Fertilizing blackcurrants and gooseberries small garden
Hi I am planning to grow some black/red/white currants and gooseberries. In my garden soil is in not the best condition.
I am just starting making ohn + I am planning to use fpj and lab along.
I wonder if fish meal + kelp meal + maybe insect frass would be complete fertilizer ?
Ohh and I am making my own wormcasting aswell so I would be topdressing plants with it aswell, but its not big amounts :)
Gooseberries are quite heavy K feeders but they also don't like to much nitrogen.
I been planning to use chicken manure pellets or fish blood and bone but I am not sure is it good idea because of all antibiotics etc. What do you guys think ?
In the future I am planning to collect maybe some imo and make my own faa.
Top answer
all the things u said r great theres no reason u cant add whatever u want to the soil remember gardening is never 1 way to do anything and the best way to garden is what works for u maybe your a double dig person maybe your a ruth stout it doesn't matter if your happy doing it and u get results good or bad its all lesson learnt -----the difference between the master and the student is that the master has failed more times then the student has even tried----- never be scared to try something new in your garden (test small)
Happy Experimenting
From the KNF library
From the KNF library
Drafted by Claude from Office Hours and the books
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Sep 2026
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Drake recommends matching nitrogen to the plant's stage. Cho says nitrogen given as base manure prevents root settling and lowers absorption (Cho, Theory, p. 117). He adds that this does not mean using little nitrogen. It means adjusting the amount and timing (Cho, Theory, p. 117).
Once plants turn to fruiting, Cho says to control nitrogen (Cho, Theory, p. 117). He assigns phosphate to flowering, and potassium and calcium to ripening (Cho, Theory, p. 117). Too much nitrogen from FPJ causes overgrowth and draws pests (Office Hours Ep. 126, 39:37).
- Prepare the new bed: ridge it, soak biochar in fish amino acid, add IMO4, water in maintenance solution plus minerals, then a Jadam microbe solution (Office Hours Ep. 20, 19:36).
- Spray FAA at 1:1000 in the vegetative stage and 1:2000 later (Office Hours Ep. 32, 32:31).
- FAA holds simple amino acids that assist leafy growth (Pure KNF Manual, p. 31).
The library does not say whether fish meal, kelp meal and frass make a complete fertilizer. It also says nothing on chicken pellets, blood and bone, antibiotics, worm castings, or gooseberry potassium needs.
Sources
- 32:31 Office Hours Ep. 32 (May 2022) — LAB for a Down Cow, Fish Amino Acid Ratios, Goat Manure Compost · “1:1000 during the vegetative stage, 1:2000 later in the plant's growth.”
- 19:36 Office Hours Ep. 20 (Feb 2022) — Crystal Vortex Brewer, Pig Pen Sizing, WCA/WCP for People · “Ridge the bed, soak biochar in fish amino acid, add IMO4, water in maintenance solution plus minerals, then a Jadam microbe solution.”
- 39:37 Office Hours Ep. 126 (May 2024) — KNF Chicken Feeder, JADAM Pesticide Recipes, Cassava Polyculture · “too much nitrogen causes overgrowth and makes plants more attractive to pests”
- p. 31 Pure KNF Manual · “Contains very simple amino acids which help to rapidly grow leafy material.”
- p. 117 Cho, Theory · “When nitrogen is given as base manure, the settling of plant roots is prevented and the absorbing capability is declined.”
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