Fertiliser galore

Discussion in 'Compost, Fertilisers & Recycling' started by merleworld, Mar 2, 2012.

  1. merleworld

    merleworld Total Gardener

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    I need some advice on fertilising please.

    I've got lots of different fertilisers and although I have mostly bought them with specific plants in mind, I want to make sure I use the best for each plant and don't overdo it.

    The ones I've got are :

    Miracle-Gro Azalea, Camellia & Rhododendron Liquid Plant Food
    Miracle Gro Slow Release Azalea, Camellia & Rhododendron Plant Food
    Miracle Gro slow release all purpose plant food
    Vitax blood fish and bone
    Vitax bone meal
    Vitax organic liquid seaweed
    Vitax liquid seaweed plus sequestered iron
    Tomato feed liquid
    Epsom salts

    This is my thinking on what to use:

    Ericaceous plants - rhododendrons/camellias
    Boost about now with some liquid fertiliser - Miracle Gro
    Ericaceous slow release food
    Seaweed with iron (foliar feed or by watering can, every few weeks through summer)

    Clematis
    Tomato plant food - (foliar feed or by watering can, every few weeks through summer)
    All purpose slow release food
    Bone meal around roots when planting out

    Others - Elaeagnus, escallonia, lilac, daphnes, arbutus unedo, laurels, etc
    Seaweed feed by watering can about now
    All purpose slow release pellets in a few weeks
    Seaweed feed used as foliar feed or watering can every few weeks)

    Lawn
    Which of the above could I use on the lawn?

    Can peeps advise whether the above is okay or if not what should I be feeding them and how often?

    No idea why I've bought so many - probably because i keep reading about them and thinking "That sounds good, must get some of that" :rolleyespink:

    David Millais of Millais nurseries advised the seaweed with iron for the Rhodos, so I bow to his expertise :love30:

    Thanks in advance :dbgrtmb:
     
  2. Kristen

    Kristen Under gardener

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    I put Nitrogen on mine (I mean a fertilizer that only has Nitorgen). The one I use is quick release and has no slow release at all (one intended for lawns is much more likely to act over a period of time) and thus I use that once a month, when we are due some rain, until 1st August.

    In the Autumn you could use a "winter feed" which will be low, or "no" even, Nitrogen.

    "No idea why I've bought so many - probably because i keep reading about them and thinking "That sounds good, must get some of that""

    Nothing wrong with that if you have a small garden. Mine is bigger I expect? I have a 500kg bag of Nitrogen, about 2/3rd used now, and a 600Kg bag of 16:16:16 "Growmore" that I haven't opened yet (and will probably last me 5 years). Everything is getting one of the other this year! apart from some high-Potash for Tomatoes and things that are in flower
     
  3. HarryS

    HarryS Eternally Optimistic Gardener

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    Hi Merle
    The world of fertilisers can get very confusing . There are a couple of large threads on here which explains them very well.
    I try to keep things simple. For my lawn ... I use Evergreen weed and feed liquid in early April . Then I use Miracle Gro lawn feed , using the special feeder about every 6 weeks.
    Miracle-Gro Feeder. from Homebase.co.uk
    For my ericicaeaus I use special fertilisers . For the rest I use Phostrogen until August then cheap tomato food into September.
     
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    Good point about the weed and feed HarryS, it was in my mind when I wrote my reply, but I didn't write it down!

    If the lawn is pretty, or very, weedy then Weed and Feed is good.

    If you only have a few weeds then Weed and Feed is expensive, and you'd be better off with spot treatment with a selective lawn weed killer (not just any old weed killer as that will kill the grass too :shocked:)
     
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