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Barb_FL · March 18, 2019

I used it exclusively one year without fertilizer strips and the plants did great.

But, I was afraid of too much salt build up that I dumped all my potting mix at the end of the season and started over which is very expensive at $50 for a bale of ProMix including tax.

Looking back, I don't know if that was necessary as I use the 4-18-36 formula quite a bit in the root pouches and at the end of the season, I'm feeding them Kelp, Humic, Fulvic mixture to cleans the mix and reusing the mix works great.

Since I feed them manually, it is more of a drag to use the 'formula' in the EB than just a hose or hose and a spoonful of something.

Ginny who use to post, did Texas Tomato Tone exclusively in an EB one year with great results and the company that sells TTF told her to use a 4 day on, 3 day flush system.

March 18, 2019	#3
Barb_FL Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Indialantic, Florida Posts: 2,000	I used it exclusively one year without fertilizer strips and the plants did great. But, I was afraid of too much salt build up that I dumped all my potting mix at the end of the season and started over which is very expensive at $50 for a bale of ProMix including tax. Looking back, I don't know if that was necessary as I use the 4-18-36 formula quite a bit in the root pouches and at the end of the season, I'm feeding them Kelp, Humic, Fulvic mixture to cleans the mix and reusing the mix works great. Since I feed them manually, it is more of a drag to use the 'formula' in the EB than just a hose or hose and a spoonful of something. Ginny who use to post, did Texas Tomato Tone exclusively in an EB one year with great results and the company that sells TTF told her to use a 4 day on, 3 day flush system.