General Rules for feeding vegetables

General Rules

  • Tomatoes under glass

    When the fruit on the first truss is pea size.

  • Tomatoes outdoors

    When the fruit on the second truss is pea size.

  • Peppers and Aubergines

    When fruit is golf ball size.

  • Melon

    When first fruit is swelling.

  • Courgettes, Marrows and Cucumbers

    When first picking starts.

  • All root vegetables

    Never. If the ground is correctly prepared.

  • Onions and Leeks

    Never. If the ground is correctly prepared.

  • Onions and Leeks for exhibition

    Never. If the ground is correctly prepared. However they respond to a feed of Nitrate of Soda or a general fertilizer if a burst of growth is needed.

  • Brassica

    Never. If the ground is correctly prepared.