Tomato feed

[Ger-annie-um]

What can I use as a feed apart from the normal remixed ones. Just looked on 'fleebay' and some joker wants �39.99 + postage for T*****te. I can't afford that so what's my alternative? The site with the big smiley box was just as bad!

[Starch]

Comfrey tea, it stinks but works well.

[Mr Bones]

If you can get hold of any, comfrey and banana skins steeped to make a tea but it won't smell very nice. Or if you're close to the estuary, seaweed.

Beat me to it Starch.

[mcdood]

There's a fair bit of Tomorite online at reasonable(ish) prices even on ebay, may have just come available?. Or as Starch says comfrey tea if you have some planted? Can also use as aftershave/perfume to assist social distancing.

[Chippy Minton]

If you can get out our local shop where they stretch your pound had tomato feed on the shelves.

[broadway]

Wilko has tomatoe feed appreciate you may not be near one or able to get out

[toomanytommytoes]

I use Bumper Crop High Potassium Fertiliser from Elixir Gardens. It's a soluble powder. A 1kg bag makes 200 x 5 L watering cans and costs �6.99 (free delivery to UK mainland), though you can get it as cheap as �2.50 per kilo if you buy larger quantities.

https://elixirgardensupplies.co.uk/p...urful-flowers/

[rary]

If as said you have/can get comfrey, chop it up put it into an old pair of tights and steep it in a tub of water for about 2 weeks, the process can be speeded up by stirring the contents dayly, add the solution to water usually 10 of water to 1ratio, though if you can't get comfrey, dandelion and dock plants will do just as well just make sure they haven't been treated with weedkiller
Need to add steeping any weeds will give you a liquid feed

[nickdub]

As well as comfrey seaweed makes a good feed - and/or liquid seaweed fertiliser is sometimes available and it makes a good foliar feed for any plant.

[Snadger]

Just got a bottle of Poundlands finest, for guess how much.

[ameno]

If as said you have/can get comfrey, chop it up put it into an old pair of tights and steep it in a tub of water for about 2 weeks, the process can be speeded up by stirring the contents dayly, add the solution to water usually 10 of water to 1ratio, though if you can't get comfrey, dandelion and dock plants will do just as well just make sure they haven't been treated with weedkiller
Need to add steeping any weeds will give you a liquid feed

Comfrey gives a higher potassium feed, though, better for tomatoes. Other stuff gives you a more balanced feed. And nettles gives you a high nitrogen feed.

[rary]

If you can collect animal manure, cow, sheep, rabbit or deer, fresh hen pen is a bit eatery so not as good to work with but dry chicken or cow manure which can be bought in most garden supply shops can be steeped n water and used as a liquid feed with some he same ratio as vegetative feeds one other thing I always put in to my home made liquid feeds is an old rusty nail which adds minerals to the feed

[Bonjour]

Seaweed is a terrific tomato feed if you can get it. Fill an onion bag or pillowcase with seaweed and hang it in a butt-full of water. Stinks a bit, so keep a lid on it. Give the sack a jiggle every so often. After a few weeks mix the resulting liquid 1 pint in a two gallon watering can of water.

[bikermike]

The only good thing about marestail is that it's good for making weed tea out of

[Snadger]

The only good thing about marestail is that it's good for making weed tea out of

Its high silicon content makes it good for scrubbing pans too.