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Fertilization
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Every garden needs fertilizer from time to time to provide the plants with sufficient nutrients. You can choose between organic fertilizer and artificial fertilizer.
Organic fertilizer
Decayed farmyard manure and mature compost do not supply as much nutrition as is sometimes claimed.
However, they are very effective for soil improvement.
For plants that do not grow very rapidly, working this material into the soil or scattering it over the soil is sufficient. However, fast growers will require more nutrients. For these you can choose dried granulated cow manure, as sold by us, or poultry manure, blood-meal or bone-meal. The nutrients contained by these fertilizers are gradually released and absorbed by the plants. The great advantages are that the plants do not get a
growth shock and that fertilization errors are less likely to be made.
Artificial fertilizer
Inorganic fertilizer contains only nutrients and has no influence on soil structure or soil life. Plants use these nutrients to grow and flower. The three most important elements for good plant development are nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.
Nitrogen stimulates growth, whereas phosphorus is good for flowering, fructification and the formation of healthy roots and tubers. Potassium stimulates the formation of new leaves and is necessary for the internal transportation of water and nutrients.
In spring you should scatter an all-round fertilizer, such as Phostrogen powder. In summer, rapidly growing plants can be given extra fertilizer.
Do not use inorganic fertilizers exclusively for years on end. This will eventually damage the soil structure and soil life.
Organic material is essential.
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