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I have been trying to find Tomato Tone...but only found Plant Tone.

Any have any experience using Espoma products?

Where have you been looking?

[URL="http://www.espoma.com/"]Espoma Tomato Tone[/URL] (4-7-10) seems to be a very well-balanced, mostly organic food for tomatoes. It has many micronutrients. I used it as part of Earls "hole planting method" this year. The plants seem really healthy and are setting a good amount of fruit.

Feldon:

Looked at Lowes, HD, Sears Hardware and a couple of local nurserys. I found plant tone at an Agway store.

I have a couple of more places to call/stop by...

Called four more places that were on the Espoma website...all had Garden Tone...but no Tomato Tone.

I think this is a conspiracy...

:shock: I just looked. The closest place to me that sells ANY Espoma products is 300 miles away! :evil:

Mark-I use espoma products on my tomatoes, eggplant, cukes, peppers, lawn, flowers, shrubs, trees, etc. And I have no connection, family or business, with espoma. The products are hard to find East of the Mississippi, but I do it.

Plant tone is 5-3-3 with micros. You need to get either Tomato tone- 4-7-10 or Garden Tone-4-6-6. Here is a link to a dealer-finder:

[URL]http://www.espoma.com/finddealer.aspx[/URL]

You can get tomato tone from Yardiac.com-they will ship. But you should be able to find some in your area. You can also call Espoma and ask them-they are very nice.

we deal with Espoma alot, they are nice. their website shows locations of dealers using your zip code. It is a really good product. If you can't get that, have you considered Algoflash for tomatoes? It's a 4-6-8 liquid concentrate. Maybe, see if you can get that locally.

Jung-I have used algoflash, and its good for containers, but I dont think it has the micronutrients that I like for my containers. Do you know if it does?

Here's the info I have on Algoflash tomato.

nitrogen 4%
nitrate nitrogen 1.5%
ammoniacal nitrogen .7%
urea nitrogen 1.8% available
Phosphorus 6%
potash 8%
sulfur (S) .9%
water soluble magnesium .6%
.03% Iron (Fe) compounded with Chelate DTPA; 0.0125% Zinc (Zn); 0.025% manganese (Mn); 0.003% Copper (Cu); 0.016% Boron (B); 0.001% molybdenum (Mo). Derived from: ammonium nitrate, potassium hydroxide, magnesium sulfate, Iron DTPA, zinc sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, borate acid, molybdaten sodium.

I hope this is what you were asking me. I do have the same type of info for tomato tone if you would like to compare them.

Ruth

Thanks for all of the input...I think I will just go with Garden Tone...it's pretty close to the tomato tone. I also need a fertilizer for my peppers, beet, carrots, cukes and zukes...so Garden Tone should work well for all. My local nursery carries the 25 pound bag...so I may consider getting this and sharing with my neighbor.

I've been watching our local Lowes for this for a couple years now. The link above shows that the closest dealer to me is 1,783.9 miles away! (I meant to look when I was in Kentucky recently, but I forgot.)

Jung-thanks for the info-I have the tomato tone info so will compare it. For foliar, now I use Monty's Joy Juice, 2-15-15.

If it helps any, they are selling it on E-bay for 5.99 a bag.

[URL]http://cgi.ebay.com/Tomato-Tone-Fertilizer-Plant-Food-5-LB-GNFG19E005_W0QQitemZ300093909131QQihZ020QQcategoryZ11704QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem[/URL]

Sometimes I turn to e-bay when I can't find it anywhere else.
Terry

I generally go to two locally owned garden centers because they're closer to my house than Lowe's or Home Depot. One carried Tomato Tone only in huge, heavy bags. I found the five pounder at the other garden center and that suited me better. If you happen to live in Hampton Roads and are looking for Tomato Tone, I found that giant bag at Atlantic and the smaller bags at McDonald's. Sorry I can't be as helpful to folks living elsewhere.

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[quote=sirtanon;55098]:shock: I just looked. The closest place to me that sells ANY Espoma products is 300 miles away! :evil:[/quote]
The closest dealer to my area is 1,736 miles!!! Could you pick me up some since you are closer? hehe
Sue