Reddit reviews Espoma GT4 4-Pound Garden-Tone 3-4-4 Plant Food
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An all natural and organic plant food enhanced with thousands of living microbes and is approved for organic gardeningIt is perfect for all vegetables and provides a safe, continuous, and complete balanced feedingMade in United StatesA complete plant food with all 15 essential nutrientsOriginally developed for professional gardenersComplex blend of natural organics provide complete and balanced feeding of all 15 nutrientsEnvironmentally safeNo sludges, hazardous or toxic ingredients
Compost and fertilizer do they same job, but you would be purchasing different things. Fertilizer would be something like Garden-tone which is little granules you'd sprinkle onto your soil. Compost would be something you'd purchase in a bag like potting soil like this. A simple explanation would be that fertilizer usually acts faster and runs out faster, compost takes longer to kick in but lasts longer. Compost also helps break up your soil and improve it so it's healthier for your plants. Compost (or composted manure) is also often cheaper. I usually work compost into my soil and then use a little bit of fertilizer near my big plants like my tomatoes.
Growing plants from seeds is a lot of fun, but it takes about 8 weeks to get tomato and pepper seedlings that are big enough to plant outside. You'd probably be better off starting with seedlings this year and trying to transplant your own next year. Also, setting up a system for growing plants from seeds to make sure they grow well can get complicated fast! So starting your garden one year, and working on seed starting later in winter when there's not as much garden stuff going on is a good idea. In order to save money on seedlings you might want to watch for sales at your local hardware store or see if there are any gardening groups in your area that might trade or sell extra seedlings. You can also plant mostly plants that are always grown from seeds directly in the garden like cucumbers, beans, squash, melons, etc. That simplifies things a lot.
Also I'm glad the size comments were helpful. I learned that the hard way when I was starting out. Doing one side at a time sounds like it would work really well!
And I hope you enjoy preserving. It's amazing how much money it can save once you've had a little practice, especially when the surplus is coming out of your own garden.
I keep seeing posts from a lot of people having great luck with their plants and I want the same for mine.
I set the troughs up using the Square Foot Gardening Technique and they have been doing pretty well. We've been getting Chard, Kale, Green Beans, Snap Peas, a few carrots, and a few beets. Nothing seems to be thriving other than the tomato plants in one of the bins but no fruit yet!
I water regularly but have not fertilized other than last week for the first time and I wasnt sure how much to use. I used one solo cup of each fertilizer and spread the one cup full throughout the three troughs. The tomatos look a little wilted to me but are haning in there and have a few flowers now.
Veggie Fertilizer:http://amzn.com/B001H1LS6G
Tomato Fertilizer: http://amzn.com/B0011UEKKE
Any advice appreciated!
(Picture of my dog included because pets make everything better!)
This is a good one too.
Weird why Amazon would not ship.
Some walmarts carry the Espoma line of organics, so check Walmart.
Absolutely, just the fiber along cleans up your gutt. I hated the taste initially, but so used to it now, its now part of the taste palette.
I went full vegetarian, about 3 years ago, cholesterol is down, blood pressure under control, sugar levels are normal, lost 40+ lbs, more importantly I sleep a lot better. So glad to have a 8hr sleep. I wont say it was just Ashitaba, but it certainly boosted my confidence and changed my view on food.