Tomato feed

[tommy the cat]

What do you put on yours?
Was hoping to find something natural? ?

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[British Red]

You will struggle to beat comfrey tea for a natural feed mate

 

[northumbrian]

try using nettles the same way if you can't get comfrey ! - http://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/projects/planting/how-to-make-a-nettle-feed/220.html - http://www.nettles.org.uk/nettles/activities/nettlemanure.asp .

 

[falcon]

My grandad used to immerse sheep "droppings" in an old bucket filled with water....it did wonders for lush leaf growth though I'm not sure what the NPK breakdown would be. Mainly nitrogen I guess, if so, a potash feed still needed for the fruit.

 

[leon-1]

I don't know too much about tomatoes, but chilli's have a similar taste (they like the same type of fertiliser), I use Potassium Nitrate / Salt Petre that's been used for making slow matches in solution as a fertiliser to be added to the chilli's water. Don't overdo it when adding solution to the water of the tomatoes.

Most of the guys on here will know how to make their own KNO3, but I don't think your neighbours would be overly happy about it.

 

[Toddy]

What Falcon said
The dags from a fleece before I wash it are removed and steeped in a bucket of water. It's the best fertilizer for almost everything in the garden.

cheers,
Toddy

 

[falcon]

Nice to know someone else uses it Toddy ...... in the old Shropshire vernacular my grandad called it "ship muck"....

 

[British Red]

"Manure tea" is a good liquid feed - do beware adding fresh manure to them whole though. Some are fine, but some (chicken) can "burn" the veg if added without composting.

 

[tommy the cat]

Thank you guys. I have put a hessian sack with manure in water before which seems to be a good tonic.

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[mousey]

Anyone you know keep ducks??

We have a few ducks in a large enclosed area/ run, when cleaning them out I spray them down with a hose and let the waste drain into a ditch behind where they are kept, every now and then I dig the ditch out and throw it onto the fruit trees, the fruit trees have been doing really well with the duck poo on them this year.

 

[bigbear]

We are on the Comfrey kick, will try to remember post how it works out.

 

[tommy the cat]

Anyone tried Alpacca poo?
My mate keeps a few.....

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[tommy the cat]

I meant to grow comfrey this year but never got round to it😕
I read about a fish guts and molasses feed which apparently smells a bit high at first but is meant to be like rocket fuel????

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[bigbear]

Been feeding with comfrey but someone on a neighbouring allotment said not to feed until fruit is setting.

 

[British Red]

Your neighbour is right - once a week when the first truss is set.

 

[Zingmo]

Comfrey is the one thing I can't stop growing! Make sure if you plant any that you take measures to stop it taking over the garden. I would suggest an armed guard with a flame thrower.

Also be advised that the comfrey brew smells every bit as evil as other natural fertilisers.

Z

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[British Red]

There are sterile comfrey cultivars that do not set viable seed these days - feels like cheating though