Tomato
Tomatoes are heavy feeders and need a good strong dose of nitrogen as they start blooming, putting on fruit and every so often thereafter. And it needs to be an acid type nitrogen like ammonia sulphate to keep the fruit going. One way is to mix a couple cups each of laundry ammonia and vinegar in 5 gallons water and water them with it.
The Romas are loaded but there is a bit of yellowing on some of the bottom leaves.Any ideas why? Am I over watering?
A little bit of yellowing on the bottom leaves is normal as the tomato plant grows. These leaves are the oldest and the first to die off. When my plants are about 3 feet tall I prune off all the bottom leaves within a foot of the ground.
i'm growing mine in 5 gallon cloth pots what a awesome idea over 5 gallon buckets when watering i get the cloth container wet too not sure if it helps but i see tomatoes' growing and more buds this year than last year. i also seen this suggestion on youtube that the need calcium so someone recommended a Tum for each plant and what do i have to lose . i have about a dozen tomatoes so far.
i'm growing mine in 5 gallon cloth pots what a awesome idea over 5 gallon buckets when watering i get the cloth container wet too not sure if it helps but i see tomatoes' growing and more buds this year than last year. i also seen this suggestion on youtube that the need calcium so someone recommended a Tum for each plant and what do i have to lose . i have about a dozen tomatoes so far.
I have heard of the cloth pots, but not tried them. While they may dry out quicker, the roots have access to oxygen which is said to help the plant a lot.
I used to have problems with blossom end rot. I started saving egg shells, let them dry and then hand crumble them, mix several large handfuls in the soil. This had decent results, but still some rot. I got a small coffee grinder in a free box at a garage sale, so the crumbled eggshell is turned to powder with it. This really works good for the blossom end rot.
cool i'll try the egg shells , don't drink coffee but can ask around. the cloth bags seem to be working i now have some tomatoes. in past i've met folks with tomatoes plants 6 foot tall and big beefsteak tomatoes on them not sure i'll ever get there.
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