right fertilizer

[growmor]

Where can I find the proper tomato fertilizer for sale online?
I am looking for a 1-4-2 ratio.

[Waiting]

Not 1-4-2, but highly recommended by folks here.

http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=27229

[b54red]

I don't think that is a good ratio for tomatoes unless your soil is highly deficient in phosphorous. I agree with the previous post on the type of fertilizer. I have been using Texas Tomato Food on my tomatoes for several years and have been very pleased with the results. Best of all it is easy to apply with a hose end sprayer.

Bill

[Cole_Robbie]

Tomatotone is popular for container growing.

I'm not too far away from you, and I buy ferts from Morgan County Seed. They're in Missouri. They sell a dual pack meant to be alternated in a fertilizer injector and drip system. One part is calcium nitrate and the other is 4-18-38.

[Worth1]

I think the right fertilizer is one that is more equal in NPK.

Right now I am spraying the soil with a highly concentrated doses of 3-1.5-2 called ladybug because that is what I have.
I am also using plant tone That is a 5-3-3.
Again because that is what I have.
In years past I have used 13-13-13 and then 16-16-16 but stopped because I wanted to stop adding salts to my beds with the 13-13-13 for a while.
All of this stuff has worked great for me.
My plants are covered in blooms and growing like crazy.
My tomatoes have to share the fertilizer with other things like trees.

When I run out of this other stuff I will give Texas Tomato Food a shot and see how I like it.
I can buy it up the road from me about 4 miles.
Lucky me.


Worth

[Gardeneer]

In my opinion, N should have at least twice as P and K. There are 2 reasons:

1- plants use more of N
2- N , being highly water soluble readily leaches down/out beyond the plants need, UNLESS your soil has a good proportion of organic matter.

P sticks to the soil and thus stick around for a long time.
K is somewhere between N and P.
Most established garden soils have more than needed P over the years. I wish someone here who has done a soil test, to challenge what I just said.

Having said all that, if you still want something wit high "P" , get MGs "Bloom Booster".

Gardenner.

[Cole_Robbie]

P sticks to the soil and thus stick around for a long time.

Yes, especially in clay soil. That's a factor in fertigating through drip. "P doesn't move" is the expression I have read. "P doesn't move...much...unless your soil is really sandy" is probably stating it more accurately.

[amideutch]

Here is a source for a 1-4-2 fertilizer.

http://www.amazon.com/Dyna-Gro-Bloom.../dp/B000E1VWZ2

Normally a 2-1-3 is the preferred ratio for tomatoes when growing in containers or hydroponically. Growing in soil is a different ballgame and has a lot of variables. Getting a soil test done would be the first step in deciding the ratio of nutrients your soil requires and whether you want to grow organically or inorganically.

Ami