Fertilising Your Tomatoes???

 Do you fertilise your tomatoes? If not, why not.

Always a question a lot of people don't know or talk about, is whether to fertilise your tomato plants, but in reality the plants are probably screaming out for some form of nutrient and fertiliser gives them that. Over the years I've fed my new seedlings on a diluted does of liquid Fertiliser. For many years, a product called Lush was my go to fertiliser, but they took it off the market some years back and finding a substitute is a real pain, but there are some that will suffice. My substitute this year is Dynamic Lifter Organic Liquid Fertiliser, but it will be slow trial and error process because I haven't used it before.

A few years ago I started using Powerfeed for Tomatoes with mixed results, as it can be quite strong on seedlings and care must be taken when dosing the watering can with it , as it's a soluble and mixes easily. Then as the seedlings grow, you can increase the strength to somewhere near what's recommended on the bottle. When the plants are big enough, change from the Powerfeed to the dry fertiliser Brunnings Tomato and Vegetable Food, which is usually sold at Bunning's for around $8.00 for a 3kg bucket, although it never made it to the shelves at my local store last year. This is my go to fertiliser and use a handful under each plant at planting time. It isn't something the stores actually order in as it's a Head Office allocation to stores, so controlled at the top. This year at the time I'm writing this, it hasn't shown up in Stores as yet, but it will be something I look for from now on.