A cheap way of feeding my allotment?

Mrs_Money

I_have_spoken wrote: »

MiracleGro?

Unfortunately I'm not sure that would be a cheap fertiliser over the area I have.

missbiggles1

Too late for this year but you could sow something as green manure next summer.

http://www.greenmanure.co.uk/

sheramber

My uncle used to collect seaweed for his garden.

savemoney

Our council leave leaves collected from nearby grave yard for us to use at will. Last year I just got a load of muck to spread out that was hard work.

This Autumn had a good supply of home made compost which having looked yesterday should have some nice compost this Spring.

I often use blood fish and bone on my beds as well along with chicken pellets. I try and use as much plant materials when finished to compost

I live on coast but council never offer seaweed for us

A._Badger

It would probably help you to distinguish between feeding and soil conditioning. They aren't always the same things.

For the latter, you need bulky organic material but for the former you might be surprised how low in essential plant nutrients manures can be. So, particularly if you want the best vegetable yields, you may well need to add fertiliser as well as decayed organic matter.

Probably the cheapest fertiliser you will find would be Growmore and as was suggested earlier, your allotment society shop will almost certainly be the cheapest source.