General discussion regarding the techniques and methods used to successfully grow tomato plants in containers.
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I can buy the local compost from the county for $16.00 a yard and used that as a fertlizer base. It's enough to fill the back of my pick up. Do any of you have a cheap recipe? |
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Why the grow bags The soil looks as good if not better than mine.
Amending it would be cheaper and less headache. Worth |
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Embrace the Grow Bags.. come to the dark side.. ![]() A simple formula: 2 Parts Compost 1 Part Peat 1/2 to 1 Part Perlite You have to play with the ratios a bit. But that would get you started. |
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![]() By the way Billy forget compost as a fertilizer it is a soil builder. ![]() Worth |
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Err the ole lady is kinda mad at me for knocking down the trees i have. So i am kinda stuck. Do you think anything will grow with 6 maybe 7 hours of sun a day? |
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I bet if you count the hours you have on your plants it will be more then that. Worth |
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Rock Dust Azomite Kelp Meal Bone Meal Blood Meal Eye Of Newt Thats no longer "Pure Compost". Thats some kinda Hippy Bouillabaisse. |
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--- 2 yards of Compost $32.00 1 yard of Peat 1 yard of Perlite How many yards did I need to fill all those bags? Here we go again! ![]() |
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In regards to the recipe. You don't have to use straight perlite. You could mix it up with Vermiculite. Or dare I say it, "Sharp Sand". If you can find that. The Perlite/Vermiculite bit is the most expensive part. |
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Also, you might start small scale. Go ahead and get a load of the compost, you can always use that in the garden.
But get small quantities of the other stuff and mix it up small scale. Every bit of compost is different. Make sure it drains ok for you, etc. |
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