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Fertilizer & Tomatoes in Pots question
Hey Folks:
I'm going to pot up my indeterminate 'mater plants in big pots. (Several gallon sized black nursery pots.) What sort of fertilization schedule do they need? We have a Tumbler on the kitchen windowsill in a one gallon pot. The SO took some of my 8-32-16 granules for the flowerbeds and mixed it in water "until it tasted right" (!) -- he's a hay farmer -- don't ask -- and fed the plant. He didn't burn the plant.) Should I just go buy some Miracle Grow for 'Maters and follow the directions? I have fresh horse manure here, to make some manure tea. (We have horses.) How often do you use the tea? Will someone sell me a clue? *blush* Jan, Zone 3 |
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Fertilizer & Tomatoes in Pots question
A one gallon pot is not big enough for tomatoes, you need at least a 5
gallon pot or better a 7 gallon. -- Sam Along the Grand Strand of Myrtle Beach SC "Jan Flora" wrote in message ... Hey Folks: I'm going to pot up my indeterminate 'mater plants in big pots. (Several gallon sized black nursery pots.) What sort of fertilization schedule do they need? We have a Tumbler on the kitchen windowsill in a one gallon pot. The SO took some of my 8-32-16 granules for the flowerbeds and mixed it in water "until it tasted right" (!) -- he's a hay farmer -- don't ask -- and fed the plant. He didn't burn the plant.) Should I just go buy some Miracle Grow for 'Maters and follow the directions? I have fresh horse manure here, to make some manure tea. (We have horses.) How often do you use the tea? Will someone sell me a clue? *blush* Jan, Zone 3 |
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Oh, heck. I have a bunch of 5 gallon buckets and have an extremely
high tolerance for, um, things that my more upwardly mobile neighbors wouldn't *dream* of doing/putting up with. (I'm trying to be polite. *We* are the neighbors with the old cars in the yard, but we don't live in a trailer. We even have old bulldozers parked in our yard, but we use them all the time. This place is a beef cattle ranch. We own almost all of the land surrounding our yuppie neighbors, which drives them nuts. They can't tell us what to do with "their" view, but they *have* tried.) Anyway, I just hate using 5 gallon buckets for planters. I'll build some beds in my new greenhouse instead. Either that or cut some old 55 gallon poly drums in half and use them for planters. I'll bet that cutting the ends out of poly drums, setting them on the ground, then filling them with composted cow manure & dirt would keep 'mater plants happy... Thanks for the feedback : ) Jan In article , "samuel l crowe" wrote: A one gallon pot is not big enough for tomatoes, you need at least a 5 gallon pot or better a 7 gallon. -- Sam Along the Grand Strand of Myrtle Beach SC "Jan Flora" wrote in message ... Hey Folks: I'm going to pot up my indeterminate 'mater plants in big pots. (Several gallon sized black nursery pots.) What sort of fertilization schedule do they need? We have a Tumbler on the kitchen windowsill in a one gallon pot. The SO took some of my 8-32-16 granules for the flowerbeds and mixed it in water "until it tasted right" (!) -- he's a hay farmer -- don't ask -- and fed the plant. He didn't burn the plant.) Should I just go buy some Miracle Grow for 'Maters and follow the directions? I have fresh horse manure here, to make some manure tea. (We have horses.) How often do you use the tea? Will someone sell me a clue? *blush* Jan, Zone 3 |
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In article , Repeating Decimal
wrote: in article , Jan Flora at wrote on 6/15/03 11:32 PM: Anyway, I just hate using 5 gallon buckets for planters. I'll build some beds in my new greenhouse instead. Either that or cut some old 55 gallon poly drums in half and use them for planters. I'll bet that cutting the ends out of poly drums, setting them on the ground, then filling them with composted cow manure & dirt would keep 'mater plants happy... Five gallon buckets can be the basis for cheap hydroponic growers. If you have a greenhouse, you are more than half way there. I am on a soapbox pushing hydroponics for amateur and commercial farmers. Hydroponics uses less water compared to soil farming. It avoids many soil borne pests. It is really worth a try. Bill Honey, I live on 400 acres with the most awesome, deep topsoil you've ever seen. My domestic water source is a 7 acre lake that's 40 feet deep. And Alaska just doesn't have most of the bugs and diseases that ya'll enjoy. I'm not going hydro, but thanks : ) Jan |
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In article , Pat Meadows
wrote: On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 22:32:16 -0800, (Jan Flora) wrote: Oh, heck. I have a bunch of 5 gallon buckets and have an extremely high tolerance for, um, things that my more upwardly mobile [...] Thanks for the feedback : ) I also found 5-gallon pots too small for (regular-sized) tomatoes. Last year, we had a tomato growing in a pot on the deck - accidentally, rather. I'd not intended it to be there...anyway, it was a Yellow Pear (cherry tomato) and it got HUGE. I was watering it three times a day! So we transplanted it into a Rubbermaid storage tub (holds 22 gallons). We had drilled holes in the bottom first, for drainage. The tomato grew happily enough in that. The plant was about 5' tall when we transplanted it, and I worried that would kill it: nope. Didn't even make it hesitate... So - maybe you could pick some of these up cheap at garage sales? Sales in stores such as Wal-Mart? Pat I have a bunch of slabs from our sawmill, to build planter boxes and beds with. (I usually burn the slabs.) I can build some big planters for the 'mater plants. I make planters for next to my door out of firewood rounds -- fire up the chainsaw, cut the 4 edges off the round, throw the middle part in the woodstove, nail the outer edges back together, nail some screen to the bottom and you have a free, cool looking little planter. I always plant two leaf lettuce and one pansy in those. Edible landscaping : ) I keep my potting soil in a Rubbermaid tub and store it under my bunk. That way, my SO thinks it's full of summer/winter clothing and doesn't give me any $%^@ for keeping "dirt" in the house, and I can repot my houseplants as needed, even in the wintertime. Did you like the Yellow Pear 'mater? Jan |
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in article , Jan Flora at
wrote on 6/16/03 5:40 PM: Honey, I live on 400 acres with the most awesome, deep topsoil you've ever seen. My domestic water source is a 7 acre lake that's 40 feet deep. And Alaska just doesn't have most of the bugs and diseases that ya'll enjoy. I'm not going hydro, but thanks : ) I would appreciate you sending me an acre or two of your land and a small portion of your lake as well. How much would that cost me? Bill |
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On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 03:32:59 GMT, Repeating Decimal
wrote: in article , Jan Flora at wrote on 6/16/03 5:40 PM: Honey, I live on 400 acres with the most awesome, deep topsoil you've ever seen. My domestic water source is a 7 acre lake that's 40 feet deep. And Alaska just doesn't have most of the bugs and diseases that ya'll enjoy. I'm not going hydro, but thanks : ) I would appreciate you sending me an acre or two of your land and a small portion of your lake as well. How much would that cost me? I'll take some of it too.... Pat (who has a bit less than 1/2 acre to work with) |
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In article , Repeating Decimal
wrote: in article , Jan Flora at wrote on 6/16/03 5:40 PM: Honey, I live on 400 acres with the most awesome, deep topsoil you've ever seen. My domestic water source is a 7 acre lake that's 40 feet deep. And Alaska just doesn't have most of the bugs and diseases that ya'll enjoy. I'm not going hydro, but thanks : ) I would appreciate you sending me an acre or two of your land and a small portion of your lake as well. How much would that cost me? Bill The land and water wouldn't be too expensive, but the freight would probably break both of us ;-) Jan |
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Jan Flora wrote:
I would appreciate you sending me an acre or two of your land and a small portion of your lake as well. Sure, would you like moose with that? |
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In article , WCD
wrote: Jan Flora wrote: I would appreciate you sending me an acre or two of your land and a small portion of your lake as well. Sure, would you like moose with that? I used to have two cow moose that hung out in the yard all the time and a third who was an occasional visitor. Well, it's calving season. Now I have six regulars and three occasionals. (Moose have twins every year, 'bout now.) The babies are cute little buggers -- they look like really funny looking Irish Setters with long legs. We do our landscaping around moose up here and cage anything they'll eat. We use fishnet for garden fencing. (I'm on the coast, near a commercial fishing town. We can get old nets for free from the local "net loft." (That's the place that builds and repairs nets.) (That was a big, fat hint for folks new to coastal areas.) Cabbages are moose-heroin. If a moose gets into the cabbage patch, it's history. Jan |
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