[Lady Rosemary]

Hello fellow plotties 

Have recently put up a polytunnel and have plenty of things planted but wondered about what to feed?  Unfortunately, didn't prepare the soil before planting so no manure of any kind is in the soil. 

My question is, should I use tomato food on my veg and how often would you use it?

Thanks for taking the time to read this. 

Mandy

[arugula]

Hi Mandy and welcome.

I'll move your question to polytunnel growing.

[Lady Rosemary]

Thanks Argyllie! 

I've been reading these forums for some time now and your knowledge is worth it's weight in gold!

Looking forward to producing lots of home grown stuff with the help of my fellow allotmenteers.

Mandy

[mumofstig]

I'd just use Blood Fish & Bone sprinkled around everything for the rest of this year (apply every 6-8 weeks ) except the toms n cukes..tom feed for them of course.

Then you can concentrate on making/getting enough homemade compost/manure for adding in the winter to improve the soil ready for next year's early start

It's exciting isn't it 

[Lady Rosemary]

I'd just use Blood Fish & Bone sprinkled around everything for the rest of this year (apply every 6-8 weeks ) except the toms n cukes..tom feed for them of course.

Then you can concentrate on making/getting enough homemade compost/manure for adding in the winter to improve the soil ready for next year's early start

It's exciting isn't it 

Thanks Mum! I can't begin to tell you how excited I was when it finally arrived. With you super peeps full of good advice, I can't see how I could possibly fail! 

[japagow]

A good bfbone dressing should start things off well. Get some organic stuff dug in to keep the soil from drying out.

I'm uneasy about this desire not to fail.

Making mistakes is a great way for the character building and general spiritual fortitudiness in times of peril which in the world of alloments is never far away