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Originally Posted by chris8837
The nursery is synthetic I think. Didn't say organic on it And it's 6-10-6. The kellog is 4-6-3 and says organic.
Putting 1 cup of fertilizer and lime enough for the plants entire life cycle?
The weather here has been up and down. As low as 42 at night and high as 85 so far. I've noticed they are a deep dark green. Look really good and tomatoes forming and blossomes all over. First time growing and it seems to be going well, but I've noticed some stunted growth and cupping new growth. Normal?
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If it doesn't say organic then it probably isn't but you can always tell whether a fertilizer is organic, synthetic or a hybrid by reading the ingredients on the label.
So you are using
KELLOGG GARDEN ORGANICS TOMATO, VEGETABLE & HERB FERTILIZER (4-6-3) which also contains beneficial bacteria and mycorrhizae. As a general rule the percentage of Phosphorous is an organic fertilizer should be 6% or less when mycorrhizal fungi are involved because too much P can inhibit mycorrhizal association with the plant roots. Since one of the primary benefits of mycorrhizae is their ability to scavenge the soil for insoluble P, make it soluble and deliver it to the roots that is something very important in organic growing.
I assume you used dolomite lime which contains both calcium and magnesium carbonates. They are slow release forms of Ca and Mg and probably all you will need of that for the season. I also wouldn't add any more because of the risk of carbonates raising the PH of your mix too high. There are other forms of Calcium that are also in the fertilizers. Bone meal in the Kellogg is primarily calcium phosphate as an example.
The cupping of some of the leaves looks like
Physiological Leaf Roll. No big deal.
Could be the big swings in temperature that might be a contributing factor.
I don't see any evidence of stunted growth from your pictures, the new growth looks fine.
If everything is looking good don't make any major changes. Don't mess with success.