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Dorthe
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Feeding Tomatoes Trial
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March 27, 2005, 17:30:16 »
Has anyone ever tried testing whether feeding tomatoes are of any benefit?
I would be prepared to do such a trial, but I don't know what feeder to use..
I have 12 "Gardener's Delight" tomatoes, which have just been potted into 3 inch pots (they are about 5-8 cm tall).
They were sown in early February and been in a unheated propagator on the window sill, where they are currently resting after being potted.
In a week, they'll be hardened off, then placed in outdoor plastic mini greenhouse for the summer. They'll have to stay in their pots all along (maybe a bigger pot later..)
I would feed the 6 of them and leave the other 6 for controls.
Any suggestions for feeders? Preferable Organic.. Any other hints are also appreciated.
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simon404
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Re: Feeding Tomatoes Trial
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March 27, 2005, 17:49:10 »
I've tried not feeding tomotoes but they didn't fruit as well as when I have. I use Levington Tomorite. ;)
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Re: Feeding Tomatoes Trial
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March 27, 2005, 18:04:10 »
I use a feed based on seaweed indoors,and comfrey liquid outdoors-I have used comfrey indoors but it stinks(smelly)
Stephan
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tim
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Just like the old days!
Re: Feeding Tomatoes Trial
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Reply #3 on:
March 27, 2005, 18:09:52 »
But have you tried
not
feeding them, Stephan?? I would just
love
to know that it worked!
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philcooper
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Re: Feeding Tomatoes Trial
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March 27, 2005, 21:16:38 »
I don't think not feeding is a good idea, the results will be a very small croip.
The best organic feed (and is free) is comfrey liquid but can (if not produced carefully) smell a bit (well quite a lot really :D)
Good organic feeds to buy are seaweed based eg SM3 from Organic Catalogue
http://www.organiccatalog.com/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=SM3&search_in_description=0&x=12&y=6
(a long url but it takes you straight there!)
It's also good as a foliar feed on many plants, including spuds
Phil
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Re: Feeding Tomatoes Trial
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March 28, 2005, 12:20:06 »
Got some sm3 liquid and ground stuff.
Smelling comfrey - well, I think some of the perfumes in the shops smell just as bad!
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Derek
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Re: Feeding Tomatoes Trial
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March 28, 2005, 17:14:44 »
I read about Comfrey solution smelling bad but they didn't say 'how' bad....if there was a monitoring scale for smell Comfrey 'tea' would be at the top end
Good stuff though
Derek
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Doris_Pinks
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Re: Feeding Tomatoes Trial
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March 28, 2005, 17:34:46 »
Worse than steeped nettles??
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Derek
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Re: Feeding Tomatoes Trial
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March 28, 2005, 19:00:54 »
I am currently nursing a bed of nettles so when I have sufficient I will compare the two...
I will make sure I have sufficient oxygen at hand though. ;D
Derek
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philcooper
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Re: Feeding Tomatoes Trial
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March 28, 2005, 21:27:49 »
Comfrey liquid is not strong smelling if made without water, just leaves and a weight such as brick to squash them down a bit.
If done in a closed container, there is no smell at all, until you take out the liquid, then it's not too bad.
Phil
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Paul Dee
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Re: Feeding Tomatoes Trial
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Reply #10 on:
March 28, 2005, 22:20:55 »
Are you going to leave them in 3inch pots?
I'm not sure you'd get much of a result unless you put them in pots at least 3x that size....
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Dorthe
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Re: Feeding Tomatoes Trial
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Reply #11 on:
March 29, 2005, 07:16:32 »
Currently they are in a 3 inch pot, but as they grow bigger I will of course repot them in bigger pots.
I am just starting to worry that I wont have enough room for them, as I've only just discovered that they are large cordon type ones..
Maybe they will have to go out in the allotment after all :-(
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derbex
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Re: Feeding Tomatoes Trial
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Reply #12 on:
March 29, 2005, 13:29:45 »
I use the stuff out of the bottom of the wormery -they seem happy.
Jeremy
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aquilegia
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Re: Feeding Tomatoes Trial
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March 29, 2005, 13:36:03 »
I wouldn't trust a plastic greenhouse to be warm enough overnight for at least a month or two.
Mine is down to 3C overnight and I've got a pretty warm garden in London. Also they definitely do not protect against frost and we haven't seen the last of those yet.
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