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Plant Feed - NPK Explained

NPK - A Quick Guide. Hope you're enjoying the season 🙂 If you are new to growing, plant feeds can be confusing but once you learn how to read and understand NPK numbers on packs it will make choosing the right one a lot easier. N=Nitrogen P=Phosphorous K=Potassium 🍅 Plants need nitrogen for leaf growth, phosphorus for root growth, and potassium for fruit growth. All plants need all three, but leafy crops particularly need nitrogen, and fruit crops won't develop well without enough potassium. When you look at a bag of fertilizer you will see the NPK values displayed as 3 numbers. 🍅 Let's use an example of organic strawberry feed. The NPK ratios are displayed as 4:2:6 meaning the feed contains 4 nitrogen for foliage, 2 phosphorous (P) for roots and a higher 6 potassium (K) to support the strawberry fruit. It is higher in potassium because it is a fruiting plant feed. A tomato plant feed will have a similar ratio meaning a tomato feed will work just as well for strawberries and vice versa; they are just specifically labelled to assist you in buying more fertiliser... 🍅 Cabbage, broccoli, chard and other leafy crops, on the other hand, will benefit from a higher nitrogen feed because nitrogen is needed for green, leafy growth. Feeds high in nitrogen should be avoided on fruiting plants because they will grow lots of leaf at the expense of the fruit. 🍅 When looking for the correct feed ask yourself what part of the plant are you interested in? The leaf (spinach), the root (carrot) or the fruit (tomato)? Once you know nitrogen is for leaf growth, phosphorus is for roots and potassium for is fruit you can easily make the right choice. 🍅 The more you keep building up your soil with mulches every year, the less fertiliser/plant feed you will need to add. Think seaweed, well rotted manure, homemade garden compost etc. Hope this helps! More information: https://www.quickcrop.ie/blog/soil-he... https://www.quickcrop.co.uk/blog/soil... #plantfeed #nitrogen #phosphorous #potassium #npk #fertiliser #gyo #giy #growwhatyoueat #kitchengarden #ediblegarden #allotmentgarden #growingvegetables #growingtomatoes #growingtipsforbeginners #growingtips #gardentips #quickcroptips #selfsufficiency #plantfood