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Learn how to turn clumps of stinging nettles to your advantage, by turning them into nitrogen-rich, liquid plant food Does this mean i dont have to buy fertilser or anything else I already use lots of manure on my plants and the soil Thanks I think

's important to provide them with supplementary fertiliser. The basic nutrients required by plants are nitrogen (N) for leaf and stem growth, phosphorus (P) for root growth and potassium (K) for flowers, fruit and to maintain healthy growth. Fertiliser

building up, careful planning means that one crop will benefit another if planted before it. For example, potatoes are brilliant for breaking up the soil for deep-rooting peas and beans. They, in turn, fix nitrogen into the soil, which benefits nutrient

I'm as keen on improving my soil with manure as any other allotmenteer. I love it all - chicken, cow and best of all, horse manure. A good dollop of well-rotted manure does wonders for your soil, enriching it with nitrogen, phosphates and potassium

add a good dose of nitrogen to compost heaps.I think we've seen that nettles are much more useful than midges: nobody has ever considered making soup from midges. We should also be grateful that we don't have any of the southern hemisphere nettles

hoped the clover would fix nitrogen in the soil, which would directly feed the chillies and encourage new leaves to grow. This seemed to work, and before long the plants were in full leaf and flower and attracting lots of hoverflies.I did get some

? are you using nitrogen feed March - Oct? are you using tepid water now its cooler and letting it dry off somewhat before watering? are you growing shoots? http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?PID=355 What kind (botan.name)you have, it

anything yet-around March/April time apply a high nitrogen lawn food-that will get the grass growing them over sow with seed as necessary But unless you can train the dog to go elsewhere the problem will persist-no easy solution Thank you for your reply, I

high nitrogen feed twice this year in the warmer months to produce top growth -then an autumn feed to develop root growth That should help-don't mow too short-but if it is genetically a short lawn there is not much more you can do. But you cannot do

require nitrogen, but animals and plants generally can't extract nitrogen from the air. In tropical jungles, and on grasslands, ant colonies nurture fungi which perform this essential process. Other animals and plants can then make use of that nitrogen. I