Urban Farms Texas Tomato Food

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Originally Posted by SueCT

I fertilized small plants in the garden on 6/14 with TTF, full stregth as directed on the container, 1 gallon per plant, not realizing you were not supposed to use the full strenght dilution on small plants. They were only 12-18" high. They seem to be doing fine, no harm done. Now they are a little larger and bushier, and we got a good rain today. We also have a heat wave coming this weekend, mid 90s. Wondering if I should fertilize again now also, or if overdoing it a couple of weeks ago means I should continue to hold off. What do you think? When do you start using it in full strength and in the full amount on each plant, and how often?

If they are blooming then you should definitely fertilize them again and keep doing it weekly until the cool weather of fall moves in. I only use 1 1/2 tsp to 2 tsp per gallon until the plants get about 3 feet tall then I go ahead and use the 1 Tbs rate. If it has rained and the soil is wet I will up it to 4 tsp gallon but not apply as much. I have found that even after a lot of rain the plants need the fertilization to keep setting well although sometimes that is hard to do. I prefer to fertilize before a good rain.

It has been in the upper 90s for a couple of weeks now and today it cooled off a bit down to only the low 90s so I got out and leaned, lowered and pruned all my plants. I found lots of very new greenies despite the heat so since it has been a week since my tomatoes got their last dose of TTF I am going out to do that now.

Happy 4th of July everyone.
Bill