Tomorite or seaweed

**keat63** · 26-06-2018, 02:07 PM

My dad swears by horse muck.
Every spring, he comes back from the local meadow with bags full, which he puts in a netted bag.
The netted bag then goes in a water butt, which he uses to feed his toms.

Stinks like heck, but his tomatoes are the biggest cropping ones i've ever seen.

Personally, I prefer the bottled stuff, it doesn'r smell.

**rary** · 26-06-2018, 02:42 PM

Keat63 highlights one of the differences from proprietary brands and home made, home made create quite a strong smell, plus you know the streangth of your feed, with home made its pot luck, though a trial with a home made (comfrey) feed and a recognised brand of tomato feed was conducted by Beechgrove Garden, a couple of years ago and they reckoned that they got better results taste wise, with the home made, this year I am using a home made seaweed feed on all my plants, flower, fruit and veg, and I add a half a small coke bottle to 10Lts. every watering if I see the leaves start to change colour i.e. turning yellow, I will increase the quantity of the feed, if the leaves start to wilt and the moisture at the roots looks ok I will cut back, I have been doing this for the past month and everything looks ok

**Bren In Pots** · 26-06-2018, 05:35 PM

I alternate between shop bought tom feed and home made comfrey when I feed my toms, cucs and courgettes. Seems to work out ok for me.

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