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Feb 20, 2011 · the Alaska Fish Fertilizer brand is made from cannery fish scrap, while the Neptune's Harvest and Drammatic brands are made from whole fish, which apparently has higher phosporous and potassium content. (I do not think a 5-1-1 NPK balance is suitable to be the only fertilizer for tomatoes for the whole season.)
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Oct 12, 2011 · I pretty much disregarded the instructions I found online for Earthboxes. I used Fox Farm potting soil, I think it was Happy Frog, along with a few shovefuls of home prepared compost so there would be worms, the two salmon heads and some Scotts tomato fertilizer.
fish or worm fertilizer -opinions wanted - Tomatoville
Mar 10, 2016 · I know that some of you use worm juice in fertilizing your plants. How extensively have you used it and how would you describe your results? If you have used fish fertilizer, how would you compare them. I'm trying determine which would be superior for seedlings. Your experience would be appreciated. Jon PS. I also have some 8-14-9 concentrate.
kelp fertilizer recommendation - Tomatoville® Gardening Forums
May 1, 2015 · I have been using tomato tone fertilizer strip in the container and adding liquid fertilizer (foliage pro) to the water reservoir mid-season. This has worked very well for my tomatoes. It has worked somewhat OK for peppers and cukes. So I have been reading about kelp and/or fish emulsion as fertilizer that helps plants grow stronger.
Kelp Fertilizer for tomatoes..Yes or No? - Tomatoville
Jun 29, 2016 · Been gardening tomatoes for 40 years this season and wondered if there is any advantages of using kelp as a fertilizer for tomatoes. Our FL season will start August. I've always used my homemade fish emulsion for my peppers and tomatoes and use rabbit manure and worm castings as a side dressing.
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Mar 2, 2014 · Fish Meal as fertilizer Growing In Containers. Welcome to the world's largest online community of tomato growers!
npk ratio for tomatoes - Tomatoville® Gardening Forums
May 23, 2015 · A fertilizer low in nitrogen (N), high in phosphorous (P) and medium or high in potassium (K)---the three numbers in fertilizer nutrient analysis, always in that order---is ideal for tomatoes. The best analyses for tomato fertilizers are 8-32-16 and 6-24-24 , according to the University of Missour.
Will Garden Tone work for tomatoes - Tomatoville® Gardening …
May 9, 2017 · 3.) Liquid Organic Fertilizers - I don't consider it an option for container growing organically especially in the beginning vegetative stages. Liquid Fish hydrolysate or Fish emulsion with or without kelp are commonly available, there are others though. They provide a more more instant source of nutrition for the plant and the microbes.
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Apr 12, 2015 · You can get a Fish hydrolysate & Kelp blend, you don't have to buy them separately. If you can't find it locally, you get it online. Here's a few brands, you'll have to shop around to find a deal. Neptune's Harvest Fish-Seaweed Blend 2-3-1 G&S Plant Food's Fish & Kelp Blend 2-3-1 Drammatic K 2-5-.02 Maxicrop Liquid Seaweed & Fish 3-1-1
what is everyone using as fertilizer - Tomatoville® Gardening …
May 13, 2017 · If I were to want extra nitrogen (since monoammonium phosphate doesn't add much), I'd probably use ammonium sulfate and/or urea, but I don't tend to use a lot of nitrogen fertilizer on tomatoes, if any at all (my watering method seems to compensate for any lack of nitrogen in tomatoes; perhaps there's nitrogen in our water).