I feed my tomatoes about every 10 days. Three in big pots and three in a raised bed. I have never done them in pots before and they are much smaller and producing less than the ones in the bed. I think I might make the raised bed bigger just to make things easier because the potted plants obviously need more fertilizer

V...I have learned much about container growing. It is a bunch of work. When you finally get dialed-in...you can have great success. What do you feed your raised bed?

Fire, I feed mine Fox Farm products. My friend uses Alaska Fish fertilizer and is having great success. I think I will switching to that next year. Fox Farm is kind of spendy.

I also fertilize my raised beds every so often but with much diluted concentration. I am using a blend of MG (24 - 8- 16) and Alaska Morebloom ( 0- 10- 10). Trying to cut back on "N". . The final mix is like 8 -10 -12

Sey

<Do I only go organic or is synthetics OK? thanks>

That's a personal choice. Both methods work. They are just different. But whichever approach you choose to use, you have to understand how and why it works and what your role is in making work.

For example, you started out with organics in the bed but have you regularly added more compost since the initial load in February? The micro-herd in the bed that feeds the plants also need to be fed to keep them going. In 5 months they could have easily exhausted their food supply. Put simply, if they don't have stuff to eat, digest the organic matter, and turn it into nutrients for the plants the herd dies and the plants "poop out".

Dave

thinking I need to feed the herd...haha. thanks D

thanks D