That's a good point. I have found that feed stores or feed-n-seed stores, or tractor/equipment supply stores that also carry feed and seed often have the best prices on all kinds of garden amendments, including dried molasses.

Dawn

My question: Would adding Corn Gluten around tomatoe plants, for example, add too much nitrogen to already nitrogen rich soil, causing too much foliage growth, and possibly inhibiting blooms and fruit production?

Thanks for that info Okie Hobo. As Dawn, I too have found Feed Stores to be the best place for many garden items, like bone meal and dolomite lime at a fraction of the cost.

Shekanahh

Shekanahh,

If you already have nitrogen-rich soil you might want to avoid it. I think it generally has a 10-0-0 ratio. So, yes, if your soil already were nitrogen-rich, it could be too much of a good thing to use around tomato plants.

It is a great pre-emergent herbicide, but in a wet year, corn gluten meal and heavy rain can produce a white fungusy looking growth on the soil surface. I doubt that is does any harm, but I avoid putting out corn gluten while we're excessively wet.

Dawn