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Lots of Leaves, Not Much to Harvest? It's the Feeding, Not Your Thumb.
The Canadian Feeding Calendar shows you exactly what to feed your tomatoes and flowers, month by month, for a bigger harvest. One simple organic system, three clean feeds that are slow-release and hard to overdo. Print it, stick it on the fridge, and feed along with the seasons.
13 short pages · the whole plan is on page 10
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By Darrell Smith · 25+ years, Kitsilano · ★★★★★ 5.0 on Google (84 reviews)
- The one switch that changes everything: feed balanced 4-4-4 early, then move to Power Bloom 2-8-4 the moment buds appear, so tomatoes, peppers, berries, dahlias and roses make flowers and fruit instead of just more leaves
- A month-by-month plan from planting to first frost: what to feed in late April, the early-June switch, the June-to-August golden stretch, and when to give the last feed
- Just three organic Gaia Green helpers (All Purpose 4-4-4, Power Bloom 2-8-4, Worm Castings), what each one is for, and nothing else to buy
- Exactly how to feed Power Bloom in 3 steps, with real amounts (about 1 tablespoon per gallon of pot soil, a handful per garden plant); slow-release and gentle, so it is hard to overfeed
- A one-page cheat sheet for the fridge, plus the simple rule to shift the whole calendar 2 to 4 weeks if you garden colder than the coast
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Real things gardeners say at our counter in Kitsilano,.
The whole idea, in one line
Most gardeners water, weed, and wait, then end up with a jungle of leaves and barely a flower. More often than not, it isn't your thumb. It's feeding the right thing at the right time. Every fertilizer bag shows three numbers, N-P-K:
N - Nitrogen
Leaves and green growth. Great early, too much later gives you all plant and no fruit.
P - Phosphorus
Flowers and fruit. The high middle number in Power Bloom 2-8-4 is what sets tomatoes and blooms.
K - Potassium
Strong roots and overall strength, so the plant holds up through heat and a long season.
Darrell Smith, co-owner of DH Garden Centre in Kitsilano, Vancouver. More than 25 years of hands-on gardening, including seasons on a tomato farm. This guide is what he tells customers at the counter every July, written down. You don't have to take his word for anything: come ask him at the shop, or watch him on YouTube first.
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Written on the coast. Built to shift for the rest of Canada.
The months in the calendar follow Vancouver and coastal BC, where the season is mild and long. Garden colder, in the Prairies, the interior, or further north? The calendar gives you one simple rule: wait for your last spring frost, then shift everything 2 to 4 weeks later. Go by your last-frost date, not the month. And the Gaia Green feeds ship free across Canada.
Whatever month it is right now, the calendar tells you your next feed.
Each feeding window comes once and moves on with the season. The calendar keeps you a step ahead of it.
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