MAXIMIZING TOMATO YIELDS
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your local hydroponics shop will
stock many different organic bloom
stimulators available as a liquid feed that
will complement that buried fish nicely.”
One important thing to remember is to remove
flowers until the plants reach at least 30 cm high. I
have grown tomatoes staked up, along the ground
and cascading off a retaining wall. Cascading from a
retaining wall and along the ground seems to work
fine and yields have been above standard.
When your tomatoes start blooming and fruiting
it is important to apply an organic bloom stimulator. Again, fish guts work excellent. Also, your local
hydroponics shop will stock many different organic
bloom stimulators available as a liquid feed that will
complement that buried fish nicely. If you have a
wood heater, the wood ash you collect is excellent and
is rich in potassium lime and other trace elements.
Harvested lake weed works as great mulch. It’s a
good idea to top up your mulch as required especially
in the middle of summer. If it’s going to be a really
hot day, I like to irrigate with an overhead watering
system scheduled to go off in the middle of the night.
Worm castings can also be applied as a liquid
fertilizer or as a top dressing. The results from
top dressing is incredible, although much more
expensive. It costs about roughly $2 per kilogram,
so for a smaller scale indoor garden it would be cost
effective and worth using.
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Maximum Yield USA | June 2016