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.