Hi,
This is my first year attempting to grow some vegetables and I have a question about fertilizing after the plants are already fairly mature.
We have pumpkin, watermelon, and cucumber growing in separate places in our yard. So far no visible fruits although I see a couple of female pumkin flowers again so hopefully one of these will start a pumpkin. Plenty of bees around so polination is not a problem. Plenty of sunlight, plenty of water from the hose although it has been very dry so no rain to speak of.
So I figured maybe I need some fertilizer. Is it ok to sprinkle it on the ground above the plants and let the water bring it to the roots? That's what I'm trying but I wasn't really sure about it.
Thanks in advance for any tips.
Steve