Tomato Feeding | Pepper and Aubergine Maintenance | NPK Overview | Green Side Up
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- Опубликовано: 26 июн 2022
- Tomato Feeding | Pepper and Aubergine Maintenance | NPK Overview | Green Side Up
It's time for a quick catch up and more information on the trial in my third polytunnel. I am trying a commercial approach to feeding the plants in there and the early signs are very very promising. I also discuss very lightly about NPK and its importantance in knowing about it for your plants.
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Tomato Feeding | Pepper and Aubergine Maintenance | NPK Overview | Green Side Up
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Love the sound of rain on the tunnel. We’re finally getting heat and sun!🇨🇦🇨🇦❤️👍👩🌾. Great video and so so so informative and inspiring.
Its been quite a common sound this year, we are having dreadful weather so far here in Cumbria...Steve...🙂
When Steve says he’s waffling it ALWAYS means MASTERCLASS!!!
This will be interesting comparing the growth, general health of plant & taste. Love your experiments 🌱🌿🍅
… very relaxing too with the sound of the rain 🌧
And just think, we all stayed dry! Thanks Jo !...Steve...🙂
I worked in a garden center and the easy NPK meaning I gave was...Up, Down, All around. Not the whole story but good for newbies to begin wrapping their head around.
Its a good place to start Robin...Steve...🙂
It's great to watch all the experiments, to see the difference is amazing. I really need to try harder my self.
Thanks Mark, hopefully we all get to see a big payoff, I have certainly put the effort into it this year...Steve...🙂
@@GreenSideUp yes u really have helps us all make our own opinion on what to do
I absolutely love the research and education element of your channel. I have only been gardening for two years and this is my first year trying to grow produce. I have been religiously following you and Eli as I learn loads from you both. You explain things in great detail which really helps me as a novice gardeners to understand ‘why’ you do things and not just ‘what’ you do. I can see from the comments that experienced gardeners also pick up loads. Thanks
Thank you Ruth, that means a lot to me ...Steve...🙂
Another great knowledgeable video Steve. Thank you.
Many thanks Hazel...Steve...🙂
I love your waffle, Steve 🤣🤣
Thank you for another great informative video. Really looking forward to seeing the results at the end of the season :)
Many thanks Nicola, more waffle on the way!...Steve...🙂
Everything looks so lush and healthy. I like watching people who do their own trials and tests as it increases our knowledge and helos those who do struggle with poir soils.
Really informative and interesting seeing your tests. Thank you.
Thank you so much Joan!...Steve...🙂
Great info! Like you I feed my tomatoes daily previously with tomorite. This year however I'm using the Nutrigrow that came with my new quadgrow planters. Really impressive growth and I've got fruit earlier than usual, even on my heirloom Italian oxheart, which is slow to get going. I'm up on the Solway coast. The shocker are the leftover Tom's I've put in pots outside. They usually do really poorly but this year I'm giving them the Nutrigrow and they are definitely smaller than the greenhouse gang but are full of flowers and really strong looking. After watching your informative video, I looked up the nutrient profile Bottle A:
Very interesting, I have never used the nitrigrow before...Steve...🙂
How lovely to hear the rain, I live in the south-east and it's incredibly dry. The last rain in our garden was on 5th June and before that 20th May, then some time in April. My fruit and veg are really suffering this year. The information on fertilisers was very interesting.
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it...Steve...🙂
Thanks Steve, fascinating stuff with such high numbers but a kind of ordinary nitrogen value. Looking forward to the results.
Thanks Amanda, I am still bending my head around it all to be honest, when I understand more of it I can confidently pass it on...Steve...🙂
Interesting to see the results, I was wondering how you use so many tomatoes, maybe you could share your Chef’s knowledge too. Thanks Steve .
Love your wisdom .... my guru!
Aww shucks, you are too kind!...Steve...🙂
Great video Steve and I nearly choked when I saw the price of the master blend but it was for a 25 pound bag 😂
Yes it is quite expensive, I paid £32 for the bags I bought to trial with...Steve...🙂
I noticed that my local 'sell it all shop' had bags of potassium for just over £2. I might get some and see what happens. They sell everything at that shop, plants, nails, screws, mops, plant pots, and all the trade goods say for plumbers etc. I love that shop.
Cheap is always good Kath!...Steve...🙂
Good video Steve, you have already taught me a lot over the last two years, I have followed your feeding methods and had success. Your new ideas/experiments/commercial ways are very interesting. Thanks for posting.
Thank you Peter, I cant resist a test, its another oppurtunity for me to learn something...Steve...🙂
Great vlog Steve and as always so helpful and informative thanks 👍
You are welcome Janet, thanks for watching...Steve...🙂
Hi Steve, great video, good luck on your experiments 👍👍look forward to the results 👍
Thanks Mark, early signs are good lets see how the season progresses...Steve...🙂
Part of the reason why shop ferts are cheap and less npk is money if commercial blends like master blend were the same price as normal over the counter ferts the commercial fert companies wouldn't exist its the dollar but there's another catch that some commercial blends especially New ones will always be trialed commercialy before it ever gets to home gardeners thats also why price is higher as well
The3re is a lot of sense in your comment!...Steve...🙂
Hi Steve, great video and thanks for sharing and take care 🙂
Many thanks Christine...Steve...🙂
Meant to say, all round great vlog as always 👌
Great info Steve 👍 🍅👍
I hope your experiment turns out well 👍🍅👍
Me too Peggy, I love a good trial I must admit !...Steve...🙂
Great video and thank you for the info on food for toms
You are most welcome Leaton...Steve...🙂
@@GreenSideUp I gave you a shout out on my last vid re the tomato side shoot planting. Jason.
Appreciate your doing the aubergine update I do that with mine because Bethan says she treats hers like tomatoes and it allows airflow and stronger fruits. Thank you for sharing have a great week🐝 safe
Thank you Ali, I am hoping for a good crop of Aubegines/Eggplant this year...Steve...🙂
@@GreenSideUp 😭 just came in my aubergine have aphids 🤬🤬
You’re opening up a new thing to me Steve, Straight Fertilisers”, tailor made eh. You’ve got my attention. I’m not very tech minded, enough to get by, don’t use social media really, but word of mouth counts a lot and I pass your name on to lots of people. You’ll get there before you know it.
Hi Pat, it is how we bought all our fertilizers when I first started gardening, weighed out on old fashined scales into brown paper bags...Steve...🙂
Do the commercial growers still use soil or is it all inert media? I think it does far better with a lot more aeration in the media.
They change the NPK ratio depending on the stage of growth. They also change the number of waterings per day at different stages, its called crop steering.
Hi Jeff, this crop steering is very interesting (did not know it was called that), but it is what I have been reading about lately and makes some very interesting points...Steve...🙂
Kalium was the latin name for potassium. The chemical symbol for potassium is K
Thank you!...Steve...🙂
I wouldn't want to mimic the commercial growers Steve .They produce tasteless watery tomatoes 😞 Update ,just seen Greg's post below about farmers market tomatoes .We don't have that resource near me so I'll just continue with my methods with my few plants .
Watery tomatoes are generally because they've been picked shortly after watering. A tip for picking tomatoes is to not water until the point of slight stress. The plant will use all of its essential sugars nutrients and proteins and end up within the fruit instead of just water circulating the plant and going into the fruit.
Thanks for the great tip about the aubergines side shoots, I've done that now in my greenhouse, but I've noticed some white flies, any tips on how to get rid of those please Steve? Jane (Polytunnel lady) 🤣🤣
Interesting video! It's a bit of a faff but when set up I bet it's excellent. I just plant in big pots in my greenhouse with my homemade compost with chicken pellet and blood fish and bone, I do feed them liquid feed twice a week and they're as big as me now. I'd probably try it out if in had more space but I do well with how I'm growing now. 👍
It was a bit of a faff for a couple of days but now very easy and second nature, but if what you are doing is working for you then that is all that matters...Steve...🙂
K is for Kalium, as it's called in most Germanic language countries.
Many thanks Steve, much appreciated...Steve...🙂
Hi Steve. Could you review the content of your transcript for the video, as it appears to me that somewhere in the middle of the video you discussed potassium when meant phosphorus. I could be confused myself of course 🤣
Is the Masterblend not mixed with calcium nitrate to make an NPK ratio of around 1:1:2?
Is there any way of getting to know the NPK of homemade liquid feeds like comfrey or nettle tea's? We know, for example, nettle tea is high in nitrogen but how high?
Hi Steve,, we have a very heavy clay soil here in Spain and the tomatoes in my polytunnel aren't developing as they should and any fruit that starts to grow dries up. The daytime temp here is around 30 plus. I was feeding with 4 1 7 but have just obtained some slow release 10 6 13. Any advice you can give would be appreciated.
Hi Steve, another interesting video, makes me wonder if you will lose some of the flavour with the master blend tomatoes like the shop bought ones. looking forward to you doing a taste test.
Hi Derek, all the flavour should be there. Shop bought tomatoes are picked and packed green then artificially ripened with ethylene gas to make them look red and ripe, it is the ripening on the plant that develops the flavour...Steve...🙂
I have been using rock phosphate which I originally bought to support carrots but the bag was so big I chucked it into the hole with my tomatoes too. It is supposed to be slow release, so far the tomato fruits are looking really healthy on it. Otherwise I was struggling to find any off the shelf fertiliser that had a good high PK ratio (like the masterblend) and wasn't just focussed on the N. I wonder if consumer blends are limited for environmental reasons of some kind?
Could the really high P.K impair the flavour of the tomato? as shop bought tomatoes generaly dont taste of much or is that down to the breed of tomato they use. just wonder if a fast ripening fruit gives less taste to a slower ripening fruit.
No on the contrary it will increase the flavour. Most supermarket tomatoes are actually picked green and force fed ethylene gas. This gives the illusion they are ripe as ethylene gas makes the tomatoe turn red... However it actually couldn't be further from the truth. You are basicslly eating a green thick walled tomato that's been painted red. No flavour has developed yet and is probably still 2 or 3 weeks away from being ripe.
Now farmers markets are where you should be getting your tomatoes from. Whether they use organic or inorganic fertalisers it won't matter they are well cared for and picked ripe and they will taste fantastic.
I was pruning the tomatoes the other day and behind me a pepper plant snapped right at the base 😞 not a clue how it happened, one of the few that I managed to grow from seed so was not happy.
Hi Steve, enjoyed the video, my only thoughts on the commercial growers is imo they grown for the masses in bulk and what we get in the shops suffers in the flavour department! So I will be more than interested in your findings. For the time being I will stick with the old methods 🤔
Hi Alan I am the person in the video he is referring too and I have grown commercial for years. Commercial just means to sell or make a profit. I've worked in organic hoop houses and also conventional hoop houses and both places sold tomatoes at market farms.
Now tomatoes at market farms taste better than anything sold at a supermarket. Supermarket picked tomatos are picked green and force fed ethylene gas to force ripen them. Essentially you're eating a green tomato turned red.
You won't taste much difference atall if any from tomatoes picked and sold at farmers markets! If you have a local one next to you that's where you need to buy from. Not supermarket
@@saltytree729 Thanks for your comment, and concur shop bought toms are flavourless. and the reason for growing our own. am looking forward to seeing Steve's results, not sure I can afford Masterblend at present
I'm assuming the big commercial companies don't want local snall growers using there magic stuff to compete with them. That's my guess on the numbers differencem great vid steve
Its a good theory james, I mst see if I can ask some questions somewhere, I have quite a few and it would be interesting to hear their answers...Steve...🙂
Hi Steve Tomorite is possible a weaker solution than commercial , same as weed killers, they sell it to farmer etc fresh and what they don't use they buy it back and then bottle it to sell to supermarkets, garden centres etc due to they lose their strength. My friend told me this last year he works for the council and that's what they do. He did use a 1 year old weed killer and it didn't do what it normally did. But when they got fresh it killed like normal
Interesting Lee, never heard that before...Steve...🙂
Looking into masterblend, do you only use that or along with the Epsom salt etc? interesting, especially considering the NPK levels compared to tomorite. Do you simply mix into water?
My idea of running my trial is so you people watching dont have to, this one particularly requires some knowledge that I have not yet passed on and some hidden costs that I have not yet stated or spoken of...Steve...🙂
Steve my question was missed on the live show the volcanic rock dust is expensive would bags of ordinary builders quarry dust do a similar job
That I do not really know Lawrence, volcanic rock dust has trace elements and it is why it is so good...Steve...🙂
@@GreenSideUp np i was just thinking granite dust for builders is cheap and granite is a volcanic rock
i use rabbit droppings as a slow release feed for toms and cucs....tomorite as never worked for me to be honest....
There is a gardener on our allotment site who makes a tea from rabbit droppings simply by hanging a net of the droppings in a water butt, another gardener does the same with sheep droppings...Steve...🙂
Don't rule out soluble miracle gro as an alternative to feed mixed with Epsom salt and calcium nitrate. A weak 25% solution seems to work well with greens.
I never rule out anything really!...Steve...🙂
Hi Steve, one of my tomato plants have started to produce 2 main stems what is the best thing to do about it ? Cheers
I would cut one off, but also be cautious as I have done that before and lost the plant, it is best done when the split stems are small...Steve...🙂
Do you use the master blend after the tomorite? Once the plants have grown enough foliage switch to the master blend, that's how I would use them, it seems logical?🤔🤔😁🌱🐛☀️
The idea with using masterblend is to use it from the start and as the plant grows the mix gets stronger. I started using it partway through this season to see what it is like. This is why I want to run the whole test again next year starting from very small plants. This is why I said that using masterblend is an expensive thing to use, and why I am doing the test and recording it on video so that others dont have to get involved in it and spend the money, not knowing. I hope to do a breakdown of costs later in the year, then do the whole thing again next year, uless the costs are truly massive!...Steve...🙂
I use a organic seaweed fertiliser so far it’s ok but I have noticed that although I’m getting tomato’s there is hardly any flowers.
After watching this video I went out into the garden to look on the bottle and found that there was no NPK on the bottle have you got any idea why 🤷🏻♀️ thank you.
I consider seaweed feed as more of a tonic myself, I use it as such too. I generally use it when a plant has been in a pot too long or if the foliage of a plant is starting to yellow. I would get yourself a tomato fertiliser and start using that if you can, it should be formulated to do what you need...Steve...🙂
I see your tomatoes look a bit Scrappy as you say. I looked into mine and I think it may have been grazon they were Twisted not just curled is that what you believe could be the issue or do you know what has caused your issue?
Hi Dwayne, the majority of the tomatoes within my test are known to grow a bit scrappy, the corled leaves I have on these are due to temperature fluctuations of too high and too low...Steve...🙂
Hi, Steve I'm growing Brad's atomic & Barry's crazy legs. Funny looking plants leaves seem to curl up a bit. And I've got some of the plants splitting in two I have never seen that before. I've got Master blend but not sure how to use it 🙈been making Comfrey & nettle tea this year as well. I've noticed my Tom's have plenty of growth but not many flowers?
How many fruit trusses do you have roughly on each plant?...Steve...🙂
@@GreenSideUp hi Steve, 3-4 trusses .
@@fliff_plot7329 Try a high potash feed like Tomorite or if your comfrey tea is ready feed them with that...Steve...🙂
NPK, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium. AKA Green, Roots, Fruit.
I Have Lots Of Flowers On My Tomatoes, No Fruit
Is This Ok?
Hi Debbie, Tomatoes go through different stages of growth, there is the vegetative stage (green growth) then the blooming stage (Flower production) then the fruiting stage, it sounds like you are just between the last two. Start feeding a high potash feed to encourage the plants to start making fruits. That is the "K" part of NPK, Tomorite is a good ell known one in the UK but any good feed labeled as "Tomato Feed" will work...Steve...🙂
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Thank You. You Are Ever So Clever, All Your Gardening Knowledge Is Amazing.
Hopefully it has no detrimental effect on the taste. But the veg are looking great.
It should be completely the reverse so I am told...Steve...🙂
Buy some seeds to grow Steve
Thank you very much William!...Steve...🙂
Potassium is K on the periodic table I think
Thank you Anthony!...Steve...🙂
K is potassium on the periodic table. Sorry, I’m a nerd😊
I don’t see scissors….
Like dislike share download thanks clip save...the clip is the scissors Frances...Steve...🙂
The scissors don’t appear. I’ll try my big computer later.