Fertilising
Most vegetables are annuals and will need to be fertilised on a regular basis to get a good crop. All fruit trees and bush tucker also needs fertilizing to increase yield. Veggie beds need to have applications of dolomite lime and a general purpose fertiliser with trace elements once every 6 weeks. Applications of a liquid fertiliser can be given to seedlings when they are first planted out into beds and then on a monthly basis.
Fruit trees need a good granular slow release fertiliser at planting out time and then monthly. Liquid fertiliser can also be applied on a monthly basis.
When fertiliser has been applied it is important to water it in well so that it doesn’t burn the roots of plants and cause leaf fall.
Blood and Bone can be used on all plants and vegetables including native bush tucker plants. Manure is not a fertiliser, but it is a great soil conditioner and feeds the microbes in the soil. Use fertilisers that have NPK plus all the trace elements. Stocktech, Baileys and Richgro make excellent fertilisers, both granular and liquid.
