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Old 21-03-2015, 11:28 PM posted to rec.gardens.edible
Steve Peek[_2_] Steve Peek[_2_] is offline
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Default 'Mater seedlings

On Saturday, March 21, 2015 at 7:19:19 PM UTC-4, Terry Coombs wrote:
~misfit~ wrote:
Once upon a time on usenet Terry Coombs wrote:
Terry Coombs wrote:
Some of mine (mortgage lifters) have leaves that are kinda
yellowish .

Tomato plants are gross feeders though and pull nutrients out of the
media at an alarming rate. Also the claimed 3 months may be
marketing...
If I see yellowing of (especially lower) tomato leaves it screams out
'deficiencies' to me. Often nitrogen but sometimes iron / magnesium.
I add a good liquid fert with trace elements to their water for a
week or so and see if it helps, then take it from there.


Well , now my hot box smells like a fish market ... today I mixed 2/3 cup
of fish emlsion with a gallon of water and gave everybody 1/3 cup of the
mixture . I figured it couldn't hurt .
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Snag


Wow! I normally mix a couple of tablespoons to the gallon. I hope it doesn't burn.