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#106 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Omaha Zone 5
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Mine also arrived, no email though. I planted last week so a little bit of a let down as I'll have to store it till next year.
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#107 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: zone 5
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I know they have changed the formula of tomato tone; it seems like they removed a lot of the micronutrients in favor of some microbes. Is the new stuff still any good?
It is a shame as a well balanced complete slow release fertilizer designed for tomatoes/peppers/eggplant would be very attractive to me. |
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#108 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: SoCal Inland
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I have had lack luster growth on all my maters this year and began supplementing with various things fairly early on. I wont use it alone again.
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#109 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2012
Location: NW Indiana
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So the new formula is a dud without supplements? I was wondering about the lack of micro nutrients in the new formula and how it would effect over all taste.
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Cheektowaga, NY
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![]() Just because they only list the primary and secondary nutrients doesn't mean there are no micros too. Actually it's impossible for micros to not be there in a fertilizer that is made from organic inputs. It's not like it is formulated in a chemical factory. |
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: WV
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#112 |
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Northeast New Jersey
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Two years later, and the shipping is STILL $4.95 at Ozbo! I ordered three 20 pound bags.
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#113 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Brooksville, FL
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you must have ordered all they had, as I just went to order some and they say it is no longer available. Now its saying it is there. Guess I'll trying to order and see if it goes through.
Thanks for the reminder on this.
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#114 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Abilene, TX zone 7
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As far as Micros are concerned, I remember calling Espoma when they changed the formula and asked why they were no longer listed. They told me that they are still in there, but very expensive to analyze and put it on there in the right percentages.
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#115 |
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: San Antonio, Texas
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Creister-I did the same thing, and got the same info from Espoma.
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#116 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Northeast New Jersey
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I ordered my 3 20 lb bags of Tomato-Tone from Ozbo on Wednesday. Today, Friday, I received an e-mail confirmation that my bags have been shipped. Hopefully, the box won't be crushed from the weight. I think, at least so far, that Ozbo is a good company.
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#117 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Omaha Zone 5
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I wasn't bowled over by the new formula. What did you supplement with? I still have a 20ln bag left over from 2 years ago.
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#118 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Abilene, TX zone 7
Posts: 1,478
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I like to foliar feed with fish/seaweed fertilizer
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#119 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: NC
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Ordered the 20 lb bag this morning for 19.01 to my door. Checked this evening and Ozbo has changed their website for Tomato Tone to 18 lb bags for the same price. My order still says 20 lb bag, but the SKU matches the 18 lb bag.
The 20 lb bags have been discontinued by Epsoma. 18 lb is the largest size bag of Tomato Tone that they offer now. Really not happy with Ozbo right now. |
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#120 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Eastern Suburb of Sacramento, CA
Posts: 1,313
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I've been following this thread for a few years now. I've had incredibly unprofessional service from Ozbo myself in my dealings with them. I wiill not go into the details here, but suffice it to say they had no compunctions from completely ignoring my order and leaving it to me to hassle them over the span of nearly two months to get my three item order delivered. The last of three shipments arrived finally yesterday. It took no less than nine calls to their service folks to make that happen. About five "commitments"/promises were broken in the process.
Good luck, 'cause when the deal shows up as described, it's usually a good one. -naysen |
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