composted manure

hoping4tomatoes · July 4, 2012

hi there! is it too late in oklahoma (hot) to top dress with composted manure? my raised beds don't look completely full- actually only about half. i organic garden. i recently had a patch of late blight,or something fungal. i used some happy frog tomato and vegetable fertiler and organicare pure fertilizer to top dress and water. the new growth is fine. i just wondered if i could add some more of something to my beds to ensure i can keep the plants going until octoberish? one of the reasons i ask, is my plants just don't seem "lush" or "loaded"like some other posters. thanks for your help!

lakelady · July 4, 2012

I'm not sure on the manure, isn't it high in nitrogen? You probably don't want a lot of that at this point or you might sacrifice yield.

I'm spraying my plants bi monthly with fish emulsion, seaweed, whole milk, some dissolved epsom salts. They look amazing even through the heat wave, and I have fruitset on almost every plant except Red Penna and Chapman which I do not understand. Blossoms still coming on strong as well. Can you try something like that?

hoping4tomatoes · July 5, 2012

Thanks all!!! I'll add clippings and spray!!! Thank you!

meadowyck · July 5, 2012

How old is your manure? That is the key to when and how much you can use.

July 4, 2012	#1
hoping4tomatoes Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oklahoma 7B Posts: 74	composted manure hi there! is it too late in oklahoma (hot) to top dress with composted manure? my raised beds don't look completely full- actually only about half. i organic garden. i recently had a patch of late blight,or something fungal. i used some happy frog tomato and vegetable fertiler and organicare pure fertilizer to top dress and water. the new growth is fine. i just wondered if i could add some more of something to my beds to ensure i can keep the plants going until octoberish? one of the reasons i ask, is my plants just don't seem "lush" or "loaded"like some other posters. thanks for your help!

July 4, 2012	#2
lakelady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: northern NJ zone 6b Posts: 1,862	I'm not sure on the manure, isn't it high in nitrogen? You probably don't want a lot of that at this point or you might sacrifice yield. I'm spraying my plants bi monthly with fish emulsion, seaweed, whole milk, some dissolved epsom salts. They look amazing even through the heat wave, and I have fruitset on almost every plant except Red Penna and Chapman which I do not understand. Blossoms still coming on strong as well. Can you try something like that? __________________ Antoniette

July 5, 2012	#4
meadowyck Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: Brooksville, FL Posts: 1,001	How old is your manure? That is the key to when and how much you can use. __________________ Jan “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” -Theodore Roosevelt