Feeding your Leafy Greens.....

Getting confused here & need some advice.....

I feed all my plants Tomato food, but have been told thats not good for all of the plants.

For the foliage plants, I have been advised to feed them a high nitrogen food which is good for building good strong leaf material (grass food, for example).

Flowers, fruit and veg need phosporous.

But I thought tom food was high in nitrogen and this is what you give flowering plants!!! ??? I'm confused..... help!!!! :confused: :confused:

 

HB - tomatoe food is high in potassium - promotes flowering, which when you think about it is what you want tomatoe plants to do - more fruit.

I find it easier, rather than worry about regular feeding and with what - to plant all my plants whether in containers or garden, with a slow release fertiliser - like osmacote. The real greedy feeders in pots, like roses and dahlias I top up with tomatoe food, cos I want the flowers. Works for me :D :D

 

Seems like you are a bit confused HB. Fran's right...flowers and fruit... potassium(potash-K) foliage .... nitrogen (N). Osmocote is a good all round slow release fertiliser but comes in varying lengths of release 3/4 months for bedding 3/6 or 6/9 for shrubs.

 

Honey Bee

For Bougainvilleas I alternate Hi N feed with Hi K feed during the summer season. About four weeks of each. The Hi N promotes new shoots upon which the new flowers form.

Nik