Fertilisers ???

CandyB101_2

This will be the 2nd year of growing veg in my 'auntie's veggie plot.
She hadn't grown anything for about 5 years, we spent many hours digging out the weeds etc, and as quite late into the season, got stuck straight in planting seeds etc, and luckily had quite a successfull crop.

However I'm now confused as to what I should be doing to the soil eg. fertilisers etc. Have read a couple of books saying use 'this on that veg', 'something else on other veg' ......... is there one thing that can be added on the whole plot?

A._Badger

You need two things - a soil conditioner, such as compost or well rotted manure, and a fertiliser. The former you dig-in in the Autumn or Winter, the latter you apply before planting (and sometimes after, depending on what you are growing)

You can get pretty esoteric with fertilisers, but there is no need. Growmore (available more or less anywhere) is very effective, while the semi-organic blood, fish and bone also works extremely well and, likewise, is sold in all garden stores. Pelleted chicken manure is also popular, but sometimes a bit smelly and variable in its content.

The big disadvantage with both the last two is that animals love them, so if Mr Fox is a regular visitor to your garden, you might prefer to use Growmore. If not, BF&B would be my choice.

Hope that's some help.