the soil is great, i added manure and compost at the beginning of the year.

in each tomato plant hole i started with a couple of tbsp's of espoma tomato-tone, phosphate and bone meal.

that's it up until now. (i planted 6 weeks ago,nyc area)

i have all heirlooms and they are doing great.

some plants have more tomatoes than others but i have 12 different varieties.

i also squeezed in peppers and basil.

at this point i'm not sure to leave things alone and have the plants supported by the nice rich soil or add a 'lil more espoma organic as a boost. i have a lot of little tomatoes springing out.

what's the rule of thumb?

i dont want to risk overfertilizing.

i was also thinking of trying some liquid seaweed for the first time.

any thoughts?

thanx

mike

I'm going to tell you not to fertilize since you've got compost and manure in there. A tomato plant that gets fed to well won't fruit or fruit very little. What happens is the the tomato plant will just keep growing.

The only time I give anything to my Tom's is if the leaves just arn't as green as they should be. When that happens, I just sprinkle a bit of epsom salt around the base. The epsom salt will help the plant pick up more nitrogen.