TomatoBlast from the makers of RootBlast

[Mischka]

Has anyone here tried it or their flagship product, RootBlast?

I ordered 2 buckets of it to try out this season. NPK is 5-6-8 and there are also many trace elements listed:

(N) Nitrogen 5.00%
(P) [as P2O5] Phosphorus 6.00%
(K) [as K2O] Potash 8.00%
(Ca) Calcium 5.60%
(Mg) Magnesium 1.90%
(S) Sulfur 1.60%
(B) Boron 0.02%
(Cu) Copper 0.05%
(Fe) Iron 2.10%
(Mn) Manganese 0.22%
(Zn) Zinc 0.39%

You can order it here: http://www.qvc.com/qic/qvcapp.aspx/v....yah.Q997~9240

Or direct and also in larger quantities: http://www.rootblast.cc/products.asp?dept=1

They say it is organic based, but that almost certainly means that the product is not totally organic itself.

[amideutch]

If, your using Micorrhizae stay away as the phosphorus is to high. Otherwise it looks like a good product. 2 Buckets, how many tomato plants you growing this year Mischka. Ami

[kygreg]

Ami,

What is your recommended levels of NPK for tomatoes and is it different for seedlings? thanks.

[lumierefrere]

Does anyone get their soil tested? I don't. I suppose I should.

Barb

[amideutch]

kygreg, this year I'm using Maxicrop Liquid Seaweed 0.1-1.0-1.0 and Seramis 1.8-1.0-2.3 with micro's for the seedlings.
For the plants on plant out I will Innoculate with mycorrhizae and add a dry organic Fertilizer made here in Germany by Neudorf which is 7-3-10 also with mycorrhizae. During the course of the growing season I will be using a liquid organic fertilizer by BioBizz called Bio-Grow which is a 8-2-6.

T&J enterprises sells a whole fertilizing package especially tailored to mycorhizae using Biosol which is a 7-2-3 as their main Macro and they also sell mycorrhizae under the name of Biovam. Ami

[Mischka]

Originally Posted by amideutch

...2 Buckets, how many tomato plants you growing this year Mischka. Ami

In addition to using it when I tranplant to the field, I plan on using it when I transplant seedlings to 4" square pots and six packs that I'm selling here locally and to the farm supply stores.

I'm looking at around 3000 plants, total.

I also have some determinate cherry varieties that I sell in coir-lined hanging baskets. I also add a teaspoon of a secret ingredient to the potting mix that keeps the baskets from drying out too fast. People are always asking me what it is...

[mdvpc]

M- you forgot to finish your sentence:

"People are always asking me what it is..."

[mdvpc]

Ami-the Bio-Grow I have been getting here in the USA isnt 8-2-6-there is a 2-0-7 and I have been using a 2-0.1-6! Any idea what the deal is?

[amideutch]

Michael, I really don't know. Might be a good question to ask the BioBizz distributors for North America. Sometimes they use a different formula for figuring the NPK when it has hydroponic applications as well.

Mischka, it wouldn't have to do with a vacation would it? And I thought there were no secrets at TVille. Ami

[Polar_Lace]

Originally Posted by Mischka

Has anyone here tried it or their flagship product, RootBlast?

Yes, I have tried RootBlast, I found it my Local CVS drug store, you may also find it in Walgreens.

I remember using it in 2005 and 2006; when the place of manufacture was only in Canada. Now I see they're making it in Ohio.

This woman who was using it for her flowers recommended it. She sold the flowers she grew to Florists' in the Upstate New York area.

I had really big plants when I used it. I even thought to use it on tomato seeds as I was interested in how they would do with it. I really thought it was a strange name for a plant food. It worked real good on all of the plants that I used it on. Too bad the weather didn't cooperate and wildlife there were eating everything in sight. (hungry buggers!)
But I lived in a backwoods area with no fences on the property.

Here's a place where they list many of the Products

~* Robin

[amideutch]

Michael, I have e-mailed BioBizz concerning your question as it interests me as well. Will post the answer this thread when I get it. Ami

[mdvpc]

Ami-thanks, seems strange to me they have at least 3 different formulations for the same named product.

[Mischka]

Originally Posted by mdvpc

M- you forgot to finish your sentence:

"People are always asking me what it is..."

I use a potassium based hydrogel polymer.

[mdvpc]

Mischka-I have done that once or twice-used zeba and it seemed to work good. Unfortunately, I cant use Zeba when I plant out-because of our high salt content.

[Mischka]

That stinks.

Here in New England, we usually have plentiful rainfall so I don't worry much about the plants in the ground. I also have soaker hoses under the mulch in the growing areas.

Hanging baskets with cherry varieties are another matter. I was tired of my back hurting from lifting watering cans over my head every day.

The trick is to hydrate the crystals first and then mix them into the potting mix. If you add them dry and then water, the crystals have an annoying habit of popping up to the top of the mix, for some reason.

I "cheat" further by using a water soluble fertilizer to hydrate the crystals, too.

I need to take some photos of my baskets this year.