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Tomato feed

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I know a tomato feed is good for watering cyclamen (indoor) with but can I use it for any of my other houseplants?
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  • Jayar
    Jayar Posts: 735 Forumite
    Not too sure about non flowering house plants, but I feed all my flowering plants with tomato feed. You can also help your house plants look healthier by watering them with a teaspoonful of epsom salts to a pint of water.
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  • mirry
    mirry Posts: 1,570 Forumite
    I know you can use Tomato feed on Tomatoes and courgettes -
    but are there any other uses for it ,does anyone know ?
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  • Penelope_Penguin
    Penelope_Penguin Posts: 17,242 Forumite
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    Tomato feed is high in potash (potassium) so is good for all flowering and fruiting plants.
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  • MRSMCAWBER
    MRSMCAWBER Posts: 5,442 Forumite
    Hi there

    Im with PP on that.. I feed my beans, peppers, chillies, aubergines as well as tomatoes... so anything that has flowers and then fruits gets tomato food
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  • Fern_Merkin
    Fern_Merkin Posts: 830 Forumite
    Why stop with veg? I feed all my flowering plants, works great. Use it on bulbs when the flowers have gone and they're refuelling for next year. Bulbs make the next flower inside so a couple of feeds before the leaves die back does wonders:D
  • Witsend_2
    Witsend_2 Posts: 634 Forumite
    I feed everything with it (well not the family lol)
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  • Lilycat
    Lilycat Posts: 141 Forumite
    I use it on all my flowering plants as well - great for my fushias and clematis ..and its cheap too !
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  • lilac_lady
    lilac_lady Posts: 4,469 Forumite
    would last year's bottle still be ok?
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  • Fern_Merkin
    Fern_Merkin Posts: 830 Forumite
    I do hope so, I've had the same ludicrously cheap jerry can of it for 3 years :rotfl: It takes so much diluting I reckon I always use it a little bit strong too. That seems to be OK if the growing medium is moist already. If I think I may have over done it I go round with some more fresh water.
  • arkonite_babe
    arkonite_babe Posts: 7,366 Forumite
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    We have a thread similar to this already, I'll add your query to it so all the replies are together. Posts are listed in date order so you'll need to read from the beginning to catch up :)
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