Fertilizer in the reservoir?

luigiwu · June 26, 2013

Hi guys! I'm new here and totally new to gardening really! I've never been successful with growing anything... until this year when I built myself self-watering containers with 5-gallon bucket! I'm 100% hooked now! Anyways, I am planting Yellow Jubilee, Mortgage Lifter and German Queen. They were all doing so well, robust green leaves, setting fruits, until what looked like early blight a couple weeks ago. I had to remove 90% of the leaves and have been spraying with Serenade, though I am not sure if its working.

Anyways, when I built these SWC, I poured a ring of Garden-tone around the perimeter before putting on the plastic cover. Now I'm wondering if I should supplement the nutrition by some other fertilizer as the plants have fruits on them.

I have on hand regular all-purpose Miracle-Gro (24-8-16) I've been reading on here about Jack/Peter's 20-20-20 and even Carolynn's 13-13-13 recommendations. I dont' know enough about any of these to know one from another. What would you recommend?

June 26, 2013	#1
luigiwu Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: ny Posts: 1,219	Fertilizer in the reservoir? Hi guys! I'm new here and totally new to gardening really! I've never been successful with growing anything... until this year when I built myself self-watering containers with 5-gallon bucket! I'm 100% hooked now! Anyways, I am planting Yellow Jubilee, Mortgage Lifter and German Queen. They were all doing so well, robust green leaves, setting fruits, until what looked like early blight a couple weeks ago. I had to remove 90% of the leaves and have been spraying with Serenade, though I am not sure if its working. Anyways, when I built these SWC, I poured a ring of Garden-tone around the perimeter before putting on the plastic cover. Now I'm wondering if I should supplement the nutrition by some other fertilizer as the plants have fruits on them. I have on hand regular all-purpose Miracle-Gro (24-8-16) I've been reading on here about Jack/Peter's 20-20-20 and even Carolynn's 13-13-13 recommendations. I dont' know enough about any of these to know one from another. What would you recommend?