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Old 26-05-2008, 02:10 PM posted to rec.gardens.edible
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Default Is 10-10-10 appropriate fertiliser for tomatoes

On 2008-05-26, zxcvbob wrote:
Ignoramus22089 wrote:
I was a little turned off by the prices of fertilisers sold for
gardens (at home depot), but I have a bag of 10-10-10 fertilizer for
lawns, the sort that does not have any herbicides (ie, not a weed and
feed type, just feed).

Would you say that this is approproate for garden with tomatoes and
peppers and so on.

Thanks



Yes it's fine. (10-20-10 or 12-24-12 is more traditional for
vegetables) Don't use much or you'll drive the earthworms away.


I used 1 tbsp per bush, spread around evenly with 1 ft radius.

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