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Best way to increase Nitrogen quickly.
Prompted by poor size on the tomatoes... I bought a soil test kit and found that PH is 6.5 7.0 = Generally Acceptable. P and K were high but N is depleted. Which explains the poor fruit sizes? My romas are the size of a large marble, tomatillos too. Other tomato varieties size are less than expected... This is the first time this ground had been set up as a bed. Previously is sat covered with plastic and tan bark for ten + years. In preparing this 160 square ft. bed I started with about 3 cubic yards of compost added and rototilled in. Put some lime in the soil and tilled that in with the compost... Without having to resort to chemical fertilizers, what would be a good way to increase N so the remaining growth cycle of the vegetables will benefit? Reading up on it I find info that says to add 28 - 30 oz of N fertilizer per 100 sq. feet. But what I'm not sure about is if the granular stuff in the box at the garden center is most beneficial. Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks, Jeff San Jose, Calif. z 8. |
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