Property News · June 14, 2024

It’s feeding time: why plants need more than sunlight and water to thrive


With warmer weather comes an explosion of growth – so make sure your plants get the ingredients they need to sustain itOne of my earliest gardening memories is of tomato feed: the dark brown potion that left a sticky residue, the ritual of pouring it into the watering can and diluting it like squash. Most of all, it’s an olfactory memory: there’s something Proustian about tomato feed, of hot greenhouse stuffiness and being small. It’s one of the key smells of summer for me.This is partially down to my grandad, who was a Percy Thrower type, growing tomatoes in his greenhouse and trails of sweet peas for my grandmother. Photographic evidence attests that he merrily let my siblings and me run around with beanpoles without a care in the world. But it’s also because even fair-weather gardeners, like my mother was when we were children, can be persuaded to feed plants in the warmer months. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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