Tuesday, 5 February 2013

Giving the Seedlings a Boost


Yes allot of the seeds planted a week and a half ago are well and truly up, especially the corn, beans, zucchini and cucumber. So now is the time to push these suckers out of the ground and upward!

Our rows of corn - less than 2 weeks ago just a seed...
A mild fertiliser will help them along! I reckon the best stuff to use is seaweed/fish fertiliser or good ol' thrive (not organic). If you use thrive use it at half rate to avoid risk of burning. You need to apply these weekly for the next month. Also as the beans and corn get up they only need a good fertiliser once you may have done this as a “pre=planting fertiliser” or you can do when the plant has a couple of sets of “true leaves” then apply a side dress of blood and bone or similar all round gear. Phosphorus or Potash is good too depending on the crop. Will talk fertilisers more soon as I will do my crops within a week using blood and bone.

In the meantime don’t drop the ball, push them plants out of the ground and look out for grubs on the attack!
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