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What fertilizers are safe for container gardening - herbs and leafy veggies? (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Oct 2019 OP
Anything organic from Home Depot wryter2000 Oct 2019 #1
I might try tomatoes next year. Baitball Blogger Oct 2019 #4
Foxfarm is good. 5X Oct 2019 #2
I suspect I might have to online order that one. Baitball Blogger Oct 2019 #5
Most important is to have a good planting mix that Botany Oct 2019 #3
I'll look for the brands. Baitball Blogger Oct 2019 #6

wryter2000

(47,332 posts)
1. Anything organic from Home Depot
Fri Oct 11, 2019, 04:45 PM
Oct 2019

I've grown herbs and vegetables in Earthboxes for years. I grab whatever is on the shelf at Home Depot. These days, just about anything is organic. I generally get something tomato-specific for tomatoes. It's higher in calcium, I believe, which minimizes blossom end rot.

Baitball Blogger

(47,760 posts)
4. I might try tomatoes next year.
Sat Oct 12, 2019, 09:02 AM
Oct 2019

Not sure if it's a safe around here since I also have a butterfly garden. Not that the food specific caterpillars will get ideas, but the bugs that are also around this garden might get ideas.

Botany

(72,350 posts)
3. Most important is to have a good planting mix that
Fri Oct 11, 2019, 06:27 PM
Oct 2019

.. feeds the micro critters. VX pro mix is good. As per fert. Espoma plantone.
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