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Originally posted by Sue Clotere
What can we add to our soil to sweeten our tomatoes? We worked in
steer manure, chicken manure, and home made compost, at planting time.
Since then we have added blood meal, and more compost. The tomato size
is good and so is the flavor,but they lack the sweetnes that they had
in the past. Would be thankful for suggestions. Sue
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Sweetness = sugar, which is the product of photosynthesis. Fertilizers will not make any difference. They need either more sun or more time, or (slightly possibly) more water.