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Post by AJ on Nov 4, 2011 23:02:59 GMT
I was in a very nice garden centre today and noticed a sign which read as follows. Tip, when planting bulbs soak them the night before in tomato feed. Anybody tried this,
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Post by grindle on Nov 5, 2011 5:16:03 GMT
not heard of that before AJ, I'd be interested to know
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Post by esther on Nov 5, 2011 5:54:38 GMT
Never heard that before - if you try it I wuld be interested in how it goes
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Post by merlin on Nov 5, 2011 8:10:10 GMT
Shall we all do a 'trial' ?
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Nov 5, 2011 8:22:38 GMT
I'm guessing that would be diluted tomato feed, did it give a clue to the dilution? I nearly killed my Colocasia by feeding it too higher strength.
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Post by Lou78W on Nov 5, 2011 8:27:35 GMT
I'm certain I've read about this somewhere...It would be an extremely weak dilution and all it does is act as a "disinfectant" to prevent tulip blight..? ...particularly if you were planting in a very heavy soil.
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Post by Cherry on Nov 5, 2011 9:46:19 GMT
I can't see it doing anything helpful as the flowering buds are already formed.
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Post by seaburn on Nov 5, 2011 18:40:39 GMT
Im with cherry on this one, the flower is already formed. were they selling the tomato feed too? [slightly synical]
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Post by Tel on Nov 6, 2011 18:33:05 GMT
Im with cherry on this one, the flower is already formed. were they selling the tomato feed too? [slightly synical] I would think that the tomato food may help to build the bulbs up after flowering for the following year, but not before, i am also with Cherry on this one.
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Post by hywel on Nov 7, 2011 11:02:14 GMT
I can't see it doing anything helpful as the flowering buds are already formed. I agree with Cherry about this. Tomato feed is high in potassium. which the plant will need to produce next year's flowers, after this year's has died.
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