Showing posts with label tomatoes grown with organic plant food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tomatoes grown with organic plant food. Show all posts

Wednesday, 6 July 2011

July 6th: Today’s Tomato Tally.

My tomatoes are coming in nicely. But I have some yellowing leaves. Mixed research on what is causing it.
Some reports tell me “too much water,” others say “not enough water,” others “not enough nutrients,” or “too much sun,” “disease,” and my favourite— “it’s normal.”




Doing this much research goes against all the rules of The Lazy Gardener Creed. 
As the upper parts of the plant seems healthy, and the fruit is coming in, I’m going to go with “it’s normal.”
The two beds.

Miracle Gro bed. These are being fed every week, so it can’t be a lack of nutrient.

Largest MiracleGro tomato.

Better World bin. Plants showing less yellow.
 My largest tomato on Better World. Kicking butt, I’d say. 

 The Better World bin has 8 tomatoes growing. 

Miracle Gro bin has 7 tomatoes, not as large.

Thursday, 30 June 2011

June 30th: “No comparison” comparison.

Okay, so I’m really starting to slant heavily in favour of the organic Better World Plant Food. Why? compare these tomato plants: 


In my Miracle Gro bin, I have 4 tomatoes starting to come in:

Meanwhile, in the Better World bin...
In the Better World bin, I have five tomatoes, all of them out-sizing the MiracleGro. 


Meanwhile, in Test Bed 2:

MiracleGro Tomato 11 inches high.  Better World 12 inches high. 
They started out equal 4 days ago. 


Miracle Gro rose has 3 long, new shoots. 
Better World rose is off to a slower start, with a single shoot.
They started out equal 4 days ago.
Seems I may have found a preferred use for the Miracle Gro.