Feeding Sweet Pepper and Tomato plants

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Posted by char35 9 Houston (My Page) on

Wed, Apr 30, 14 at 13:07

Can I feed the tomato plant food to my sweet peppers as well? ( growing in pots) I've got lots of tomatoes growing and several green peppers are formed!
Thanks for advice.

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Posted by digdirt 6b-7a North AR (My Page) on
Wed, Apr 30, 14 at 13:46

What food is it specifically? There are lots of "tomato plant foods" out there. What are the nutrient ratings? Not all fertilizers are the same and peppers have different nutrient needs than some other crops.

More information please.

Dave

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Posted by char35 9 Houston (My Page) on
Wed, Apr 30, 14 at 14:03

I use Miracle Grow Tomato food. 18-18-21 It aslo has copper, manganese, iron and zinc.

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Posted by digdirt 6b-7a North AR (My Page) on
Wed, Apr 30, 14 at 17:18

You would want to dilute it to no more than 1/4 strength for peppers as they are less tolerant of excess N than tomato plants unless you happened to want giant bushy plants but only a few peppers. :)

But then that strength is also considered very strong for tomatoes too if used full strength. If used in one of their hose end sprayers it is automatically diluted by the sprayer but if mixing it in sprinkling cans or buckets for watering you will need to do the dilutions yourself by cutting the amount per gallon in half or less.

If you explore the many tomato fertilizers available you'll find that most of them are much lower dosage. It is easy to overdose with such strong fertilizers so generally speaking it is better to feed more frequently with well diluted lower doses than only once or twice with very high doses.

Dave

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