Feeding peppers, cucumbers, aubergines

[janeem48]

Is there some homemade feed I can use for these plants. I have lots of worm juice and comfrey plants. Or do I need to use a proprietary tomato feed? My aubergines particularly look like they are lacking in nutrients – mottled yellowing leaves.

[charles]

 Ideally you would have cut some comfrey leaves in May to make a feed for summer. More satisfying than buying a feed, and they will need feeding if growing in containers.

For plants in soil, if you mulch with 2-3in compost/manure at planting time in May/June, or earlier, they should not need feeding.

[janeem48]

Thanks. So for this year in containers, do they need the NPK balance you get in commercial tomato feed? Iss seaweed feed any good? Do they all have roughly the same feeding requirements?

[charles]

Sorry but NPK questions take the mystery out of gardening for me. I reckon they must have similar nutrient needs. that seaweed has a lot of those nutrients, that comfrey/nettle liquids are often close to a good balanced feed.

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