[Sharonx]

Over wintered Japanese Onions and all  my autumn garlic are looking good. Just wondered if a feed of some sort would benefit them now. If so whats the best thing to give them?

[Trillium]

If you gave them rotted manure in the fall before you planted them, then they don't need anything now. They'd grow even if you didn't feed the soil at all.

[blackbob]

Over wintered Japanese Onions and all  my autumn garlic are looking good. Just wondered if a feed of some sort would benefit them now. If so whats the best thing to give them?

a small dose of sulphate of ammonia will perk them up no end.

[Ivah]

If it is as dry with you as it is here I would give them a good feed and water using tomato fertiliser.

[Yorkie]

Why tomato fertiliser Ivah?

That is to stimulate flowering.  You don't want to stimulate flowering in garlic and onions.

[blackbob]

If it is as dry with you as it is here I would give them a good feed and water using tomato fertiliser.

too early for tomato fertiliser (potash).they need a wee hit of nitrogen (sulphate of ammonia)
hence my earlier advice.

[Sharonx]

Thanks! I have a box of that in the shed but it says to scatter around the plant without touching the stem. This would take me for ever I have about 100 garlics and about 60 onions. Can I not just scatter it ? Or maybe put it in the watering can? Please say yes my back can't take much more this week   

[DavidT]

An even better feed is Nitrate of Soda.

[Sharonx]

Nitrate of Soda?? What's that??

[DavidT]

It`s Nitrate of Soda. A high Nitrogen fertiliser. Available in all good garden centres.

[Sharonx]

& do I have to be careful how I apply it or can I chuck it on / water it in?

[DavidT]

Same rules as for S of A. I`m afraid. If you have loads of plants to feed I would go with the S of A and broadcast feed.

[DavidT]

An alternative would be chicken pellets.

[LivvyW]

i fed my onions and garlic a couple of weeks ago with a chicken pellet tea/porridge.

They loved it!

So you could chuck on the pellets (easiest) or dissolve in water and  water it in if you prefer.

If you chuck it on, and there is no rain forcast, you may be best to water over the pellets.

[jimmytheshed]

I fed my over winter onions when they started to grow again (end of feb i think). just a sprinkle of growmore around them, then the next week weeded it to mix it up a bit. have to say they are looking the best on the site done the same last year and folks on the site were saying i should show them, cant be bothered with that though i find anything over wintered likes a bit of feed when it starts to get going again in the spring!!

oh 1 other thing i have watered them 2x as its been so dry in kent  for the last month