I too use MG and I don't stop at fruit set. They still
need food IMHO.

Many don't agree, but I end up with lots of fruit every
year, year after year.

I also prune to 4 main leaders so too much foliage isn't
a problem for me. I still have to stick my head inside
the cages though, to find all the fruit.

They need the nutrients (especially K) and micronutrients to develop quality fruit.

I feed mine with MG for Tomatoes every 2 weeks until they die.

I didn't fertilize until about a week after I put them out into the garden, and at that point, I used a diluted fish emulsion every other week on them. When they first started to bloom I applied the Fox farm happy frog granular organic fert as a slow release that should get them through the rest of the summer just fine. Also they are mulched with grass and shredded leaves so I imagine as those are slowly breaking down and being eaten by earthworms, they are adding small amounts of nutrients as well.

I'll see how this works. If I need to add one more application of the granular organic fert in like the middle of August I will, but for now I think I'm all set.

CH

Are we talking about in-ground plants or container plants? They have very different fertilizing needs.

Dave

digdirt Mine are in the ground and forgot to mention that I use a watering can when I apply MG for Tomatoes.Very healthy looking plants but will see later the volume of fruit they produce.