What Is The Best Fertilizer For Plant?

I want to grow tomatoes, what kind of fertilizer should I get, and how should I plant them?

• Answer:

  I prefer Miracle Grow for fertilizer. It is easy to buy plant and set them out. You can start from seeds but it takes more effort and you have less variety. Plant the plants about ever 3 to 4 feet in the row and have at least 4 feet between rows. The plants will get big and spread out alot. You will want to stake them when they start growing (tie limbs up of ground to keep tomatoes from spoiling on vine) or cage them. You do not have to. Put the plants into the ground with the soil from container still on them and water them in. It may help to place a small can or other container open on both ends around them to keep them from getting wind damage in the frist few days. Again you do not have too. Wate them good the first day to settle soil and get them started. Water every few days allowing soil to dry between waterings. As they grow keep and eye out for pests. Tomatoe worms manifest themselves in leaves disappearing form entire limbs of palnts. Pull them off by ahnd or Sevin dust them with 5% Sevin. Blister bugs will ruin them too. Sevin alos kills them. Be awre that tomatoes are determinate and indeterminate. Determinate tomatoes all get ripe at once for making salsa, canning etc. the indeterminate ones get ripe in a random manner over many weeks and are good to keep fresh tomatoes handy. Find out which are which before buying if you care. I like Porter and Improved Port for eatting. Little cherry tomatoes are good. I also like Celebrity, Early Girl, Better Boy, Carnival, Sure Fire, Merced (determinate) Golden Jubilee. I do not care for Patio, BeefSteak, Climbing types ( all result in low yields in North Central Texas). Enjoy