tomato plants - feed how often?

JWK · Aug 15, 2012

People pay more for packaging with pictures of nice juicy tomatoes.

Hex_2011 · Aug 16, 2012

Kristen said: ↑
Here's how you calculate it:

If the Instructions say "20 ml in 4.5 Litres once a week" and you put, say, 2L on each box then you need about 10 ml per week (per box). If you water every day then that is only 1.4ml of Tomorite per day - you'll struggle to measure that little! So you could put 2.8ml on every other day, or 4.2ml every 3rd day ... but if you are anything like me you'll forget which day is the next feeding day.

So it might be better to make a dilute solution, and use that daily instead. For example, if you need 10ml per box per week then add 10ml to 60ml [i.e. making a total of 70ml] of water in a bottle (label it clearly!) and that's the ration "for the week", so you then need 10ml of that per day chucked in your carton (and if you forget a day just make sure that the diluted pot is all used up by the end of the week).

If you are going to make a "diluted solution" like that starting from granular will be easy - once you've done the maths - and save a few pennies

I've gone off into "detail mode" again ... sorry!
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Nowt wrong with detail mode, it can highlight things that arent readily apparent that make a big difference.
For instance, a lot of people advocate weakening the nutrient and feeding more often but fail to account for the additional calcium,magnesium iron etc in the tapwater so the plants get 2-5x as much calcium as they would with the recommended dosage, depending on the new dilution rate and watering frequency.
If you use a lot of nutrient its a lot cheaper to make your own (mine costs about 0.2p/L) but for a few toms/cukes its more convenient to buy a bottle or box off the shelf.

Jenny namaste · Aug 16, 2012

As I've said Hex, all I have are 3 in each of two window boxes and a patio pot with 3 in. Just enough for my OH and me,
Jenny

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