Tomato Fertilizing Tips - Quick, Simple, Inexpensive
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- Опубліковано 16 тра 2014
- Some tips for fertilizing tomatoes - or any plant in your garden for that matter. Quick, simple, inexpensive - anyone can do this!
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What do you like to fertilize your tomatoes with? Thanks for watching!
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Very good information
Great ideas. One of my tricks is powdered milk. Watering tomatoes and peppers with it every couple of weeks makes for very strong plants and a great harvest.
I still love this! Thanks for remaking this enhanced version, Kim. This has become my favourite fertilizer.
Your videos are the most informative I've seen yet. Everything seems down to earth, needing nothing exotic or
expensive. Thanks.
I’ve been watching you for so long that I assumed I was subscribed! Thank you for always giving relaxing and practical advice
Just gave my garden this. Thanks for the info. Happy Gardening!
I used your fertilizing recipe this year. It was my best year for tomatoes and zucchini. Thanks for making it so simple for us newbies.
Nice Kim. I do the same general mix. You beat me to the video punch. Epsom Salts is great to use on cucumbers too.
Hi Gary! I use it on everything - it is a great all around fertilizer!
Thank you for your videos Kim, I'm starting to use your method, greetings from Mexico!
I have used the fish emulsion To fertilize my Tomato plants for years& it really works!! It is great for Houseplants & Rose bushes too.
Judy, this is awesome, I always say to experiment! PERFECT EXAMPLE! Made my day! Kim
I love short videos about your gardening info cause you just hit right at target 👌👌🙏🙏👏👏
Thanks for your videos. My daughter and I really like them and so do our tomatoes!
This is very useful for a small time gardener, wise for my budget. Thanks a lot.
Your tomatoes will love the fish emulsion and epsom salts. We haven't used any store-bought fertilizers for the past several years - just compost, worm castings, crushed egg shells, comfrey, used coffee grounds, and more free stuff.
You are a great example of resourcefulness in the garden! I've been hearing more and more about the benefits of comfrey - will have to get me some! Thanks for stopping by!
Can ypu show us the tomatoes at tge end of the season please
You and your husband make a great team for this gardening project. Your information is very concise and informative. Your husband is an outstanding camera man - the picture and SOUND qualities are very professional! Thank you!
Thanks, Khang, glad the info is helpful. Will pass this on to him as well. Thanks for watching!
I find mushroom compost to work really well.
Yes it is getting warmer in Australia! I have used Fish in he past but Epsom Salt not as yet. You learn every day and can not wait till two or 3 more weeks and give this a run. You make a wonderful show and teach so well, excellent! Richard
Hi, love your videos! first started watching your watermelon vids. your series helped a lot, they will go outside next month. My tomato plant is well established & flowering but didn't know what to feed it.....HOORAY- you had the answer. Thanks a bunch. happy gardening!!
Great video; very nice speaking voice. Thanks for sharing!
Very interesting tip regarding the use of Epsom salt, Thank you,I will try it.
Great video Kim, I just planted my garden here in LA ahead of the last storm. Tomatoes are next, but put in corn, squashes and sweet onions. Starbucks grounds, Epsom salts and mulch, but as the season goes on, will do the sprays and fish oils. Good video
After watching this video , I tried what you suggested, amazing results , thank you
how often you water them with solution?
I really appreciate you taking time to give us amateurs this information. My wife will appreciate this when I give it to her. She has been trying to grow big tomatoes with no success. Thanks again
Hi Robert - You are welcome! This is such an easy method, and it has really helped me. I hope it does the same for you - please keep me posted! Thx for watching!
another great video from your beautiful garden. Love the info, and I am glad to see you coming back to old videos that had unanswered questions. I plan to do that later as well. Isn't that the case that when you film them you think there won't be any questions, and those are the videos that have the most. haha Take care kim and have a lovely week.
Yes, and there are always things that I think of later that I should have said, or forgot to say. Hope you are wrapping up your year at college and are soon able to spend the time in your garden that you would like to! Thanks for watching!
I reviewed the procedure.All I can say is thanks God Bless America!
Looking forward to trying fish fertilizer and epsom salt on my tomatoes this season. Thanks for the video!
I am using fish emulsion this year as well. I put a lot of Epson salt down when planting and mix in the soil. The stuff is pretty good fertilizer. To me the smell reminds of going to a lake dock. Thanks for the tip.
ha, ha, if you close your eyes, you can imagine that you are at the "lake house" relaxing in a hammock under the trees! Good luck with the fish fert!
Great video. I have just applied Epsom Salt 2 days ago to all of my vegetable such as tomatoes, beets, carrots, and as well as rose. Hope to see good result. My next experiment is to apply to lawn. Do you have any video you spreading Epsom Slt to lawn?
Thank you.
I love gardening.
You have been so inspiring to me, thank you, for your videos!
Hi darlingpandora - thanks so much for letting me know! Really appreciate you watching. Happy Gardening!
Love how down to earth you are.
Thanks for sharing i would love to try this from now on
What a wonderful tutorial, thank you.
As I mentioned earlier I love your videos... I planted 4 tomato plants for just my wife and I... I have so many tomatoes I have to give some to neighbors because we can't eat them all...I average about 12 large tomatoes a week 😊
hi lovely lady, tomatoes are doing great, bright green vibrant healthy and full of blossoms and green tomatoes, your a STAR.
Very nice information.will surely try for my tomato plant.though it is in pot.thanks a lot.
Hi! I just started watching your videos on growing tomatoes. I recently got the Topsey Turvey vegetable grower, but have to wait til next year to try it. I've never tried to grow anything myself, that's why I came looking to find out how. My mom used to always grow tomatoes when I was around 10, and she had a friend over once, and she asked my mom how many years does it take for a tomato plant to grow tomatoes, because she has had the same plant for 4 years and haven;t gotten any yet. My mom said she should have had tomatoes after 2 months or so, and asked her what she has been doing. She said all she has been doing is watering and fertilizing her bushes, and pulling off the flowers when they come out... and my mom burst out laughing and told her that those flowers she keeps removing ARE the tomatoes she's been trying to grow for 4 years. hats about the funniest story about growing tomatoes that I ever heard. I don't know what happened after that, that was about 40 years ago, but I thought you might get a kick out of that!
Tomk215 ha, ha! That poor woman! Hopefully she got a great harvest out of her 4 year old tomato plant once she figured it out! What do you want to try to grow first?
Haha very funny 🤣
I love watching your videos your explanations are well explained and your tips are great,I've done your strawberry tower,which I seen from the other guy that works well and I can move it anywhere the sun is which I already did. I'm doing the Epsom salt this year trying that,I'm growing a lot of things in my small garden because of you,fitting things everywhere...hope it all works out.. I'll let you know Monica
thank you for the advice, god bless!
I watch all your vids and they are great! I live in VA and it will be a while before gardening season starts .I also started a worm bin and also want to use the worm (poop) and I've learned that it's the best for gardening .Please keep up the videos ,your pal from VA...................David
Thanks, I just now pulled the Epsom Salt from beneath the bathroom sink for use tomorrow. I've got the Fish Fertilizer & Kelp variety which is also very good; this is first year using it - my plants look very good as of today, June 17, 2014.
You make a great presentation, pleasure watching.
You are welcome, and thx for the feedback! Let me know how the epsom salts works for you too!
Thank you so much for these videos! I am growing tomatoes in pails, and am using miracle grow, which makes the plant grow like crazy, but as you show in this video, too much nitrogen. So thanks for the Epsom salt idea, we will be getting some tonight! And don't listen to the critical remarks about your use of 2 cameras, it adds to the production value! Good work, we will be watching more!
Hi cali that was very helpful thanx a lot 👍🤗♥️
Nice Yard! The terraced part is cool too !
thank you so much ! still super helpful !
Another great video, Kim
Thanks, Adam. Appreciate you stopping by!
Thanks for the tips
Hi Kim! I have never heard of using Epsom Salt for fertilizing plants, and I can't wait to try it. I told my husband that I am having a CaliKim29 marathon today, as I enjoy hearing your soothing voice while learning more about gardening. You are also absolutely beautiful, on top of having a great sense of humor! Thanks for taking the time to make these videos. Nancy in OHIO
ngosztyla Hi Nancy - thx for the positive feedback and compliments! I love using epsom salts, it really works, wait til you try it! So glad you are enjoying the videos, hope it is helping you grow more of your own food too! Thx for stopping by!
nice, quick and easy. Also love the stones around plants. I may try something similar 2 it this yr. as its my 1st time gardening
+Shajuan Cook Hello Shajuan - quick and simple is how I roll, then I will do it! Yay for first time gardeners - have you been able to get started yet? Make sure to watch the $10 Garden Series for quick, simple and inexpensive ways to start your garden - lots here: ua-cam.com/play/PLH4z_9MDD00Lion_2NWKsyvPWLezSQ4-v.html. And keep me posted!
First time I've seen your videos, thanks! I use Epsom salts in the holes @ planting time of my tomatoes, but did not know to water with it as well. I also use liquid fish emulsion and will try adding the Epsom salts to it. I've been gardening for 30+years and here is the best trick I've been using for last 5 years. At the hole prior to planting I add approx. 1/4 cup of a mixture of dried, crushed eggshells and dried banana skins, chopped. Starting in March I save all eggshells, rinse and dry in a low oven for 10-15 minutes. Banana skins are laid out to dry o. A screen in my garden shed window, then chopped up on a cutting board and added to the egg shells. A scoop of this mixture plus Epsom salts in the bottom of each hole really helps. The roots reach out to this mixture ad they grow. It helps prevent blossom end rot which we get in humid, New England (Vermont) weather. I grow 10 varieties of tomatoes at least each year, started under plant lights, about half are heirlooms, and this effort is worth it. Regarding the pick-me-up drenching with liquid fish emulsion, be careful if you live in an open environment. I couldn't help but notice your yard looks to be enclosed. More critters love the fishy smell than just cats and dogs. Skunks were a problem when I first started using this...it definitely attracts wildlife who will dig in the soil near the plants thinking something good to eat is buried! Once ,y plants are bigger, with cages and/or stakes I don't care, but when young, can get damaged by misc. digging! Look forward to seeing more of your videos!
I will try the Epson salt too that you
Do you plant seed or plant? Just for tomatoes or other vegetables?
Just what I was saying, great stuff but the critters sure love it too..
Why do the egg shells need to be baked/dried? I can see not using fresh ones that will attract wildlife, but why do you put them in the oven?
You don’t add coffee grounds as well? yes bananas and egg shells
Awesome and thank you for sharing Kim
You are welcome, Linda! I am always happy to see your positive comments. Have a great day!
I live in Germany and tried to buy fish fertilizer today. I was informed it was no longer offered, due to some law passed. So I went to the Chinese grocery store and bought me some dried fish bits. I think I can aproximate the right amount for sucess. Thanks for the tip!
Keep me posted! Thanks for watching!
I could watch you all day
Nice garden and great tips!
Thanks, CG!
Great idea! thanks
We are in Wisconsin so our tomato plants aren't in the ground yet but we did just pick up some fish emulsion! We also saved,baked and crushed egg shells and picked up coffee grounds from a local coffee shop :)
My son and I really enjoy watching your videos and I frequently share them in my fb seed group :)
Blessings to you!!
Hi Melissa - Sounds like you have a recipe for some wonderful tomato plants, hopefully soon in the ground. Thanks so much for sharing my videos - really appreciate it! Have a great day and many blessings to you too!
We are trying something a little different this year (something I saw online), and planted the tomatoes with a cup of bone meal and a cup of ag.lime in each planting hole. Planted them around 40G garbage cans (with holes drilled at the base all around, and then buried the cans about 12" into the ground). Filled the cans with a scoop or two of composted steer manure, and water inside the cans twice to three times a week. The plants LOVE the compost tea, I added fish fertilizer in the beginning to the soil around the cans near the plants, and so far, only 3 weeks in, we're seeing massive growth (4X faster than years past doing it my old way). Hoping the production continues! Good to know about the Epsom salts, I use it all around the house but never thought about the garden!
this is so very useful! i already fertilized the area i'm going to transplant my tomatoes to...but i'll keep this in mind later in the year when it's time to re-fertilize. oh and so far 6 of my hand-fertilized cucumbers are getting big! and i hand fertilized four bloomed watermelon this morning. no bees are showing up yet so i gotta do all the work for pollination haha. but yayyy looks like i might have some cukes and watermelon on the way!!
Glad you found it useful! Its so simple and really does wonders. Congrats on the watermelon blossoms! Hope your hand pollinating is successful! Its really fun to watch those watermelon grow once the fruit come on.
Thank you , ill try it. I've got slow production in my tomatoes.
Great advice. I didn't know about the Epsom salts thing. Thanks
Thanks for sharing the video Kim. I appreciate the helpful hints. My tomatoes are not growing as fast as I had hoped. So, I will try your secret recipe. Your videos always make me homesick for SoCal.
You are welcome, Rick. Hopefully this will give them the boost they need. Are you from So Cal?
Yes, La Crescenta, next to Pasadena
love your videos. Learning alot. No it's not getting warm yet where I am in Nova Scotia Canada...end of April and I saw hail today ;( Can't put anything out in the greenhouse yet still too cold. We have a very short grow season here
Thanks for the tip. First time tomato grower so I need help.
something that helped all my plants and apple trees was rabbit manure.i spread it everywhere and it helped my garden along with apple production.
Rabbit manure is lower in nitrogen so it won't burn plants as fast as chicken manure.
Happy gardening, the epsom salt in the hole and weekly has made a huge difference in my plants this year. Great advise thank you 🙏
Thanks for this, tomatoes are going to be one of the first vegetables I'm going to plant. I'm looking forward to constructing some raised gardens and getting in to it. Used a similar fish fertiliser this morning on my newly constructed herb garden(1 month in). Interesting about the epsom salts.
vanguardau The herbs will respond beautifully to the fish fertilizer! Perfect for them, as you want lots of green growth with those herbs! Enjoy picking out your tomato seeds, there are so many fun varieties to choose from! They love the epsom salts too, as does everything in my garden!
No worries.....thanks again.
Another great post Kim!
note:We go out to the hen house and scoop up some saw dust mixed with chicken manure and dress along the top soil of our plants and lightly scratch the mix into the surface. Produces the best tasting Cherokee purple tomatoes this side of the Mississippi. Just told "camera gal" here at home the other day that we need to start using Epsom salt in our garden. Thanks for the tip. Have a wonderful day!
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Hi there Dennis - great tips ! Wish we could have chickens here, but no go. Esp. since I am growing cherokee purples for the first time this year. You will love the ease and cost of epsom, not to mention what it does to your garden. Its my go to fertilizer all year round. You have a great day too, and thanks for watching!
Hey Kim, thanks for breaking down the proportion of fish fertilizer vs epsom salt. I just planted two Early Girl's in two containers. You saved me with your video on pulling off lower leaves of plant and raising the dirt level to the point where the "cut" was made. I didn't do this so ran out to make my plants look like yours. I appreciate your patient guidance for us beginners. You can laugh at this, I do, just because I am Asian doesn't mean I was born with gene to grow stuff, right ?! ;)
It's good that you mention about dogs and cats getting into fish fertilizer. My dog chewed the top off the bottle and licked up about half a bottles worth. There didn't seem to be any adverse effect from that. Also, I have caught him rolling around in my garden looking all frisky, like a cat to catnip after watering with this mixture. They may even be inclined to dig and sniff, which can damage plants. That said, the plants seem to like it as much as the dogs.
+Janice B Thanks, Janice, we love our Macky. Thanks for commenting!
@@CaliKim29 If it's highly concentrated I would think licking leakage from the container could be toxic?
Looking great
We are going to try this. It sure would be nice to replace those wire plant cages behind you in this video. You can build your own with Qubits. Colorful and strong when you secure them together with 4" zip ties. They last for years, mine are three years old.
Love your dog!!
didn't realize how small your yard was! coming from the east coast. amazing what you can do with smaller area. i'm new to your channel but really enjoy all that I've seen so far. thanks so much!!
+dave hogan Glad you are enjoying it, Dave! I'm sure yards are quite large there on the east coast! Yards can be tiny here, believe it or not, ours is huge compared to most folks! Do you have a garden?
+CaliKim29 Garden & Home DIY If you want to get rid of the smell of fish fertilizer take some of your fish waste add equal amount of jaggery or unrefined sugar to it.keep it for 40 days in a closed container opening it to stir onc a day.You get the same benefit without the smell.remember to make the fish into itsy-bitsy pieces
Good tips, thanks!
I put a 1/4 cup of hen manure in bottom of hole then 8-10 inch tall plant.It grows quite well.
love your tips
SURENLAL thanks so much - how is your garden doing this season?
looks great.that's a good ida
Hi Kim. I've just discovered this video. I'm really grateful for the advice, thanks!
Question for you/anyone who reads this and knows the answer:
Does this same fertilising mix apply to container gardens? Or should container gardeners supplement with some other ferts throughout the season? Thanks!
Great Video!
Thanks for explaining in such a simple, easy to understand way. I planted some heirloom tomato plants in early June (a very late start), and now it looks like the tomatoes won't have enough time to ripen (they are all still green on the vine). On hindsight, I think I have not watered enough (the soaking hose leaves many spots dry) and not fertilized enough. I did not know what fertilizer to use so I applied fish fertilizer once in a while. Now armed with fresh knowledge (thanks to you!), I am sure I will do a better job next year!
Ellen Ho glad it is helpful- I do like the simplicity of this. Good luck In the future with your tomatoes!
Thanks!
thanks Kim
Nicholas Carter thank YOU for watching, Nicholas! How are your tomato plants doing?
I always thought fertilizing my garden plants was out of my budget ~ I guess I was wrong!
We have had the problem of yellowing & wilting on the bottom parts of our tomato plants for the past few years. I will *definitely* be using your tomato planting hole recipe and this fertilizer this year. We're in MI, having a cold night tonight - down to about 32 degrees! - but we'll be planting in just a few short weeks. Thanks for all of these wonderful videos, tips, and ideas!!
Lori Butterfield If they are yellow you may be watering too much?
Sheep pellets also work really well also instead of fish fertilizer. I have set up a header tank in my glasshouse that feeds back into my drip irrigation system. I pour liquid fertilizer into the tank, the water system is timed, it takes 45 mins to fill the header tank, when it shuts off gravity feeds my plants the fertilizer. I do this about once every 3 weeks it works great and I get bumper crops, here in NZ
The dog came over as soon as she said lol! I made a batch of super soil and ALL of the nearby cats just swarmed around me like woah. Something in those organic smells gets to them.
Excellent
Thank you for the epsom salts tip. I do use fish fertilizer.
jim a I do like the fish fert for the plants when they are young to give them a boost of growth right away! The Epsom will be good for them all season and esp when they flower to help them set fruit!
hello, I am so glad to following you on youtube .
thanks for the information.
i'm from Egypt & learning english since 3 month ago, so i didn't understand all this video but I keep trying :)
i have a question about this fertilizer
1- what's the name of it exactly because i want to buy it in egypt ?
2- is this fertilizer organic or chemical?
thanks for every thing :)
I was wondering if prune your tomatoes. I have pruned half of my tomatoes and left the other half alone. I have learned alot from all your video and apprecaite the tips you have given me on gardening and cooking. If it ever stops raining here in Arkansas, I am going to try your fertilizer tips from this video. My friend told me it worked Great!
I start the season out with good intentions to prune, but never can keep up with it as the season progresses. Just let them grow wild and all over. I always have a huge crop - so I wonder if pruning really matters or not. Let me know if you see a difference! Good luck with the fertilizer!
I realize this video is a couple years old but just want to say thanks for the info, Thumbs up and subscribed!
This year I am trying seaweed. It reminds me of fish fertilizer because it stinks too! With these high temps, I am keeping my plants well watered but some are not looking too good so I gave them some. :)
Hi Anna - hopefully it will give them a good boost - always works for me! Good luck making it through the heat and happy gardening!
Thanks for the reminder Kim... Need to give our patch a good liquid feed this weekend..
Cheers..
Hi Rob - always gives them a boost! Is your growing season winding down, or do you grow during the winter in Australia too? Thank for stopping by!
CaliKim29 Garden & Home DIY Hey Kim..
Am busy catching up on a few old emails & found your comment, sorry for not responding earlier :-/
We grow 12 months a year here.. Have tomatoes & chillies flowering & fruiting in the middle of Winter at the moment to give you some idea.. Have had a few mornings get near freezing but the daytime temps always bounce back up to a pleasant 68°F+ at the moment..
Cheers & hope it's not too hot over there this Summer..
Hi Kim. Great information here! I am looking for 'how to' guidance in growing tomatoes in CONTAINERS. Any wisdom you can share would be greatly appreciated!
Great great info. I subscribed and will watch all your videos. Thank you for your time and effort.
Thanks Kim great idea. !!!
Thank you, Tom!
Was searching tomato planting videos and found this one. Never tried the epsom salt, but my family has traditionally just used actual fish (or parts) planted in the bottom of the holes before setting the plant. I always liked to use non-native "trash" fish like carp. After the plant gets going, it finds the fish, feeds from it and really takes off. Also gives an excuse to go fishing or bowfishing.
Thanks for sharing I have thought about using fish stuff. Probably great for micro organisms.
I use gypsum, rock dust, epsum salt, and 13-13-13 at planting time. Then feed every couple weeks with MG tomato food until the plants get some size. Once flowering starts good I switch over to super bloom stuff from MG.
I like MG because has much more then just NPK which plants need.
Thanks for sharing your fertilizing tips - been hearing more and more about rock dust, glad it is working for you! Happy Gardening!
great video wil try
great stems!
I'm hoping to try the fish fertilizer soon! Thanks!
Thanks for watching!