What should I feed my tomatoes, is regular garden soil okay?
Image by clattermonger
Night shots of the flower beds finally filled with soil. I couldn’t wait till the morning to take photos of them.
Question by Boycott Hollywd Commies: What should I feed my tomatoes, is regular garden soil okay?
I am currently using Miracle Grow Garden soil. Should I continue using this when I transplant them to their final bed?
Someone on YA said to use “plant food”, can you tell me what kind?
What do you think? Answer below!
6 Responses to What should I feed my tomatoes, is regular garden soil okay?
Leave a Reply
Go to this website:
http://www.ehow.com/how_535_grow-tomatoes.html
Joanne A. W
November 4, 2011 at 3:13 am
steer manure works fantastic plus you can buy miracle grow specially formulated for tomatoes
crash
November 4, 2011 at 4:02 am
If you plant them in the Miracle grow garden soil everything will grow like crazy. But that is expensive stuff for a big garden. You can just plant the tomatoes in the soil and get some water soluble fertilizer that is miracle grow or walmat has one called Expert gardener all purpose plant food. (Same stuff) cheaper. Mix it like it tells you on the box and use it to water the tomato’s.
Carl
November 4, 2011 at 4:47 am
you can buy tomato fertilizer/food or use epsom salts it will tell you how much on the bag(usually it does), but regular garden soil is fine for their final destination.
d2matheson
November 4, 2011 at 5:04 am
Just say “no” to Miracle-Gro! By adding Miracle-Gro to your garden beds, you are ultimately damaging your soil. Instead, you can use a much cheaper method that enhances your soil and give you much better results for your tomatoes.
When you transfer your tomatoes to their final bed, simply work in several bags of well-rotted compost into the soil to a depth of about six inches. As you will notice when you go to the home improvement store, a bag of compost is MUCH cheaper than a bag of Miracle Gro!
Compost works by slowly releasing beneficial nutrients into the soil. It also helps to improve your soil, increasing water retention in sandy soils and improving drainage in thick, clay soils.
Miracle-Gro and other synthetic fertilizers are very high in nitrogen. Nitrogen makes your plants grow very quickly at the expense of tomato production. That is not good!
Compost also helps to prevent fungal diseases and pest invasions. Not only can you work in compost before planting, you can use compost as a side-dressing later in the growing season.
Just think: the chemicals in Miracle-Gro will eventually end up INSIDE the tomato you are going to eat!
Here is more information about growing tomatoes WITHOUT using expensive and harsh chemicals like Miracle-Gro:
http://www.organicgardening.com/feature/0,7518,s1-5-16-193,00.html
XylemandPhloem.com
November 4, 2011 at 5:44 am
There are lots of commercial fertilizers and they all will make you plants grow if you follow the directions. I prefer organic vegetable gardening which uses compost rather than comercial fertilize. There are tons of benefits other than just better tasting vegetables. You will be amazed at how much brighter and bigger your tomatoes will be to.
Looking Up
November 4, 2011 at 6:31 am