How to Make Tomato Food - Organic Fertilizer

With the right tomato food, you can grow terrific tomatoes. Many people spend a lot of money on store-bought fertilizers which are full of chemicals. These fertilizers are not only expensive; they’re bad for your tomatoes as well as your health. There are simple ways however to make your own healthy, low-cost, and effective organic plant fertilizer at home. You can make organic liquid fertilizer out of seaweed, earthworm compost, rabbit droppings or other vegetarian animal manure, coffee grounds, etc.

Here's how to make a wonderful organic tomato food out of seaweed:

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 10 Gallon plastic garbage can
• Seaweed
• Water
• Knife

1. Go to the store and purchase a large container to hold the natural fertilizer. A 10 gallon plastic garbage can with a lid, works great.

2. Collect the seaweed. You can use either use fresh or dried seaweed for your natural fertilizer but fresh will have more nitrogen in it. You can either purchase your seaweed at a local grocery store, oriental store, or if you live by the ocean; you can go and collect some on your own. Some of the more touristy beaches actually pay people to get rid of seaweed once it is washed ashore.

3. Wash out the container that will hold your tomato food and also wash the seaweed if it’s fresh to get rid of the sand and extra salts.

4. Chop the seaweed up and add to the natural fertilizer container. Fill the container half full of seaweed and fill the rest with water. Put the lid on.

5. Stir the natural fertilizer every 3-4 days.

6. Let the fertilizer sit for 3 months and then dilute with water before using. This is so you don’t burn the roots of the plants. Dilute the tomato food to a mixture of 2 fl ounces of seaweed water to 1 gallon of freshwater. You can also add a little bit of fish emulsion to your natural fertilizer mix which will add extra N to the soil.

7. Spray the tomato food onto your crops and watch them flourish!

Resources

• Find all of your organic gardening solutions here, at Arbico-Organics.com
• Go Green with ECO FRIENDLY landscaping tools from GreenGardenTools
• Herb garden indoor

[jenng]

on 6/17/2009 Great article on how to make organic tomato food 5*