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What organic fertilizer will make peppers and tomato plants grow like crazy?

by Guest60965  |  earlier

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bone meal

blood meal

fish emulsion

seaweed extract

compost

bat guano

vitamin b-1

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  1. That is quite a list of organic fertilizers. From that list I would  probably pick compost as the best fertilizer for tomatoes if it is made correctly because it not only feed the tomato it improves the soil so the tomato has a better root system. Better roots equal better tomatoes. I've grown tomatoes on old compost piles with excellent results.

    The thing is all the fertilizers you list offer some benefits. I use seaweed emulsion for micro nutrients and growth hormones. I used the bone meal for calcium.( It helps prevent  blossom end rot though uneven watering is probably a bigger factor in blossom end rot)

    I've used blood meal and fish emulsion for a nitrogen boost if a plant starts to look a little pale. (Be careful with High nitrogen fertilizers . They tend to make tomatoes grow lots of leaves and few fruit). Bat guano is an excellent all around fertilizer but it tends to be a little expensive for my tastes.

    The vitamin b1 I tend to use only when the plants are stressed because of drought for example.

    I recommend good compost mixed into the top 6 to 8 inches of the soil where the tomato feeder root are or used as a mulch on established plants and a weekly foliar feed with seaweed emulsion in the morning. Spray the leaves top and bottom your plants should have every thing they need to grow quickly. I top dress the soil with bone meal or another calcium source like dolomite which feeds the plant not only calcium but  magnesium another nutrient essential to health tomatoes.

    By the way keep your tomatoes  evenly moist. Water stress will slow the growth of you plants.

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