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Briarwoods Joined: 3/16/2006 Location: Let's Go Mets!! Posts: 1207	Posted: May/20/2008 3:15 AM PST Last year I did it all wrong. I tried to grow veggies in containers with garden soil and I never fertilized. This year I am going to get a generic potting mix and fertilizer. What fertilizer to I get for container tomatoes, green beans and bell peppers? Quote \| Reply \| Report

CarolineC Joined: 7/14/2007 Location: SE Pennsylvania zone 6b Posts: 393	Posted: May/20/2008 3:36 AM PST There's granular tomato fertilizer that you can buy. This is my first year growing anything but herbs in containers, but I have been using it in my container tomatoes, etc. You can also use that fertilizer for other veggies. Tomatoes, I think, also benefit from composted manure. When I have remembered to, I've added some manure where I will be planting tomatoes. You could also fertilize with compost, or compost tea. Quote \| Reply \| Report

sweetlebee Joined: 5/09/2005 Location: Posts: 19587	Posted: May/20/2008 8:06 AM PST I'm wondering about that too. I thought you shouldn't add compost or manure to a container. Maybe you should top-dress it with a few inches? Since I planted in Miracle-Gro with "3 months of fertilizer" already added, do I need to fertilize in addition to that? Quote \| Reply \| Report

Briarwoods Joined: 3/16/2006 Location: Let's Go Mets!! Posts: 1207	Posted: May/20/2008 8:33 AM PST Quote: Originally posted by sweetlebee I'm wondering about that too. I thought you shouldn't add compost or manure to a container. Maybe you should top-dress it with a few inches? Since I planted in Miracle-Gro with "3 months of fertilizer" already added, do I need to fertilize in addition to that? sweetle...from what I have read, if you are using something with fertilizer in it, you don't need to add any for about 6 weeks. I think I will do that top dressing thing with compost instead of buying a "product"...Thanks for the idea! Quote \| Reply \| Report

biyu_wolf_77 Joined: 3/05/2008 Location: around Posts: 1764	Posted: May/20/2008 9:19 AM PST i rarely fertalise but my moms plants get it when she asks fer them to --i have maricle-gro products the shake-n-feed the concentrate liquid an the boxed powder stuff plus my 2 things of rooting hormone an my mixed waterbottles also im startin enough pots today or "should" be im just usin the compost/manure an tyopsoil mix from farm an fleet its cheap but it works GREAT even with containers well dos fer me Quote \| Reply \| Report

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