How and When to Feed Strawberries?
I've got a lot of strawberrie plants which I divided and replanted in a different spot this yr. They've taken well to the transplant a few months ago but now are looking in need of food. I was told to use Amonium Nitrate, but have decided to go more natural than that. Can anyone give me a clue as what and how much to use? These are everbearing and fairly hardy. Where they were growing before, they rarely got any care, so I don't know what to do with them.
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sweet thunder
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This is my first year growing strawberries, so I'm hardly an expert, but I've been using [url=https://www.drearth.com/products/blended.php]Dr. Earth Organic 9[/url] on all my fruit this year, and they all are doing well. The strawberries especially greened up nicely and started setting more fruit after I gave them this stuff.
In my case, I didn't want to disturb all the soil and mulch around my plants, so I steeped a muslin bag of fertilizer in a bucket of water overnight, then strained it out and watered the plants with the liquid. I then added the strained solids around the base of my plants.
I bet your local independent garden center will have some good recommendations for you, too. That's where I found this stuff.
In my case, I didn't want to disturb all the soil and mulch around my plants, so I steeped a muslin bag of fertilizer in a bucket of water overnight, then strained it out and watered the plants with the liquid. I then added the strained solids around the base of my plants.
I bet your local independent garden center will have some good recommendations for you, too. That's where I found this stuff.