Fertilising vegies
How’s your vegie garden coming along?
By now, most leaf vegies like lettuce, silverbeet, spinach, rocket and Asian greens need some nitrogen fertiliser to keep them producing leaves and to stop them going to flower or seed.
You can use chook poo or Thrive or Aquasol. All herbs need the same treatment.
Do not give these to fruiting plants such as tomatoes, beans, egg plants, corn etc. Use a flower and fruit promoting fertiliser instead. These are labeled as Flower & Fruit fertilisers on the bottles or packets. This treatment also works with root vegies like carrots, beetroot etc.
Many animals like possums and birds may eat your vegies, so consider getting some nylon netting from plant nurseries to suspend over the top of them.
Next time – how to dry and preserve herbs.
Hooroo!