Earthtainer (SWC) and liquid fertilizers

hollowpoint · May 12, 2015

I'm growing tomatoes in a Earthtainer this year for the first time and I had a question for those that run liquid fertilizers...

After adding in liquid fertilizers, do you guys ever flush all the water out of a SWC/Earthtainer as directed by many of the liquid fertilizer manufactures?

I just bought some Texas Tomato Food and the directions for use in containers says to "flush with pure water for 2-3 waterings". There's not really a easy way to empty out the whole water chamber on a Earthtainer, so I'm curious as to what others are doing when they apply liquid ferts.

May 12, 2015	#1
hollowpoint Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: California Posts: 5	Earthtainer (SWC) and liquid fertilizers I'm growing tomatoes in a Earthtainer this year for the first time and I had a question for those that run liquid fertilizers... After adding in liquid fertilizers, do you guys ever flush all the water out of a SWC/Earthtainer as directed by many of the liquid fertilizer manufactures? I just bought some Texas Tomato Food and the directions for use in containers says to "flush with pure water for 2-3 waterings". There's not really a easy way to empty out the whole water chamber on a Earthtainer, so I'm curious as to what others are doing when they apply liquid ferts.