It seems like everywhere we go these days, our friends are asking Kenny to share his "recipe" for growing tomatoes. The recipe came from Henry, a well-known tomato grower in Newnan, written on a scrap of paper that Kenny stores in a sack of lime. As you can see, it looks like it is wrtiten in a secret code. To help you break the code, here are a few hints. SHF is "small handful" and TLS os "tablespoon." Since my small handful is not the same as Kenny's I needed a better measurement. So here iit is:
Recipe for Healthy Tomato Plants
1/2 cup bonemeal
1 tablespoon Epsom salt (magnesium sulfate)
1/2 cup cottonseed meal
1 cup pelletized lime
1/3 cup 10-10-10 fertilizer
Mic all ingefients together. Dig a large whole for the plant and put a handful in the bottom of the hole. Cover with 1 inch of soil. Position the tomato plant in the hole and cover with soil, making a slight berm around the plant.
Our tomato plants thrive and provide us with an abundance of fruit, or should I say vegetable? Below is a picture of the first tomato of the season, planted 10 days ago.
soundsl like a recipe for success
ReplyDeleteAnd where the heck do you buy that stuff? Will my 5-5-5 work just as well?
ReplyDeletedoggybloggy - hopefully we will have a lot of success with our 74 tomato plants.
ReplyDeleteDrW - stop by for some of the magic recipe.
Looks like we have been paired for the T & C this month. I have my dish chosen and I am raring to go. Hope you enjoy browsing my blog as much as I have yours:D
ReplyDeleteBellini Valli - I love your blog and can't wait to taste some of your recipes.
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