Which vegetables

[R.R.]

I'm building a raised bed for the garden. Well, more than one

 

[Chuck]

I'm building a raised bed for the garden. Well, more than one

Excellent.

 

[leahlane]

I'm a beginner too and I've had a lot of luck with zucchini, squash, and tomatoes. They always grow very fast. I end up giving some away to neighbors and friends.

 

[headfullofbees]

I wouldn't grow onions and leeks together, because, although both alliums, they require quite different feeding regimes.

Leeks like nitrogen (hoof and horn is excellent), whereas onions like less nitrogen and more potassium (woodash).

Radishes will grow with either.

 

[Chuck]

I wouldn't grow onions and leeks together, because, although both alliums, they require quite different feeding regimes.

Leeks like nitrogen (hoof and horn is excellent), whereas onions like less nitrogen and more potassium (woodash).

Radishes will grow with either.

Hoof and horn? WTH is that?

 

[headfullofbees]

Hoof and horn? WTH is that?

Organic fertiliser made from cooked ground dehydrated cattle hooves and horns obtained from slaughterhouses.

 

[R.R.]

I wouldn't grow onions and leeks together, because, although both alliums, they require quite different feeding regimes.

Leeks like nitrogen (hoof and horn is excellent), whereas onions like less nitrogen and more potassium (woodash).

Radishes will grow with either.

What would be a good companion plant for leeks?

 

[marlingardener]

Carrots or celery are good companion plants for leeks. Here in Texas, we definitely go with carrots!

 

[Chuck]

Organic fertiliser made from cooked ground dehydrated cattle hooves and horns obtained from slaughterhouses.

Do you know if it is marketed? The nearest slaughterhouse is about a thousand miles away. How much different is it from bonemeal?

 

[headfullofbees]

What would be a good companion plant for leeks?

There are a few, brassicas because the smell deters cabbage root moth, but carrots are especially good, because carrots put off leek moth and leeks put off carrot root fly.

 

[R.R.]

Carrots or celery are good companion plants for leeks. Here in Texas, we definitely go with carrots!

Thanks! I like carrots

 

[headfullofbees]

Do you know if it is marketed? The nearest slaughterhouse is about a thousand miles away. How much different is it from bonemeal?

Bonemeal is heavy in phosphorus: typical N-P-K 3-7-0, whereas hoof and horn is predominantly nitrogen, at approx 12-2-0

Definitely marketed here, I've just put down a stone and a half (approx 10kg) for my winter brassicas which are going in late next week.

 

[Chuck]

Bonemeal is heavy in phosphorus: typical N-P-K 3-7-0, whereas hoof and horn is predominantly nitrogen, at approx 12-2-0

Definitely marketed here, I've just put down a stone and a half (approx 10kg) for my winter brassicas which are going in late next week.

I just checked and it is not available in US markets. I guess it will have to be blood meal and bone meal

 

[headfullofbees]

Shame.
Blood meal is good, but delivers the nitrogen far quicker than H&H, which delivers its nitrogen over a year, and is excellent for slow-growing, leafy crops like brassicas.