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Home made slow release fertilizer
Flowerlover3
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I usually feed my plants with tomato fertilizer but found difficulties with this last year because it's watered on and I was either over-watering or not feeding at times and also because of health problems it was quite a chore physically. I have in my shed chicken manure, ground seaweed and fish, blood and bone and a recipe I picked up somewhere of 5-2-3 parts of each respectively. If I used this say in mid March and again at the end of June would that be enough food for the entire year. Is it high in potash like tomato food?
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I assume you are feeding plants in pots,and baskets not in the open ground.
I grow flowering plants clematis, roses, perennials and annuals in the ground and in containers, tomato food is always recommended for anything that fruits or flowers. I also plant very densely and clematis in particular are very hungry, particularly for potassium. I just don't know if there is enough of it in the mix I am considering?