Baby Bio

marrbett

Morning!
I've found 2/3 of a large bottle of Baby bio in my shed, must be a few years old now and wondered 1) if it is ok to feed my veggies and fruit and 2) if it is likely to be too old to be of any use?
I hate throwing stuff away if it's still of any use!!
Many thankyous.

Mr_Warren_2

It will be perfectly ok to use. Just add a couple more drops to the water for good measure

BargainGalore

It should be fine

Zazen999

Baby bio is really for house plants

It has an NPK of:
10.6:4.4:1.7

this means it is good for nitrogen loving plants [ones with mainly leaves], and not as good for fruiting veg and pretty useless for root veg.

If you want all leaves and no fruit or root, then use it.

in other words, if you would rather have great foliage on tomatoes, peppers and onions, then great.

If you want good tomatoes, then you need tomato food [high in potassium - P] and if you want good roots [onions, carrots] then you need a food high in phosphorus [K].

Baby Bio will be great for lettuces, spinaches etc, and houseplants which look good with glossy lovely foliage.

marrbett

Thanks everyone, I will feed my lettuce, pak choi, chard etc with it and see what happens. I learn so much from this forum!!!:j

Mr_Warren_2

Zazen999 wrote: »

Baby bio is really for house plants

It has an NPK of:
10.6:4.4:1.7

this means it is good for nitrogen loving plants [ones with mainly leaves], and not as good for fruiting veg and pretty useless for root veg.

If you want all leaves and no fruit or root, then use it.

in other words, if you would rather have great foliage on tomatoes, peppers and onions, then great.

If you want good tomatoes, then you need tomato food [high in potassium - P] and if you want good roots [onions, carrots] then you need a food high in phosphorus [K].

Baby Bio will be great for lettuces, spinaches etc, and houseplants which look good with glossy lovely foliage.

Good info thanks. I actually remember putting blackened bananas in each of my tomatoe plants last year (a recommendation from a Bulgarian scientist friend of mine). As i have a few black ones in the fruit bowl, i am on my way to do that now!

Bananas contain Potassium, which type of food has a large concentration of Phosphorous? and Nitrogen ?

Zazen999

Mr_Warren wrote: »

Good info thanks. I actually remember putting blackened bananas in each of my tomatoe plants last year (a recommendation from a Bulgarian scientist friend of mine). As i have a few black ones in the fruit bowl, i am on my way to do that now!

Bananas contain Potassium, which type of food has a large concentration of Phosphorous? and Nitrogen ?

The bananas work as they emit a gas which can accelerate ripening. I always bung banana skins over my tomatoes once a good amount are starting to ripen - to hasten them on.

It is also why you should not put them into the fridge as it quickens ripening which the fridge is trying to slow down.