Summer fruiting crops such as tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants will benefit from a side-dressing of fertilizer when they first set fruit and every 4 to 6 weeks thereafter. Feed fruiting crops that have flowered and set fruit with liquid balanced fertilizers such as compost tea, comfrey tea or solid organic fertilizers in powder, pellet, or…
Side Dressing
Fertilizer Side-dressing Vegetable Crops
Side dressing is the application of fertilizers in a shallow furrow or band along the side of vegetable row crops or in a circle around individual plants. Side dressing gives extra nutrients to vegetable crops so that they can produce to their full potential. To side dress create a furrow 1 to 2 inches deep…