Growmore?

Must admit I am an old fashioned growmore man mixed in with my compost abd spread on the ground

Whats best for .... Or what do you use on .....

Shrubs

Fruit trees and bushes

Vegs

Pots and containers

Clematis

Grass

 

Sorry caveman I'm not a Gromore fan. Fish blood n bone for everything plus seaweed spray except for Grass. My lawn gets cheap lawn feed currently available in Lidl twice in summer.
I think Gromore is too harsh on soil and creatures in the soil

 

I'm a BF and B gal too. £1 per kg from my Local Orchard guy who spreads it under all his fruit trees,
Jenny

 

I used to use Growmore but I find BF&B easier to spread round plants or add to the soil round the planting hole for new shrubs before I back fill (with a quick addition of Rootgrow to the plant roots before it goes in the hole).
If I couldn't get hold of BF&B I'd happily use Growmore again instead

 

I use Bonmeal with my orchid cacti, it does wonders for root growth if you leave a tub of unused mix around it will get a skin of white mould our the top (harmless to the plants!) from the of soil bacteria breaking it down

 

The conifer plants do not need a lot of care and attention. Although both the flowering plants and conifers can be used domestically and can also be sold, I would go for the conifers.

 

I've got a big tub of fbb that I was going to use on my newly acquired allotment plot. Out of interest I was also going to get some grow more to try but is their certain veg plants that prefer one or the other?

 

Science, as always, has no definitive answer it seems. Organic fertilisers like fish blood n bone are better for the soil. Gromore is very caustic too.

 

When I plant new shrubs I put a handful of chicken manure pellets in the bottom of the planting hole, and another handful just before I finish back filling (so they are just under the surface, around the rootball). Size of "handful" adjusted according to the size of plant being planted

Only been doing this for a year or so, used to use Bonemeal on new planting before that. So not a very long comparison period, but my perception is that the things planted this way have done much better in first year than previous efforts. Wet Summer may have helped though ...

 

I use growmore on my ornamentals and FB&B on my edibles!

 

So I take it grow more is not an organic fertiliser?

 

Thanks for your posts ..... whats best for clematis? ​

 

Hi Caveman
below is the cut and pasted feeding regime I use on Clematis. I can't remember where I copied it from , but the single feed of Sulphate of Potash seems to work
I find that Clematis are not a stick it in the ground and watch me grow and flower plant. They can be sulky awkward little devils if they want to be !

Clematis and Shrub feeding
Apply a good single handful of bonemeal when pruning has been carried out. in Feb This should be worked into the soil around the base of the plant and watered in.
During mid spring (April) a single handful of Sulphate of Potash can be applied (as with bonemeal),
OR from late spring (May) use liquid tomato feed (once a fortnight until early autumn (September). Tomato feed is high in potash and that, or Sulphate of Potash will improve the colour, size and quantity of your clematis blooms. Use either one, or the other, NOT both.

 

Growmore was introduced in World War 2 as a manufactured fertiliser to help the dig for victory effort.
Again cut and pasted...........
Fish, Blood and Bone

This is the organic version of Growmore with similar N-P-K levels. Fish, blood & bone runs at 6-6-6 whereas Growmore is 7-7-7. Cost is around 15% more than Growmore.