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Help a newbie! Do I need to fertilize with tomato fertilizer
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thomas633957
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| Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 8:03 pm Post subject: Help a newbie! Do I need to fertilize with tomato fertilizer |
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I planted 4 Bush Goliaths an Early Girl Bush and a Better Bush in containers around the middle to early part of May. I used a potting soil that says it will feed up to 3 months. I now have about 4 to 5 small(golf ball size) fruit on my Early Girl and about 6 to 7 tennis sized fruit on my better bush and all the rest are flowering profusely. My question is do I need to fertilize with tomato fertilizer as I bought some when I purchased the plants?? Or do I just let them go until early to middle august?? I live in the south so I'm going to have a fairly long growing season.
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dooley
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| Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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Sjoerd posted a really good post on that last week. It's in the vegetable garden site I think. Have a look and see if you can find it. dooley
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thomas633957
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| Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 8:38 pm Post subject: That helps but....... |
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That article really helped out a lot but I guess my main question is since the soil already has extended relese fertilizer in it do I need to add anymore or just leave it alone. I don't want to over fertilize them.
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thomas633957
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thomas633957
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| Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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The image at top is the fruit on the better bush
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trudy
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| Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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Those look really good an healthy, I think if it were me I would add if anything would be a little epsom salt. It will help the plant to continue to take up nutrients. I believe the rate is 1 tsp per foot of plant.
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gardengater
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| Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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I have used a general vegetable and flower fertilizer, but perhaps you don't need to fertilize every week. You have a lot of tomatoes set already.
Gardengater
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stratsmom
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This is the first time I've ever used miracle grow tomato fertilizer- AMAZING!! I swear I saw them sprout up right before my eyes 
Deanna
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