor growmore plantfood stuff on
herbs?

There is only one standard definition of Growmore, as far as I know.
Yes, it is safe to uuse it absolutely anywhere in the garden

I'm slightly warey as to putting chemicals on and around the plants which
I
am then going to eat and use for cooking.

If my memory serves me right, Growmore was designed in the last war with the
specific aim of improving the yields of vetegable gardens.

vetegable?
or Betty Gable?
Part of Digging for Victory?
--

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit;
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad

Feeding herbs
 

On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 15:50:07 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann"
wrote:


"MR2 ROC" wrote in message
news:z2s3c.3172$re1.2754@newsfe1-win...
Is it safe to use the indoor and outdoor growmore plantfood stuff on
herbs?

There is only one standard definition of Growmore, as far as I know.
Yes, it is safe to uuse it absolutely anywhere in the garden

I'm slightly warey as to putting chemicals on and around the plants which
I
am then going to eat and use for cooking.

If my memory serves me right, Growmore was designed in the last war with the
specific aim of improving the yields of vetegable gardens.

vetegable?
or Betty Gable?
Part of Digging for Victory?
--

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit;
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad

Feeding herbs
 

On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 09:32:09 +0000, Victoria Clare wrote:

Which herbs are you planning to fertilise? Many are adapted for fairly
harsh dry environments, and don't need much feeding.

False dichotomy. "Harsh dry environment" does not imply infertile
soil. In fact, because of the absence of leaching, soils in dry
climates may be considerably more fertile than those in wet
climates.

That said, the OP's herbs will probably benefit from being fed at
this time of year when they are coming into growth, but
conventional wisdom says that for best flavor and scent, herbs
from sunny, warm, Mediterranean climates should be grown pretty
hard.

Leafy herbs such as parsley and basil are an exception, of
course. And the mints prefer pretty good living, afaict.


--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
[change "atlantic" to "pacific" and
"invalid" to "net" to reply by email]

Feeding herbs
 

On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 09:32:09 +0000, Victoria Clare wrote:

Which herbs are you planning to fertilise? Many are adapted for fairly
harsh dry environments, and don't need much feeding.

False dichotomy. "Harsh dry environment" does not imply infertile
soil. In fact, because of the absence of leaching, soils in dry
climates may be considerably more fertile than those in wet
climates.

That said, the OP's herbs will probably benefit from being fed at
this time of year when they are coming into growth, but
conventional wisdom says that for best flavor and scent, herbs
from sunny, warm, Mediterranean climates should be grown pretty
hard.

Leafy herbs such as parsley and basil are an exception, of
course. And the mints prefer pretty good living, afaict.


--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
[change "atlantic" to "pacific" and
"invalid" to "net" to reply by email]

Feeding herbs
 

On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 09:32:09 +0000, Victoria Clare wrote:

Which herbs are you planning to fertilise? Many are adapted for fairly
harsh dry environments, and don't need much feeding.

False dichotomy. "Harsh dry environment" does not imply infertile
soil. In fact, because of the absence of leaching, soils in dry
climates may be considerably more fertile than those in wet
climates.

That said, the OP's herbs will probably benefit from being fed at
this time of year when they are coming into growth, but
conventional wisdom says that for best flavor and scent, herbs
from sunny, warm, Mediterranean climates should be grown pretty
hard.

Leafy herbs such as parsley and basil are an exception, of
course. And the mints prefer pretty good living, afaict.


--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
[change "atlantic" to "pacific" and
"invalid" to "net" to reply by email]

Feeding herbs
 

"MR2 ROC" wrote in message
news:z2s3c.3172$re1.2754@newsfe1-win...
Is it safe to use the indoor and outdoor growmore plantfood stuff on
herbs?

There is only one standard definition of Growmore, as far as I know.
Yes, it is safe to uuse it absolutely anywhere in the garden

I'm slightly warey as to putting chemicals on and around the plants which
I
am then going to eat and use for cooking.

If my memory serves me right, Growmore was designed in the last war with the
specific aim of improving the yields of vetegable gardens.

Franz

Feeding herbs
 

On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 15:50:07 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann"
wrote:


"MR2 ROC" wrote in message
news:z2s3c.3172$re1.2754@newsfe1-win...
Is it safe to use the indoor and outdoor growmore plantfood stuff on
herbs?

There is only one standard definition of Growmore, as far as I know.
Yes, it is safe to uuse it absolutely anywhere in the garden

I'm slightly warey as to putting chemicals on and around the plants which
I
am then going to eat and use for cooking.

If my memory serves me right, Growmore was designed in the last war with the
specific aim of improving the yields of vetegable gardens.

vetegable?
or Betty Gable?
Part of Digging for Victory?
--

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit;
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad

Feeding herbs
 

On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 09:32:09 +0000, Victoria Clare wrote:

Which herbs are you planning to fertilise? Many are adapted for fairly
harsh dry environments, and don't need much feeding.

False dichotomy. "Harsh dry environment" does not imply infertile
soil. In fact, because of the absence of leaching, soils in dry
climates may be considerably more fertile than those in wet
climates.

That said, the OP's herbs will probably benefit from being fed at
this time of year when they are coming into growth, but
conventional wisdom says that for best flavor and scent, herbs
from sunny, warm, Mediterranean climates should be grown pretty
hard.

Leafy herbs such as parsley and basil are an exception, of
course. And the mints prefer pretty good living, afaict.


--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
[change "atlantic" to "pacific" and
"invalid" to "net" to reply by email]

Feeding herbs
 

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vetegable?
or Betty Gable?
Part of Digging for Victory?

Betty Grable, please. She wasn't related to Clark.

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