what is everyone using as fertilizer

msubulldog · May 13, 2017

wanted to know what everyone is using for fertilizer on their tomatoes. seems like I read on here somewhere about a product from texas that everyone loved.

Labradors2 · May 13, 2017

Texas Tomato Food and Tomato Tone are good ferts I believe.

I've used Tomato Tone (last year) and Fish Meal and Sul/Pot (the previous year) in the planting hole. We usually add a load of aged cow manure to the garden every spring.

Linda

Worth1 · May 13, 2017

Plant Tone Alaska fish fertilizer and MG all purpose very sparingly.

Worth

clkeiper · May 13, 2017

Hy-Brix fertilizer which is crop specific. they make one for corn, tomatoes, vegetables and a fruit and berries.. My tomatoes have never looked so nice as what they do this year.

Rockandrollin · May 13, 2017

Miss Ariel (see picture) our fertilizer factory. Although she produces year round, we only fertilize the garden from November to end of January.

Gardeneer · May 13, 2017

I use Alaska Fish ( 5-1-1 ), MG (24-8-16 ) and horse manure.
My plants are healthy (nice green foliage ) and are setting fruits.

SteveP · May 13, 2017

Fish carcasses, Tomato Tone, Alaska Fish Fertilizer and liquid Kelp. I did give them a little kick after the Flooding rain with some MG Tomato. Oh, and liberal amounts of rabbit crap.

imp · May 13, 2017

Depends on what is needed in my garden. I do use some of the General Hydroponic stuff, fish stuff, alfalfa pellets and miracle grow, again, depending on needs.

brownrexx · May 13, 2017

Soil test says that I don't need anything so I will just side dress with blood meal for Nitrogen.

Frank D · May 13, 2017

Miracle Grow for tomatoes every weekend, but now TTF.

AlittleSalt · May 13, 2017

Alaska fish fertilizer 5-1-1

10-10-10

jillian · May 13, 2017

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rockandrollin

Miss Ariel (see picture) our fertilizer factory. Although she produces year round, we only fertilize the garden from November to end of January.

Beautiful horse and scenery! Love it, wish I had a Miss Ariel

I use Garden Tone, worm castings, fish emulsion and epsom salts when needed.

Jimbotomateo · May 13, 2017

Quote:

Originally Posted by clkeiper

Hy-Brix fertilizer which is crop specific. they make one for corn, tomatoes, vegetables and a fruit and berries.. My tomatoes have never looked so nice as what they do this year.

Is the Hy-Brix organic?. I'm using plant tone, Neptunes Harvest fish and kelp, and I have tomato tone if needed.

. Jimbo

clkeiper · May 13, 2017

The bags I bought I don't think are totally organic... it doesn't say that they aren't either. the base is a chicken manure base... I think. it is time released too so I am thinking there is something that would nullify it as organic. they do have an all natural and organic one that is 2-1-8 Ca10+S6. the others I bought are also low ratio numbers which lend to the organic numbers as well..... 4-7-9/6-8-9/5-8-10 +calcium and sulfur. the only one that has high nitrogen is the corn formula.

May 13, 2017

For tomatoes, I usually like to amend before I plant or while I'm planting, and then not give them anything else the whole season unless they show signs that they need it. I don't always amend the soil, though.

I usually get my commercial fertilizer and mineral salts separately, instead of a bunch mixed together. I like to get my stuff from greenwaybiotech.com. Some of my favorites to use are monopotassium phosphate and monoammonium phosphate. If I were to want extra nitrogen (since monoammonium phosphate doesn't add much), I'd probably use ammonium sulfate and/or urea, but I don't tend to use a lot of nitrogen fertilizer on tomatoes, if any at all (my watering method seems to compensate for any lack of nitrogen in tomatoes; perhaps there's nitrogen in our water).

Potassium sulfate is a cool source of potassium, too (I've only tried AlphaChemical's potassium sulfate, though).

For natural fertilizers, I like wood ash and compost. In theory, I like cover crops, too. I have peas where I want to put my peppers, but I haven't done much beyond that and weeds, for cover crops, so far.

I like to use other soil amendments, like peat moss, basalt rockdust, and sometimes sea minerals and greensand. If you use basalt rockdust, you may want the kind that has humic acid added to it (or else ideally apply it a long, long time beforehand). I use the microfine kind, which I like more than the standard kind (I haven't tried the kind with humic acid added, though).

For seedlings, they seem to like monopotassium phosphate; they're growing in worm castings with a little peat moss added.

May 13, 2017	#1
msubulldog Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: mississippi Posts: 5	what is everyone using as fertilizer wanted to know what everyone is using for fertilizer on their tomatoes. seems like I read on here somewhere about a product from texas that everyone loved.

May 13, 2017	#4
clkeiper Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: ohio Posts: 4,350	Hy-Brix fertilizer which is crop specific. they make one for corn, tomatoes, vegetables and a fruit and berries.. My tomatoes have never looked so nice as what they do this year. __________________ carolyn k

May 13, 2017	#6
Gardeneer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7 Posts: 4,912	I use Alaska Fish ( 5-1-1 ), MG (24-8-16 ) and horse manure. My plants are healthy (nice green foliage ) and are setting fruits. __________________ Gardeneer Happy Gardening !

May 13, 2017	#7
SteveP Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Joplin MO Posts: 1,398	Fish carcasses, Tomato Tone, Alaska Fish Fertilizer and liquid Kelp. I did give them a little kick after the Flooding rain with some MG Tomato. Oh, and liberal amounts of rabbit crap. Last edited by SteveP; May 13, 2017 at 08:50 PM.

May 13, 2017	#14
clkeiper Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: ohio Posts: 4,350	The bags I bought I don't think are totally organic... it doesn't say that they aren't either. the base is a chicken manure base... I think. it is time released too so I am thinking there is something that would nullify it as organic. they do have an all natural and organic one that is 2-1-8 Ca10+S6. the others I bought are also low ratio numbers which lend to the organic numbers as well..... 4-7-9/6-8-9/5-8-10 +calcium and sulfur. the only one that has high nitrogen is the corn formula. __________________ carolyn k

May 13, 2017	#2
Labradors2 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Ontario Posts: 3,887	Texas Tomato Food and Tomato Tone are good ferts I believe. I've used Tomato Tone (last year) and Fish Meal and Sul/Pot (the previous year) in the planting hole. We usually add a load of aged cow manure to the garden every spring. Linda

May 13, 2017	#3
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Plant Tone Alaska fish fertilizer and MG all purpose very sparingly. Worth

May 13, 2017	#8
imp Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Wichita Falls, Texas Posts: 4,832	Depends on what is needed in my garden. I do use some of the General Hydroponic stuff, fish stuff, alfalfa pellets and miracle grow, again, depending on needs.

May 13, 2017	#9
brownrexx Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Southeastern PA Posts: 1,420	Soil test says that I don't need anything so I will just side dress with blood meal for Nitrogen.

May 13, 2017	#10
Frank D Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2016 Location: Arkansas, Zone 7b Posts: 101	Miracle Grow for tomatoes every weekend, but now TTF.

May 13, 2017	#11
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	Alaska fish fertilizer 5-1-1 10-10-10

May 13, 2017	#15
shule1 Guest Posts: n/a	For tomatoes, I usually like to amend before I plant or while I'm planting, and then not give them anything else the whole season unless they show signs that they need it. I don't always amend the soil, though. I usually get my commercial fertilizer and mineral salts separately, instead of a bunch mixed together. I like to get my stuff from greenwaybiotech.com. Some of my favorites to use are monopotassium phosphate and monoammonium phosphate. If I were to want extra nitrogen (since monoammonium phosphate doesn't add much), I'd probably use ammonium sulfate and/or urea, but I don't tend to use a lot of nitrogen fertilizer on tomatoes, if any at all (my watering method seems to compensate for any lack of nitrogen in tomatoes; perhaps there's nitrogen in our water). Potassium sulfate is a cool source of potassium, too (I've only tried AlphaChemical's potassium sulfate, though). For natural fertilizers, I like wood ash and compost. In theory, I like cover crops, too. I have peas where I want to put my peppers, but I haven't done much beyond that and weeds, for cover crops, so far. I like to use other soil amendments, like peat moss, basalt rockdust, and sometimes sea minerals and greensand. If you use basalt rockdust, you may want the kind that has humic acid added to it (or else ideally apply it a long, long time beforehand). I use the microfine kind, which I like more than the standard kind (I haven't tried the kind with humic acid added, though). For seedlings, they seem to like monopotassium phosphate; they're growing in worm castings with a little peat moss added.