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Post: # 18148Unread post coachmccree
Thu Apr 23, 2020 1:36 pm

growing tomatoes in homemade earthboxes and containers , looking for more production , big yield , looked into trifecta , drjimz tomato secret ... and floranova , liquid fertilizer ......... ? need insight , if you have used them .... and success

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Post: # 18151Unread post MissS
Thu Apr 23, 2020 1:41 pm

Urban Farms Texas Tomato Food has a lot of use by people on this forum. It comes in both liquid and dry form.
https://theurbanfarm.com/tomatomagic.html
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Post: # 18175Unread post RIPGaryColeman
Thu Apr 23, 2020 4:19 pm

I grow with subirrigated planters and containers and use Haifa MKP,
CalNitrate, MagSulf, and Micros initially,

and then switch to Haifa Multi-npK to finish.

Happy with the results.

I liked Floranova when I used it.

A good foliar can help too, such as Neptune's Bloom

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Post: # 18179Unread post pepperhead212
Thu Apr 23, 2020 5:54 pm

I've used a number of fertilizers in my SIPs, along with the ca nitrate, epsom salts, and some of the micronutrients that I use in the hydroponics. Everything seems to work well. I just found a new (to me) organic fertilizer, really cheap at Ollie's - Ecoscraps tomato/vegetable 5-4-6 fertlizer, which I'm going to test, and compare this season.
Woodbury, NJ zone 7a/7b

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Post: # 18182Unread post edweather
Thu Apr 23, 2020 6:16 pm

In the other thread you started, you should have mentioned that you were growing in containers. That pretty much puts solid organics out. Liquid or water soluble or something like Shake and feed for containers are your choices. I use CRF MG Shake and Feed when I make my mix, and then Texas Tomato Food for regular fertigation.
Southeast GA, USDA 9a, HZ9, Sunset Z28

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Post: # 18219Unread post QAGUY
Fri Apr 24, 2020 12:37 pm

Been using Miracle-gro for tomatoes for decades. Don't plan on changing. Gets good results in ground and in containers back when I did containers.
Can't beat it as far as I'm concerned.
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Glendora, CA
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Sunset zone 21
USDA zone 9

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