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Originally Posted by MarkFromSea  Tomatoes, seems they prefer no fertilizer in order to maximize fruiting. My rhodies also flower better when no fertilizer is added. Add fertilizer to either and the leaves and growth rates are great but there is very little blooms...and subsequent fruits on the tomatoes. Mulch for both, skip the fertilizer all together. |
Do you think there is any truth to putting crushed egg shells around the base of tomato plants for extra calcium? I did it anyway bc I read it helps protect the plants from the pesky hornworms (I HATE THOSE THINGS!!!) They won't crawl past the sharp edges. So far this year I haven't had any attacks *crossing fingers* I did see a few of the tiny caterpillars but only about 3 or 4 so far. Last year they took over an entire desert museum tree. I went outside and was like, why are all the leaves gone? And I looked closer and it was covered in about 50 little caterpillars. I was out there for a good hour catching and splitting those F-ers in half.
My tomato is finally starting to get fruit in. I have about 5 golf ball sized ones and another handful of tiny ones coming in.