Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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January 4, 2017 | #16 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Illinois, zone 6
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Both were in the same peat-based pro mix. Neither got nutrients, but I abandoned the project at about the time I would have started fertilizing. The plants started in the compost tea drench were one set of leaves ahead of the non-tea plants, and all of them sprouted faster.
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January 4, 2017 | #17 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Southeastern Pennsylvania
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January 4, 2017 | #18 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Illinois, zone 6
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It did occur to me later that a second control of weak miracle grow would have been helpful. I didn't think of it, because I don't give any fertilizer until the second set of leaves show. The compost tea isn't really supposed to have much NPK value, but I don't have any way to test it. Another good control would have been to sterilize a batch of tea by boiling it after brewing, which would kill the bacteria but leave the humic acid.
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January 4, 2017 | #19 |
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Join Date: May 2014
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I used fish emulsion and dandelions in the tea we used to make - along with sugar and molasses and compost put in a pair of pantyhose. Did the air pumps too. I used it as a drench only and it probably did some good. That was in 2011 and 12. I wanted to grow all organic.
I have seen much better results using 10-10-10 since then. |
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