Posted by darkbrowneggs on June 15, 2011, 1:18 pm
Am I imagining this? Many years ago I think I read somewhere that the
sideshoots taken from corden tomatoes could be soaked in water and made
a good fertilizer to feed back to the plants
Anyone know anything about this?
All the best
Sue
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darkbrowneggs
Posted by David Hare-Scott on June 15, 2011, 7:20 pm
darkbrowneggs wrote:
> Am I imagining this? Many years ago I think I read somewhere that the
> sideshoots taken from corden tomatoes could be soaked in water and
> made a good fertilizer to feed back to the plants
> Anyone know anything about this?
> All the best
> Sue
Any cuttings off your plants (not diseased) can be recylcled into compost.
I know of no reason why tomatoes or a special kind of tomato would be any
better than anything else. Typically fleshy shoots from annuals would not
contain great concentrations of nutrients, they are mainly cellulose and
water.
David
Posted by Steve Peek on June 15, 2011, 9:14 pm
> darkbrowneggs wrote:
>> Am I imagining this? Many years ago I think I read somewhere that the
>> sideshoots taken from corden tomatoes could be soaked in water and
>> made a good fertilizer to feed back to the plants
>>
>> Anyone know anything about this?
>>
>> All the best
>> Sue
> Any cuttings off your plants (not diseased) can be recylcled into compost.
> I know of no reason why tomatoes or a special kind of tomato would be any
> better than anything else. Typically fleshy shoots from annuals would not
> contain great concentrations of nutrients, they are mainly cellulose and
> water.
> David
It's much better to root them for late tomato production.
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> sideshoots taken from corden tomatoes could be soaked in water and
> made a good fertilizer to feed back to the plants
> Anyone know anything about this?
> All the best
> Sue