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Fertilizer for tomato starts

10 years ago

I am growing tomatoes from seed, and they are in desperate need of fertilizer. It will be another two to three weeks before they go outside, but they won't make it that long if I don't get them some food. They are pale green and starting to shrivel up. Water is ot the issue. What would you recommend for them?

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digdirt2
10 years ago
Any of 100 available liquid, well balanced supplements will work fine. There are lots of both synthetic and organic supplements available that can provide all the needed nutrients - even plain old MG Liquid fertilizer is used by many. Just follow the standard recommendation of using it diluted to half strength or less when working with young plants still in pots.

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