Tuesday, February 7, 2012

My tomato plants?

i was wondering if there were any good things to put in the water I give my tomato plants to make them healthy. The tomatoes are the size of your thunb nail right now. Real answers please, I dont want them to die.

My tomato plants?
Okay, so it's a little late for planting tomatoes, in our neck of the woods they should have been outside since the May 24th weekend. Mine are over 4 ft tall right now, lot's of blossoms and growing tomatoes, big ones, I just need to keep the crows at bay.


Let's assume you are somewhere warm with a long growing season. First are they in a nice big pot, with good soil and some sort of growing cage? Do they have lots of sun and no bugs? Or are they outside, same conditions. I would start with Miracle Grow if you are looking for a good fertilizer, they have one just for Tomatoes, look on the side of the box and it will tell you how much to use, in just the right amount of water and how often. I do like it because it dissolves easily. Mostly, though, tomatoes are really easy to grow, you should be fine. Watch for the tobacco horn worm, they are big and ugly and can eat a whole plant for lunch and never look back. The Moth is the size of your hand and only comes out at night. The worm clicks at you and leaves a really big pile of "poop", and they smell like the tomatoes. Avoid and destroy at all cost if you want to keep your tomatoes. We used to feed them to the chickens, one was 4 inches long, but we've moved to the city, no more chickens, sorry I got off track, did I mention the Miracle Grow?? Good luck and happy eating...
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i think that would work.
Reply:sun and water and organic garden soil work wonders for me.
Reply:i feed mine chicken manue, NO kidding,, you can buy it at any feed store. it comes in pellets....i just toss it all over my garden and water as usual.
Reply:my cocktail work on all PLANTS;2 tlbs Epsom salt 2 tlbs clear house hold ammonia 2tbls miracle grow fill one 5 gal. bucket with water then add cocktail mix well this will keep for several days or weeks Water all plants once a week about 2 cups of this.
Reply:i suggest you start making some compost tea to feed your plants by taking a 5 gallon bucket with lid, a burlap sack to hold the compost . place compost in bag tie up ,put bag in bucket fill within 1 inch of top.Leave in sun covered for 10 days, remove bag squeeze out back back into bucket, stir good, use ratio of 1 cup compost to 4 cups plain water feed plants every week, this will become their main source of nutrients along with natures rainfall.
Reply:whatever you do, do NOT give them any type of miracle-gro. miracle gro is a stimulant that wil give you nice leaves but terrible tomatoes. if you want to add something to the water, try Superthrive. it's all organic, and works like a charm every single time. i add it to my tomatoes each year, and i ALWAYS have better-performing tomatoes than my neighbor. and the fact that i don't overhead water them like he does has something to do with it too..... :)


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