to sprinkle or not to sprinkle... that is the question !!!

Hi all, just a query really , I've been hearing loads of folks say '' feed your plants/veg's with cheap tomato food''. So I thought I'd give it a go, right so I read the bottle and it says use 2 caps for x amount of litres in a watering can. Then it states don't put it on the leaves of the tomato plant !!!! .
How am I supposed to feed said plants if not from a watering can ? Do I buy the plants some 'straws ' so they can suck it up
Bit worried now !!

 

I never water from above when using a watering can Jangles. I prefer to have no rose connected, but to water gently around the base of my plants,
Jenny

 

Yes, I do the same.

Val

 

Thanxs for the advice

 

Two things:

First the fertiliser on the leaves might "burn" them, but I doubt it so wouldn't worry too much about that (you can, if you like, mix the fertiliser half strength and use it twice as often - so twice a week instead of once a week, for example)

Secondly getting the foliage wet (with fertiliser, or just plain water) will enable Blight to attack the plant more easily. If you have outdoor tomatoes and it rains there obviously isn't much you can do about that! but its worth trying to avoid splashing any water onto the plants.

Misting the plants, to help the flowers set fruit, is often done. I don't know whether than introduces enough moisture to allow Blight to attack, or not. Let's hope not!