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to: MIKE MCDONALD
from: THURSTON ACKERMAN
date: 1997-07-04 17:45:00
subject: Container Gardening

MM>i live in a third-floor apartment. i decided recently to put out tomatoes 
on
MM>my balcony. i currently have two Better Bush plants in large oak planters.
MM>they are doing fairly well so far. getting full un and plenty of 
miracle-gro
It probably is not a good practice to over fertilize until the plants
produce some blossoms (I heard one nationally accepted agronomist warn
that plants that were too satisfied with much green leafage would not
feel threatened enough to attempt to reproduce 8-); then use liberal
fertilizering and water to assist setting buds and growing fruit.
Some of us have found it useful to add some epson salts (magnesium
sulfate) at blossom time to increase the setting of buds for tomatoes
and egg plants.
Ciao, Ack.
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