Growmore is the standard basic fertiliser for most non proffesional gardeners but I am not a fan. To start with the nutrient content is 7 , 7 , 7 . This means that the fertiliser containers equal quantaties of Nitrogen , phospherous and Potash . Okay fine if you want a general feriliser .
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Growmore is the standard basic fertiliser for most non proffesional gardeners but I am not a fan. To start with the nutrient content is 7 , 7 , 7 . This means that the fertiliser containers equal quantaties of Nitrogen , phospherous and Potash . Okay fine if you want a general feriliser .
But if you want something more specific for instance with a higher potash content for say tomatoes or flowers then growmore won't do .
Growmore has ... ...feed , quick and easy with no messing but it has limited uses if you want to take gardening seriously .
It's a good beginner fertiliser but you will soon find that it is not adequate for more specialised subjects .
In my experience there are much better fertilisers around such as pelleted chicken manure which has the advantage of being organic too . ... more
Growmore is the standard basic fertiliser for most non proffesional gardeners but I am not a fan. To start with the nutrient content is 7 , 7 , 7 . This means that the fertiliser containers equal quantaties of Nitrogen , phospherous and Potash . Okay fine if you want a general feriliser . But if you want something more specific for instance with a higher potash content for say tomatoes or flowers then growmore won't do . Growmore has it's place in the garden as an all in one feed , quick and easy with no messing but it has limited uses if you want to take gardening seriously . It's a good beginner fertiliser but you will soon find that it is not adequate for more specialised subjects . In my experience there are much better fertilisers around such as pelleted chicken manure which has the advantage of being organic too .
Advantages: A good "booster" for your soil in Spring Disadvantages: Beware dampness! The granules clog very easily
Growmore is an excellent "first feed" for your soil early in the growing season.
Once my Spring bulbs have finished flowering (round about end of April/beginning of May), I normally sprinkle it on my flower beds and then just fork it in. The Spring showers will water it into the soil so there's no need to get your watering can out.
Before planting up my bedding plants for the Summer at the end of May/beginning of June, I tend to put a handful into ... ...when treating the soil with Growmore in this way. Once the bedding plants have taken off, I do tend to use a different liquid feed through the growing season.
I also follow the same method when planting up winter flowering pansies/wallflowers. I fork a sprinkling into the soil early in September and then, before planting up the pansies or wallflowers in October, I pop a handful into each hole, fill with water and place the plant into it before the ...
jaxm 25.01.2004
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Advantages: Can't go wrong Disadvantages: Won't produce a show-winner!
Growmore is a 7-7-7 NPK fertiliser. Gobbledygook?
Not at all. N (Nitrogen) promotes leaf growth.
P (Phosphorus) promotes root growth. K (Potassium or Potash) promotes fruit and flower growth.
So if you want to give your plants a general boost, use Growmore ( but remember it was developed during WWII as "National Growmore", a desperate measure to produce rapid, edible results!
Look at the back of the packet. It always tells you the NPK ratio. ... ...root vegetables. If the K is high, it's good for flowering or fruiting plants in the flowering or fruiting season. But never forget that plants need a good balance of all three elements to survive. That's why National Growmore was invented - because you can't do any harm with it! ...
Aspen 07.12.2000
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