By any chance, can you get a product made in Germany called Tomaten Dunger?

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It is an excellent tomato fertilizer. The 12-2-16 fertilizer is too potent in "N" and "K", so I would try to find something in the area of 4-7-10.

Raybo

RAybo tnx for answering, no don't think that fertilizer is aviable here in Norway, i will take a trip to local gardenstore and check out other aviable fertilizer types.

on another matter, in the guide ver2.0 in the pro-section its mentioned that to add "ground bark" for additional air for the rootsystem. but i have read that when bark decomposes it will consume N in the process thus more fertilizers should be added in the fertilizing strip`?.

in Norway we usually mix what is called "leca balls" into the soil to make it ligher and provide additional air to root. i haven't seen this discusses in earthtainer uses, do you think this is a good replacement for the bark?

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Leca balls would be an excellent addition for the Combo Mix in place of Groundcover Bark. Here in the U.S. Leca is not so available and they are very expensive, so only used in hydroponics. You should have a very nice growing medium with Leca.

Raybo

I'm going to try and get Tomaten Dunger fertilizer for my Earthtainers. Should I use anything else apart from that for tomato plants?

ivanaz,

Just add in the Dolomite Lime too. i am going to edit the Construction Guide on the next revision, and now recommend using 3 Cups, rather than the current 2 Cups of Lime. The EarthTainer is about twice as large as the commercial EarthBox I own, and as I recall, the instructions which came with that product called for 2 Cups Dolomite Lime. You do the Math...

Raybo

Thank you for the info. Regular lime that is sold here should have some dolomite in it, but I'll try to find proper dolomite lime.

As for the Tomaten Dunger fertilizer, how much would you use, per plant? I love your design for the Earthtainers, but I'll have to adapt it for the round 13 gallon containers that are available to me, so I'm going to go with one tomato per container.

ivanaz,

I don't have experience with the type of container you are using, so hopefully others can give you expert advice.

Raybo

I would just like to know how much Tomaten Dunger fertilizer do you use for your Earthtainer with two plants - I'm guessing half of that for one plant in a 50% smaller container would be about right. I would love it if I could replicate your design to the letter and avoid the guess work, but a container like the one you're using costs 6 times more than a round 13 gallon one, so using it would make the whole project prohibitively expensive for me.

I put 2 Cups of fertilizer per 31 gallon EarthTainer, in a strip between the 2 plants.

Raybo