Tomorite Bargain
 

"Judith in England" wrote in message
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On Mon, 18 Aug 2014 16:08:19 +0100, "Muddymike"

wrote:



1 litre : £1.99

B&M


Check the concentration/dilution rate. B&M are very good at specifying
products that look to be the same as everywhere else but have lower
content.
I know I supply them.

Mike



I have checked the Tomorite and as far as I can see it is identical to
that
purchased elsewhere.

I can understand companies supplying boxes/bottles for B&M which contains
less
than the norm; but to actually alter the make up of the contents would be
sharp
practice in the extreme. Can you give examples.

I use Eazifeed liquid feed for tomatoes. A 500 ml bottle makes up 155 L at
the correct dilution. That bottle is sold for 99p in 99p discount stores.
Not sure how that directly compares to Tomorite, but I'm willing to bet it's
a lot cheaper.I use it for feeding my container roses and they appreciate
it.

Tomorite Bargain
 

On 21/08/2014 20:22, FrankB wrote:
"Judith in England" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 18 Aug 2014 16:08:19 +0100, "Muddymike"

wrote:



1 litre : £1.99

B&M


Check the concentration/dilution rate. B&M are very good at specifying
products that look to be the same as everywhere else but have lower
content.
I know I supply them.

Mike



I have checked the Tomorite and as far as I can see it is identical to
that
purchased elsewhere.

I can understand companies supplying boxes/bottles for B&M which contains
less
than the norm; but to actually alter the make up of the contents would be
sharp
practice in the extreme. Can you give examples.

I use Eazifeed liquid feed for tomatoes. A 500 ml bottle makes up 155 L at
the correct dilution. That bottle is sold for 99p in 99p discount stores.
Not sure how that directly compares to Tomorite, but I'm willing to bet it's
a lot cheaper.I use it for feeding my container roses and they appreciate
it.



Why do all tomato feeds seem to be liquid? Sulphate of potash comes in a
solid form, so what is it that we can't mix with water ourselves?

Tomorite Bargain
 

In article ,
stuart noble wrote:

Why do all tomato feeds seem to be liquid? Sulphate of potash comes in a
solid form, so what is it that we can't mix with water ourselves?

Water is cheap, so the profit margin is high. I tried looking for
a low-nitrogen fertiliser in solid form, and came up with a
complete blank. Yes, I could make one up, but getting hold of
the minor nutrients would be a real pain :-(


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Tomorite Bargain
 

"stuart noble" wrote in message
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On 21/08/2014 20:22, FrankB wrote:
I use Eazifeed liquid feed for tomatoes. A 500 ml bottle makes up 155 L
at
the correct dilution. That bottle is sold for 99p in 99p discount
stores.
Not sure how that directly compares to Tomorite, but I'm willing to bet
it's
a lot cheaper.I use it for feeding my container roses and they
appreciate
it.



Why do all tomato feeds seem to be liquid? Sulphate of potash comes in a
solid form, so what is it that we can't mix with water ourselves?

But that's just potash - K There's still the Nitrogen -N and Phosphorus -
P elements to apply. So liquid tomato feed (which is really just a high
potash feed) is a convenient way which can be used cheaply (but not by using
Tomorite IMO).

Tomorite Bargain
 

On 22/08/2014 15:20, FrankB wrote:
"stuart noble" wrote in message
...
On 21/08/2014 20:22, FrankB wrote:
I use Eazifeed liquid feed for tomatoes. A 500 ml bottle makes up 155 L
at
the correct dilution. That bottle is sold for 99p in 99p discount
stores.
Not sure how that directly compares to Tomorite, but I'm willing to bet
it's
a lot cheaper.I use it for feeding my container roses and they
appreciate
it.



Why do all tomato feeds seem to be liquid? Sulphate of potash comes in a
solid form, so what is it that we can't mix with water ourselves?

But that's just potash - K There's still the Nitrogen -N and Phosphorus -
P elements to apply. So liquid tomato feed (which is really just a high
potash feed) is a convenient way which can be used cheaply (but not by using
Tomorite IMO).



So in theory you could just add extra potash to standard growmore? I
just find it easier to sprinkle solids and mostly I don't remember the
feed till I've just done the watering :-(