Growmore

During WWII the British Government introduced a campaign called 'Dig For Victory'. The war time government had a balanced fertisliser formula devoloped that was called 'National Growmore'.

Growmore as it become known had a ratio of NPK of 7.7.7 and even today this is what you will find on boxes of Growmore produced and sold by many different companies.

A search on the web will show that some people will not use Growmore since it is balanced and thus not suitable for growing their particular plants. Looking for the Growmore history on the Internet, I came across some copies of wartime leaflets and they gave mention that certain crops would likely need additional treatment throughout the growing season. So for example, cabbages will benefit from a nitrogen feed later to encourage leaf growth or tomatoes will need a potash feed for fruit development.

During the war many people referred to Growmore as 'artificial' since they were made rather coming from animal or other waste products applied direct to the ground. The leaflets at the time explained that products like Growmore were not artificial but inorganic. It is for this reason that many of todays organic gardeners will not use Growmore since it is not likely that it is made from renewable resources.

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