Feeding plants

[Solveago]

Novice gardener here.

Have recently moved and inherited a mature garden. Also took a few plants in pots from my old garden.

Would it be helpful at this time of year to give everything some tomatoe feed? Weekly?

It would be better to mulch at this time of year with a good 4-6cm of organic matter. You can buy bulk bags of compost of spent mushroom compost. Of you don't want to /can't afford to do the whole garden, do one bed this year and a different bed next year.

I agree with mulching, and tomato feed is aimed at developing fruit (like tomato!)

Agree with mulching first, but tomato feed is also excellent for flowering plants - but I think it’s better to wait until flowers are about to appear. Before that, you can promote root and foliage growth with slow release fertiliser, liquid seaweed, chicken manure pellets, Vitax etc.

You could give your garden a general feed such as blood, fish and bone, bonemeal or seaweed pellets. Then mulch on top. If you have roses they might benefit from a rose feed after pruning.

Tomato feed is a useful supplement for using from mid-summer onwards on perennials as it contains less nitrogen so helps the current growth mature rather than putting on loads of leafy growth. It is also good for helping plants which produce fruits or berries.

At this time of year, mulch or a top-dressing of compost is a better idea, with some multi-purpose slow release fertiliser granules thrown in as well.

Thanks for the guidance