Y'all, I am frustrated. My tomato plants are just NOT flowering. They are growing like gangbusters and look very healthy but only two or three blooms, and they've been in the ground since April.
Do you suppose I have too much nitrogen in the soil? Have I over-fertilized? What do I do now?
Novice gardener here! Any help would be greatly appreciated.
~Amanda in OK~
Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered by your old nonsense. -Emerson
I'm no garden expert by any means, but the nitrogen content is what causes plants to create more leaves instead of flowers. Phosporus is what promotes blooms.
Diana St. Peters MO Country Girl trapped in the city!
You could scratch some soft-rock phosphate into your soil. It's safer and more humane than blood meal for adding phosporus to your soil. Sounds like you're too far tilted into the nitrogen end of the scale. You might want to get a test kit or have the ag agent analyze your soil for you before doing anything radical.
after yo uget the mitrogen straightened out use only a fertilizer with a breakdown of 15-30-15 any mroe mitrogen than that will defiantely cause the extra growth. hubby has had extrememly good luck withthis breakdown (he was also raised a farmer lol) what fertilizer did you use? peace connie in alaska
Tomato help please!!!
Posted - Jul 14 2008 : 11:55:06 AM
