tomatoes and peppers with milorganite

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tomatoes and peppers with milorganite

Post by shoalducker » March 26th, 2012, 5:50 pm

how much and how often should you feed peppers and tomatoes with milorganite?

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Re: tomatoes and peppers with milorganite

Post by Michael Wise » March 26th, 2012, 6:55 pm

Have you seen texasweed's tomato and pepper growing tips?

http://aroundtheyard.com/flowers-annuals/to ... t3823.html

They really need very little nitrogen fertilization.

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Re: tomatoes and peppers with milorganite

Post by Big Cat » March 29th, 2012, 3:15 pm

is Milorganite safe for vegetables? The lawn is one thing, but I was skeptical about putting it on things meant for human consumption.

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Re: tomatoes and peppers with milorganite

Post by xapabwa » March 29th, 2012, 5:41 pm

Big Cat wrote:is Milorganite safe for vegetables? The lawn is one thing, but I was skeptical about putting it on things meant for human consumption.
I've read that it's safe to use in food gardens. I've not every personally used it in my veggie garden. I suppose I have little chipmunk port-a-potties all over the yard, including the veggie garden, but I just can't get over the ewww factor of using Milorganite there.

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Re: tomatoes and peppers with milorganite

Post by John_in_SC » March 29th, 2012, 6:08 pm

Yep, works good...
It's actually pretty high in "Minor elements"... Not so high that you don't need to put any Lime on the tomatoes to combat Blossom End Rot... but they are DeeLish!


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Re: tomatoes and peppers with milorganite

Post by texasweed » March 29th, 2012, 6:18 pm

If you follow my tips and tricks you will not need any fertilizer after planting. As a very dear friend of mine (Darrel Merril aka Tomato Man rip) said:

"It's In The Soil
It's In The Soil
It's In The Soil
Stupid"

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