[Jim T]

I know we feed the tomatoes when they start to show fruit So I'm giving them a little Tomorite with their water every other day.
But Now the beans are podding should I feed them :?:
And the sweet peppers?
And first year apple and pear trees, which we did not allow to form fruit so they will make more root - should we feed them and if so what with :?:

[yellowkid]

Please,I would like to know the same thing!

[Sadgit]

defo feed sweet peppers and chillis like you do toms... well that is what I was told last year

[Trillium]

I don't do chemical feeds, Jim T, but I do have a large orchard and their feed is a few shovels full of old manure each every spring. That really perks them up and puts on the leaves. The nutrient slowly leaches into the ground with each rainfall. If you're a fisherman, any sort of 'garbage' fish under each tree will also work wonders; short of that, some liquid fish emulsion will work just as well. I bury fish under my peach trees and the peach flavours are definitely enhanced. Oddly enough, no animals dig up the fish. Considering we're close to August, I wouldn't go too heavy on any high nitrogen fertilizers or you could end up killing the trees.

[jacnal]

I'd also like to know please.

Considering we're close to August, I wouldn't go too heavy on any high nitrogen fertilizers or you could end up killing the trees.

Please explain the August and high nitrogen fertilisers thing Trillium........ Is it because of the falling temperatures?

[jackiestagg]

Runner beans don't need any more feed now but you should make sure they have plenty of WATER          Not much to do there, then...