The Grass Doctor

what's the best fertilizer for tomatoes?

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1. Your tomatoes need a proper "balance" of nutrients. Packaged fertilizer should include on its label the Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Potassium ratio of 5-10-10 or 10-10-10. For best results, stay with these numbers; since, a change from the stated numerical format like 20-5-5 [too much nitrogen] will create tall, very green, leafy tomato plants with little or no tomatoes. If you are using a dried, rotted manure... mix it with bone meal to obtain a proper nutrient balance. Many organic tomato growers like this combination of nutrients to grow good tasting, champion tomatoes. To fertilize... Sprinkle the fertilizer mix approximately one foot from the base of the tomato plant. Make sure you encircle the entire plant. Cover the mix with 2" of top soil and then place a light covering of grass cuttings or hay over the fertilizer mix and soil. Then soak the area! The objective is to always keep the soil moist! Your cut grass or hay covering will do this. Fertilize every 15 to 21 days, depending on package instructions and repeat the above "how to" procedure. What will happen is that you will create a "layering" process where you will have a nice "hill" build-up of soil, mulch and nutrients encircling your plant. Avoid making direct contact with any part of the tomato plant with your fertilizer... this could burn your plant or create other problems. I like to give them a treat of fish emulsion or seaweed solution every couple weeks as weel. It never failes to provide a little boost and they look pretty happy about it!
2. miracle grow for veggies
3. depends on what you have access to ground up dead fish parts are one of the best fertilizers.
4. I don`t know about fertilizers but I can give you a great tip for growing good tomatoes, used coffee grounds.Just try it around the base of one plant and see for yourself.
5. Has a high Nitrogen and Potasium percentage. Also, one that has a fair amount of calcium mixed in so that you have some help to fight off blossom end rot.