The Grass Doctor

question about organic fertilizer.?

recently my tomato plants started yellowing very slightly and i think its time to fertilize. should i get something with primarily nitrogen? or should i get a balanced fertilizer. also i was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for a good organic fert. ok thanks.

Public Comments

1. try making your own compost. May take some time but it usually feeds vegetables really well. I have great success with coffee grounds, egg shells and banana peal compost for my roses.
2. I use coffee grinds (after I've used them for making coffee). They are a great source of nitrogen for your tomato plants. My plants are currently 6 feet tall with lots of tomatos on them!
3. coffee grounds and egg shells belong in the garbage not in your garden, use milorganite on your plants, its all natural, and good nitrogen
4. Compost is a great fertilizer but not particularly fast acing and it takes 6 to 12 months to make good compost which does not help you out for his season. I would suggest using a folier fertilizer such as Maxi-crop a water soluble kelp based fertilizer along with putting down an inch thick layer of compost around each tomato plant. You can buy decent compost a any lawn and garden center and box stores such as Lowe's and Home Depot also carry it. you want to go easy on nitrogen with tomatoes as too much N will give you lots of lush foliage but very few flowers or fruits so go with a natural fert that has a higher number for the P and K than for the N
5. earthjuice.com find a store near you that has it http://www.earthjuice.com/buy/index.html making you own is hard might not wanna experiment on you tomatoes maybe u do lol either way this is a good source.