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Old February 7, 2015   #16
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Neptune's Harvest Seaweed/Fish Blend(liquid), Crab Meal, Down to Earth's Bio Fish and Fox Farm's Marine Cuisine.
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Old February 8, 2015   #17
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I used Happy Frog this last year but NOT the one for tomatoes - the one for fruit and flower and had great results. However Ginger has convinced me to give Tomato Tone a shot this year so I'll be using them both to see which works best for me.
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Old February 8, 2015   #18
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Old February 8, 2015   #19
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I like Tomato Tone because it's so easy to find it, they sell it everywhere. It's so easy to measure and use. It might be my imagination but it seem like the longer you use it, the better it works.
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Old February 9, 2015   #20
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I have used a variety of fertilizers in the past... Tomato-tone, Joe's, Miracle-Gro... This season, I went with PlantHealthCare for the seedlings, and am switching to Foliage-Pro now that they're in the ground. Once they start setting fruit, I'll switch to Texas Tomato Food.

Will be interesting to see how the non-tomatoes respond to TTF... it's an all-or-nothing deal since I'll be fertigating through my drip system.

Granular fertilizers and compost didn't even come close to getting the job done for me, especially in my raised beds.
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Old February 14, 2015   #21
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I use different kinds:

--- cow ,chicken manure, compost, as amendment.
--- 16-16-18 granular in spring preparation (lightly)
--- MG water soluble 24-8-12 (Blue stuff)
--- MG 12-4-8 liquid throughout the season
--- MG Shake N Feed (with calcium) mostly in container mix at plant out.

I would never buy commercial "ORGANIC" fertilizer. To me they are Cost Prohibitive.

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Old February 14, 2015   #22
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Ask a question like "What is Your Preference regarding Fertilizers?" around here and you'll get a hundred answers. Worth, you covered them all in one sentence!
That's a BIG 10-4 there Buddy.

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Old February 14, 2015   #23
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Marsha I'm still not clear on your preference? Be more clear please...
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Old February 14, 2015   #24
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I just use 10-10-10 from Wal-Mart.
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Old February 14, 2015   #25
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The soil in my garden varies from red clay to a sand bed and all my vegetables do equally well. The only fertilizer I use is the grass and weeds growing in the garden which is the same grass and weeds in the pasture which surrounds the garden on all sides.

When it rains the runoff from the pastures is slowed by the grass in the middles of the rows, trapping the moisture and nutrients for the benefit of the garden.

Whether it's Summer Squash growing in clay, Pole Beans growing in a sandbed , or something in between, it works for me. Claud
Those pics are pretty impressive!

I've used MG years ago, currently have a bag of Jobes Organics AP.

Gonna send off a soil test on my new plots to see where they stand.

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I use 10-10-10 from the big box stores but I really want to try Masterblend. I guess I got to use up what I have first...
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