are ferts really needed? ive had a plant for a while now around 2 1/2 ft tall, very bushy checked her out and she a femmy havnt used any ferts, is that bad? i have some tomato plant food, i heard its good to use right? or is it too late to start using it? hoping on a nice harvest end sept maybe early oct so any help would be appreciated
put a little in with the next watering and see how she likes it if your worried cut down the dosage you shoud be fine
Outside you can sometimes get away with with using no fertz. If the quality of the soil is good enough, there will be enough food already in the soil. I have found that the most fertile soil outdoors is in abandoned overgrown farmers fields. Grow great plants there without a drop of food. But other types of soil will require feeding to get better results. The plant will tell you when it's hungry. When it starts to yellow from the bottom up, it's time for dinner What is the NPK ratio of the tomato fertz you have??
Are ferts really needed?? Well you could grow in a good soil and add no ferts and get a yield, maybe a reasonable yield. But most of us pay good money to buy ferts, or like me go to a lot of effort to make our own organic ferts, because it is cost effective. You will get a much better yield from a fertilised plant than from one simply left to its own devices.
alright thanks heres the tomatoe food ingrediants i have ( Miracle grow brand ) total N= 1.4%ammoniacal nitrogen 2.6% Nitrate nitrogen 14% Urea Nitrogen Availabe Phosphate ( p2Os ) ........18% Soluble Potash ( K2oO)..........21% Magnesium........... .50% .50% water soluble magnesium copper .50% water soluble copper .05% iron .10% maganese .05% .05 chelated maganese Zinc .05% .05 water zinc also says its derived from ammonium sulfate, pottasium nitrate, urea ,pottasium phosphate, magnesium phosphate, copper sulphate, iron EDTA, maganese EDTA, and zinz sulphate so is this stuff all good for my plant? says to mix 1 TBSP into 1 gallon of water
Ok so the NPK ratio is 18-18-20, that's an ok all around general purpose food good for the vegetative cycle. Come flowering though you'll need to get a flowering fert though. With flowering fertz you want those last 2 numbers higher than the first one
Yes, if you live in North America flowering will start in August. Yes, you can buy flowering fertx at walmart. Peters or Scotts is a brand that many folks use and have good results. Specifically this one for flowering : www.scottsprohort.com/_documents/WSF/PetersProfessional/H4037.pdf
awesome, thank you very much spliffy one mo thing how much does that stuff cost? and ive noticed a little curling on some of my leaves any suggestions?
Depends TOTALLY on your climate. If I do not water every 24, my plants are tinder dry and wilting by 36. But I know guys in the UK who only ever water every 2 weeks.
HE said water with fertz, not just plain water. If you water with fertz every 24hrs you ain't gonna have them plants for much longer!