Would this like tomato fertiliser?

[swee'pea99]

I don't even know what it is. We call it the fig though it's not a fig. It was looking distinctly poorly earlier in the year and even though it now has recovered up to a point it still looks like it could use a helping hand. And I happen to have a big bottle of tomato fertilizer. Would 'the fig' appreciate a bit, d'you suppose?

 

[PaulSB]

Yes, tomato feed will be fine

 

[PaulSB]

Oh yes it's Fatsia japonica, the castor oil plant

 

[swee'pea99]

Thanks! Excellent. Grub's up...

 

[Tail End Charlie]

Tomato feed is more for fruiting and flowering. I'd say you want something higher in nitrogen. Is it outside or inside? If outside, then diluted urine is a good feed, or rotted down nettles (which takes a bit of time and smells whilst rotting down). If inside, then get a high nitrogen feed.
That said, if tomato feed is what you've got, then use it, it won't harm the plant.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Tomato feed is more for fruiting and flowering. I'd say you want something higher in nitrogen. Is it outside or inside? If outside, then diluted urine is a good feed, or rotted down nettles (which takes a bit of time and smells whilst rotting down). If inside, then get a high nitrogen feed.
That said, if tomato feed is what you've got, then use it, it won't harm the plant.

Yep - green leafy things like nitrogen. Tomato feed does have nitrogen but has a higher potassium content for flowering and fruiting.