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  • From: road's end farm <organic101 AT linkny.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Organic solutions for hanging tomato baskets
  • Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 16:58:22 -0500

On Mar 1, 2007, at 1:23 PM, Jeff Cantara wrote:

Greetings-
 
We are a certified organic farm.  Last year we experimented with hanging tomato baskets for the first time.  We used a mix of an excellent compost based potting soil, some vermiculite, some peat based potting mix and a generous scoop of North Country Organics Pro-Start (2-3-4??).  The problem was that the vigorous plants were exhausting the nutrients in the basket about while there was still six weeks or more production left in the plants.
 
Our conventional counterparts use Osmacoat ??? pellets and other slow release products.  I am looking for some OMRI-listed alternatives.  Any input much appreciated.  Thanks
 

Try a fish emulsion-seaweed mix. I use Saltwater Farms'; but there are a number on the market; you should be able to find something that will satisfy your certifier. I haven't done this with hanging tomato baskets, but often use this for transplants if they have to be in the flats longer than the nutrients in the potting soil hold out.

-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale



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