Vegetable Fertilizers

I have been growing tomatoes in containers for over fifteen year The number one thing that separates a struggling plant from a thriving one is the feed you give it. Store-bought fertilizers are fine. However, once I started making my own, the difference in flavor, yield, and plant health was impossible to ignore. Growing tomatoes […]

What Happened When I Stopped Buying Fertilizer and Started Making It My first season using homemade fertilizer for vegetables changed the way I think about the soil beneath my feet — and the food on my table. By Margaret Holloway  ·  Master Gardener, 18 Years’ Experience I’ve amended soil professionally for nearly two decades. I’ve

The first time I tasted a cherry tomato I had grown myself, warm from the vine and split with sweetness, I understood why gardeners become obsessed. However, what I didn’t fully appreciate then was how much of that flavor depends on the soil. Over time, I learned that fertilizing is the difference between a plant

Best Fertilizer for Growing Tomatoes in Containers: Hard-Won Lessons from a Decade of Patio Growing By a Container Vegetable Specialist & Tomato Cultivation Consultant The Summer I Finally Got It Right My sixth season growing tomatoes in containers was the first one that did not end in disappointment. Five years of stunted plants, blossom drop,

Best Fertilizer for Vegetables — An Expert’s Hands-On Review I grew up in southwestern Nigeria, where my father kept a kitchen garden behind our house that seemed to produce food in defiance of logic. The soil was sandy, the rains were unpredictable, and yet his tomatoes were legendary in the neighborhood. Years later, after earning