Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Central Illinois
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7
Posts: 4,916
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I have tead many good teviews on ProMix. But I make my own 5 - 1 - 1.
Its made from 5 parts pine bark fine (largest piece 3/8" ) one part peat moss and one part coarse perlite. I substitue FloorDry to perlite. It is fired DE that won,t fall apart , it absorbs moisture and at the same time improve drainage. Add a cup of dolomitic lime and a cup of granular all purpose fertilizer per cubic foot of mixture. It can be refreshened and used for 2 to 3 years. It is also very cost effective compared to comercial potting mixes. I have used it alot in the past but now I don,t do container gardening as I jva ample garden space. But use some of it in the planting hole.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Chicago IL
Posts: 857
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Pro mix for me from Menards, compressed bales. I use quite a bit as I grow for plant swap in thousands of seedlings. Works well, never a problem.
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Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 13,333
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The one MG bag I bought this year for potting up has rocks in it. I've gone through half the bag and found four rocks that I tossed out in the driveway. Our driveway is a quarter mile long made of caliche sedimentary rock.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10
Posts: 9,283
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Vancouver Island Canada BC
Posts: 1,253
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