What plants like what food?

Hi guys,
Does anyone know of a simple chart, table, etc, that tells you what plant likes what food/fertiliser, etc?

It's something I don't have the hang of yet knowing what to use where.

Something like

Cabbage = Chicken pellets
Toms = Tomorite
Cucumbers = The samaritans!!   

If not can you post on here and I'll make one up 

Cheers

I'm sure everyone has their particular favourites but I manage with only 3 general types:

"Balanced" general fertiliser: this includes Growmore, Pelleted chicken poo, FBB. For all practical purposes they are interchangeable, although Growmore is the quickest acting, PCM slightly higher in Nitrogen, and FBB more slow-acting.

Tomato fertiliser: useful for all flowering crops grown for their "fruits."

Liquid feed:  I sometimes use Miracle Grow, but only for a quick fix if plants seem to need a boost - it's a bit high in nitrogen so is really only ideal for leafy crops.

Good general soil condition is more important than trying to buy exactly the right fertiliser for a given crop, so I agree with Klefti's sentiments!

Weather also plays a part - with 3 days each with an inch of rain in less than a week I expect my sandy soil to be pretty much leached of some of its nutrients (especially nitrogen) which will need replacing - heavier soils will no doubt fare better.


(As for cukes, I'll bear that in mind, but in my view they don't really want to be helped and would rather head straight for the undertakers!  )

Echoing Jay on the whole

blood fish & bone for everything

chicken pellets for anything leafy

potash (ash from woodburning stove usually) for fruit

with manure or home compost added to beds for potatoes, squashes & sweetcorn, peas & beans, lime on brassica beds

sulphur chips on blueberries to try to keep soil acid

do you just chuck that wood ash on the ground around the plants?

That's what we do.

Does anyone make up a chicken pellet 'tea' to dilute with water as a feed?

If so could it be diluted with water and applied around the base of leafy stuff, like the brassicas, to get down to the roots better than scattering the pellets on the deck?

And would it be a good thing to use on the spuds?

Ta