Flo Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Hi What does everybody use to feed their plants and vegetables with? I am realatively new to gardening and not sure what everything needs. Can anyone recommend anything good and preferably organic? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperman Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 The putrid smelly liquid 'worm pee' from the wormery is what I use, watered down at a ratio of 1:10. Its pretty potent stuff and smells very organic indeed I have heard people using 'sheep dung tea' as well, so I guess you could do the same with chicken manure, i.e. put in a hessien sack and submerge it in water for a few months and then use that. Some of the more accomplished veggie growers on here will know better, this is my first stab at growing veggies really. I am sure you can buy organic fertilzer too. Kev. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMO Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 I use chicken poo as I seem to have a lot of it these days! I have an old watering can which gets 2/3 scoops of poo and then covered with water. After about a week it is all liquified and I then dilute it into another watering can - no rule of thumb just a weaker mix for young plants and stronger as the plant mature. Seems to be working as everything has shot up brilliantly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 I dig my chicken poo into the ground in autumn/winter. I use seaweed extract as a fertilizer. You only need a very small amout and just water it in whenever you remember (i don't think that is the exact way to do it though ) Most garden centres sell it now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flo Posted May 12, 2008 Author Share Posted May 12, 2008 thank you for the suggestions, I think I will give the seaweed extract a go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 I believe seaweed extract helps plants to tolerate drought conditions, we use it on our brassicas particularly on our allotment which has very light sandy soil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flo Posted May 14, 2008 Author Share Posted May 14, 2008 I decided to empty out my compost bin last night as it was full, I have one of those plastic ones with the hole at the bottom. I was surprised at how much lovely compost came out! The chicken poo really works wonders in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen&Rog Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Hello! Just watch out that you don't give the plants a liquid feed (like seaweed) when they're dry. I did this to my tomatoes and it was a complete shock to the system, they wilted almost to the point of no return! Make sure the soil's moist first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
