What to feed my tomatoes

I'm doing a garden again this year, but in buckets instead of in the ground.
My question is, what fertilizer would you recommend for tomatoes, peppers, etc.
I don't want a chemical fert as these veggies are for my friends and family .
I started a compost pile months back but it's not decomposing fast enough, so I'm thinking about compost teas or just buying some shit.
Any suggestions would be awesome.

worm castings, manure/guano, kelp meal, etc etc

skuba said:

I'm doing a garden again this year, but in buckets instead of in the ground.
My question is, what fertilizer would you recommend for tomatoes, peppers, etc.
I don't want a chemical fert as these veggies are for my friends and family .
I started a compost pile months back but it's not decomposing fast enough, so I'm thinking about compost teas or just buying some shit.
Any suggestions would be awesome.

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if you dont want any "chemicals" then youre gonna be paying premium prices.

fox farms sells a fine line of fertilizers which will work fine for tomatoes, just treat your tomatoes like cannabis as far as nutrients go.

fox farms shit is "organic and naturally derived" but in reality that doesnt mean anything to the plant. the plants really do not care.


if you have the prunes to actually get Amish on this shit, then buy horse and steer manure, and some guano. mix the steer/horse manure and guanoas so:


manure: 20%
guano : 10%
sand : 10%
perlite : 10%
"potting mix" or native soil: 50%

mix well, leave it sit for 3-5 days to "cook"

plant your plants.

going organic is not costly. soil amendments can be cheaper than bottled nutes.

get some composted mushroom soil , like 2.00 for forty pounds.

I blended it into my soil and added some german sheperd poo to the bottom of the trench

tomatoes use a lot of calcium, you can use something like oyster shell powder &/or dolomite lime. Make sure you use something that will give your plants all the micro nutes it will need(azomite,cold press kelp & fish hydrolysate). Make sure for the N-P-K not give them too much nitrogen.

vilify said:

going organic is not costly. soil amendments can be cheaper than bottled nutes.

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**ahem**

Container Growing.

unless he's growing one tomatoe plant in a 55 gallon drum he's gonna need fertilizers eventually. a given quantity of dirt can only hold so much, and eventually he will have to add fertilizers. organic fertilizers which can be added to a plant without tilling up the soil will cost far more pound for pound than osmocote, Miracle Grow Tomatoe Fertilizer, or even the more common liquid nutrients for dope.

as far as i know Fox Farms is the only company who actually makes a commercial fertilizer thats made from real poop, rather than industrial products, and Fox Farms costs a packet.

purpz said:

tomatoes use a lot of calcium, you can use something like oyster shell powder &/or dolomite lime. Make sure you use something that will give your plants all the micro nutes it will need(azomite,cold press kelp & fish hydrolysate). Make sure for the N-P-K not give them too much nitrogen.

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i save my eggshells, dry them in the sun, crumble them real small and sprinkle them on the soil every month or so. \

it's highly effective, and free.

also snails hate crawling on eggshells.

Get the General Organics starter "GO" box. They say its vegan (except two bottles are from squid/something) and ive yet to burn my plants with it.