Anyone with experience of foliar feeds

Hello All,


I am likely not to use fish blood and bone for the next feed because I have a great deal of foliage-it's been a good spring so far and they have responded very well. It's going to burn the foliage as much as feed the soil so I am considering using a foliar feed instead, but I have never used on before so I am hoping some you guys know which is the best all rounder to use-and if it is indeed as good as fish blood and bone.

 

For general gardening not for vegetables. Do you use a pump action sprayer?

Thanks Marley some? A handful or so?

 

In the past I've used Phostrogen applied through a little container that fits the end of a garden hose. Quite an easy way to do it as you can spray a large area on one filling.

 

Used to use Maxicrop back in the '70s - worked well as a foliar feed.

 

Nice one, thanks guys.

 

Let me know how you get on with it Claire, I'd quite like to consider foliar feed for my Herbaceous plants and Shrubs

 

About the best is Miracle Gro.:thumb:

 

No offence to anyone, I used what I had available which was some chicken poo left from last year, I have filled the bucket with water, there was about four or five good handfuls left of it. I'll try each one suggested in turn after that.


You're great thanks.

 

Claire, no one will take offence, if you don`t try you will never know.:gnthb:

 

I rate phostrogen the best, particularly for vegetables and as a nitrogen tonic for small lawn areas

 

6 or 7 years ago I would have agreed with you Paul, but then Phostrogen decided to weaken their recipe. which means you have to use twice as much to get the original effect. Thus, I go with Miracle Gro.:D