What to feed flowering climbers with?

I have a number of climbers, most of which were only planted last autumn or this spring. They are:

several clematis, several climbing roses, a couple of passion flowers, a yasmin, a honeysuckle and a couple more whose names I forgot (they'll have white flowers, apparently, one has variegated leaf). I want to help them get established and really get off to a good start, so I gave them all a fair bit of compost when I planted them. But what do I use to feed them? Is that ordinary miracle grow powder (the blue stuff which you dilute in water) enough? Someone else said I should use tomato feed - is this true? Also, should I still be watering them? I only watered them a couple of times after planting. Is that enough?

A couple of them have developed some yellow leaves (the honeysuckle), and one of the clematis has gone brown and died at the tips, where it's mean to be growing. So I am keen to make sure they recover asap. Obviously, I want to encourage the development of flowers too, and I really don't understand the science behind feeding plants, what effect the different minerals have and so on.

 

Rosie, Miraclegrow should be fine, as it can be used as a foliar feed as well. As for the make up of fertiliser, on the packet you will find the NPK levels. N nitrogen, P phosphorus ( or phosphates ), K pottassium ( or potash ). Plants need nitrogen to generate healthy foliage, they need phosphastes to encourage root developement and potash to aid flowering and fruiting.:thumb:

 

Thanks, that's very helpful! So if potash encourages both fruiting and flowering, then it does make sense to give clematis etc tomato feed? It's just that that is very cheap to buy in Wilkos, so if I can use it on a number of plants, that will work out economically.

I have a mixed veg patch, will I need to give everything in that (beans, peas, potatoes, herbs, carrots, salds) different plant food or can they all get the tomato stuff (as I obviously want them all to fruit well)?

Does anyone know how long after planting you need to give plants special attention for (I never water established plants you see, but I don't know when plants count as established) ?

 

Rosie, I wouldn`t use tomato food ALL the time, As you need to encourage leaf and root growth as well. And I wouldn`t use it on the veg plot at all. The only plants there that you want to flower are the peas and beans, but I wouldn`t use it on those, either. For feeding in the veg plot you need to use nitogen on your leaf crop ie, Brassicas, onions, shallots, leeks and the like. For the rootcrops, ie, potatoes, carrots parsnips etc, you need phosphates, superphosphate is best. For the peas and beans, I would suggest a general fertilizer such as Fish, Blood and Bone, which is an organic feed. or you can use something like Growmore. Chicken pellets are also very good.:thumb:

 

Thanks for the reply. I see what you mean about using different fertilisers for different types of plant & veg. I have some chicken pellets, so I'll use those on the veg patch then. I also have some bone meal, is that the same as Fish Blood & Bone?