Gardening Methods

What should I feed my tomatoes, is regular garden soil okay?

I am currently using Miracle Grow Garden soil. Should I continue using this when I transplant them to their final bed?
Someone on YA said to use “plant food”, can you tell me what kind?

Just say “no” to Miracle-Gro! By adding Miracle-Gro to your garden beds, you are ultimately damaging your soil. Instead, you can use a much cheaper method that enhances your soil and give you much better results for your tomatoes.

When you transfer your tomatoes to their final bed, simply work in several bags of well-rotted compost into the soil to a depth of about six inches. As you will notice when you go to the home improvement store, a bag of compost is MUCH cheaper than a bag of Miracle Gro!

Compost works by slowly releasing beneficial nutrients into the soil. It also helps to improve your soil, increasing water retention in sandy soils and improving drainage in thick, clay soils.

Miracle-Gro and other synthetic fertilizers are very high in nitrogen. Nitrogen makes your plants grow very quickly at the expense of tomato production. That is not good!

Compost also helps to prevent fungal diseases and pest invasions. Not only can you work in compost before planting, you can use compost as a side-dressing later in the growing season.

Just think: the chemicals in Miracle-Gro will eventually end up INSIDE the tomato you are going to eat!

Here is more information about growing tomatoes WITHOUT using expensive and harsh chemicals like Miracle-Gro:

http://www.organicgardening.com/feature/0,7518,s1-5-16-193,00.html

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