Morning Light: The Fetchland Gardening Wire

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Markymarkmark Apr 2020 6:46am, 7 Apr 2020 11,054 posts	0 Markymarkmark The B&Q compost I ordered turns out to be 100% peat free. I can hold my head up high again! (The web site is missing a word from the description, obviously!)
Rosehip Apr 2020 7:06am, 7 Apr 2020 15,560 posts	0 Rosehip That's useful to know
HellsBells Apr 2020 10:45am, 7 Apr 2020 26,572 posts	0 HellsBells Can i ask advice? I am very much a novice. I want to feed my houseplants - I normally give them a weekly dose of baby bio between now and September. I’ve run out and Tesco didn’t have any. I have plenty of tomorite from last year‘s tomatoes. Would it be OK to use on the houseplants does anyone know?
D2 Apr 2020 10:55am, 7 Apr 2020 11,617 posts	0 D2 I would look at the list on ingredients on both types of feed but my gut reaction is that tomato feed is very specific and I wouldnt risk it.
jacdaw Apr 2020 10:56am, 7 Apr 2020 2,947 posts	0 jacdaw It will be a bit high in potassium for foliage plants, they like more nitrogen. Might work well for flowering plants. I'd go with not feeding for a few weeks.
D2 Apr 2020 10:57am, 7 Apr 2020 11,618 posts	0 D2 This is what Dr Google says; Give flowering plants a generic house plant fertiliser every two weeks in spring, then change to a weekly feed that is rich in potassium in the run up to flowering. Tomato fertilisers contain extra potassium, but are often too strong for houseplants, so dilute by half the recommended dose
Angus Clydesdale Apr 2020 11:23am, 7 Apr 2020 17,455 posts	0 Angus Clydesdale I just posted a long (too long?!) comment about NPK values but it got lost on the way. Overall I pointed out that BabyBio is nitrogen rich and Tomorite is potassium rich so you might find your plants less bushy.
Angus Clydesdale Apr 2020 11:24am, 7 Apr 2020 17,456 posts	0 Angus Clydesdale Bloody computer! Grrrr! ..... but there’s no reason not to use it if it’s all you’ve got.
Markymarkmark Apr 2020 12:47pm, 7 Apr 2020 11,057 posts	0 Markymarkmark My sweet pea and courgette seedlings are now sitting on the patio, acclimatising to an outside world. I shall bring them in later tonight, and repeat over a few days before I let them out to fend for themselves!
Rosehip Apr 2020 1:00pm, 7 Apr 2020 15,565 posts	0 Rosehip Where are you Mark? you're way ahead of me!