Growing Tomatoes with Jack’s (2024)

FAQs

What is the best fertilizer for tomatoes? ›

Commonly available fertilizer analysis that are great for tomato seedlings include 8-32-16 and 12-24-12. Mix the fertilizer with water according to package directions. If fertilizer is applied too frequently, or too much product is used at one time, your tomato plants may be damaged.

Aim for plants to get seven hours of sun a day. Give your plants room to grow, too. Plant seedlings 30 to 48 inches apart, with rows set 48 inches apart. Leaving space between tomato plants will let light into the lower portions of the mature plants, improve air flow and help prevent disease.

From this point on I stick with the Blossom Booster 10-30-20. The high potassium will let the fruit finish nicely. Apply the fertilizers every 10 days or so right through the end of the crop.

Adding Epsom salts to your plant either through foliar spray or direct watering is a great way of boosting micronutrient absorption. This helps your tomato plant produce large, juicy, and very sweet fruits. Remember that a little bit goes a long way and too much can cause more problem than it fixes.

In a compost pile, coffee grounds decompose and break down, mingling with other organic matter like vegetable scraps, leaves, and grass clippings. This process creates a nutrient-rich compost that is much safer and more beneficial for tomato plants.

Tomatoes like warm weather but not hot weather. A thick layer of straw keeps the temperature of the soil under the straw closer to the outside air temperature.

Tomato plants have big appetites and need a steady supply of plant food to grow their best. Miracle-Gro® Performance Organic® Edibles Plant Nutrition Granules feeds both your plants and the beneficial microbes in the soil (which help plants take up all the nutrition they need) for up to 6 weeks.

If only one type of formulated fertilizer is used, it's best to choose a balanced product such as NPK 10-10-10. When should I fertilize my tomato plants? You should fertilize your tomato plants just before or during planting, around two weeks before bloom begins, and again when the first tomatoes are small.

An all purpose greenhouse fertilizer, i.e. 20-20-20, is a poor choice for tomatoes. Tomatoes need a grade with much lower nitrogen and much higher potassium, as well as several other essential elements.

Is 14 14 14 fertilizer good for tomatoes? ›

After that you will need to feed your tomatoes. Prior to flowering, use a water-soluble, balanced fertilizer with a 1-1-1- ratio. Fertilizers such as 5-5-5, 8-8-8, and 10-10-10 are balanced fertilizers with the proper ratio. Slow release fertilizer such as Osmocote 14-14-14 can be an option as well.