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Originally Posted by creister
The title is the question, but I am always curious as to how many fertilize/amend their tomato growing areas before plant out, and how early do they do it?
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I began to amend my soil in the fall. Limestone takes months to break down. Also added the organic elements such as compost early. Tilled one time last month during the only dry stretch to allow the winter to work on insects, weeds and break up the clay. The constant rain since has helped to get everything well watered in and mixed. The clay is soaking wet now and cannot even be touched or walked on until it is thoroughly dry, but leaving it roughly tilled before the many bouts of temps in the twenties is supposed to help. Later in the spring I will add a LOT more compost down to about a foot and then build raised beds a foot above that. Previously added micronutrients and various organic materials to give them time to break down. I view my efforts more as feeding the soil than just throwing out NPK and other fertilizers.