Tomatoes enjoy the attention given to them. The best attention that can be given to them is the nutrients. They are heavy feeders and they need as much nutrients as you can possibly give them, especially all through the growing time. Nutrients can be given with so many ways. Among the ways that can be done in order to improve their nutrients are the use of fertilizers. The tomato fertilizers can be chemical but can also be organic. This extra nutrient will surely become a growing boost for the tomatoes. But there are so many fertilizers available in the market that it is so difficult to know which one is the best.
The best fertilizer for one farmer may not be the one that is also the best for another farmer. Why is that so? Fertilizers are used to improve the nutrient content of the soil and therefore, the best fertilizers for certain soil is different with the other. To know the type of soil that you can on your garden, then you will need to have your soil tested before the planting started. The best soil would be the one having a balanced soil or the one with high nitrogen. If this is the one that you have, then you will need to use the fertilizer that is lower in nitrogen but have a higher content of phosphorus.
Another question would be when to use the tomato fertilizer? When is the best timing? To be able to ensure that your garden has a balanced and nutritious soil, then you should do it before the planting started. Once the tomato plants are planted, they can directly benefited from the soil and grow healthily. After that, you need to wait for a few months or until the tomato plant set fruit and then fertilize them again.
The most effective way to fertilize the soil is by mixing the tomato fertilizer with the soil that will be used to plant them. Put this mixture at the bottom part of the planting hole or pots. On top of the mixture of fertilizer and soil, place unmixed soil before then you put the plant in the hole. This is to make sure that they fertilizer will not come in contact directly with the roots. When this happens, the root may be burn and thus the plant dies. The fertilizer would be there to nutrient the soil but they will need some space between them and the root.
