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Give hhungry plants the feed they need

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Now’s the perfect time to start feeding any plant that has started to produce fruit or flower. I normally use tomato food, as it’s high in potash, meaning it’ll give you a bumper crop. This may sound strange – as it’s ‘tomato food’ – but that’s just a marketing spin to make us buy several varieties of plant food, when one is just fine. I use tomato food on my chillies, peppers, aubergines, squash, chrysanthe­mums and more - after all, they don’t know they’re not tomatoes! My August-fruiting raspberrie­s ‘Octavia’ need a feed too, as they’re starting to suffer from lack of iron/ manganese in the soil. The leaves are going yellow but the veins are green. This is because raspberrie­s prefer a slightly acidic soil and mine’s more alkaline. Adding a sequestere­d iron solution to the plants should sort the problem out in no time.

 ??  ?? It’s not just these tomatoes that like tomato food!
It’s not just these tomatoes that like tomato food!

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