Tomato Tips
Use for peppers and eggplants also.
 • One part Alaska Humisoil to one part sand and one part peat moss makes a very effective planting mix that helps tomato seeds germinate fast.
• Apply Bountea Compost Tea with Root Web and M3 to the seedlings when their first true leaves appear.
• Prepare the soil with Humisoil and Soil Life Starter one week before transplanting.
• Transplanting: remove lower leaves on 50% of stem – dig a trench 4” deep and lay the stem diagonally in the trench – cover the stem.
• Leave lots of room (2 - 3 feet) around your tomato plants for ventilation and root growth. With Bountea, roots, leaves, and stem will grow bigger and stronger.
• Mulch around the base of the plants with compost or other mulch.
• If you are growing tomatoes with Bountea Compost Tea for the first time on ground that has been chemically fertilized, the plants may grow very big and may set fruit late. This is due to the over-release of nitrogen.
• If tomato plants grow too strongly, cut down on the application of nitrogen based nutrients (M3) and apply potassium-based products such as kelp. Prune the plants hard.
 • Trim all the lower leaves from tomato plants to allow ventilation and avoid gray mold. Do not allow more than 15 main shoots on indeterminate tomato plants. Prune off excess shoots throughout the season.
• To avoid tomato blight (brown blotches on the tomato leaves and stem), foliar spray the tomato plants with Bountea Compost Tea that has been fungally activated. Chandrappa Gangaiah of Kansas State University, in consultation with John Evans, used compost tea to control tomato blight. Read the article abstract.
Bountea Compost Tea Application Schedule - as used by commercial growers
Bountea Ingredients |
When/How |
Soil Drench or Foliar Spray |
Soil Life Starter + Humisoil |
Add to soil or planting mix before planting. |
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Humisoil + Bioactivator (no Root Web) |
20 - 30 days before transplanting on prepared soil and seedlings |
Drench |
*Fungally Activated Humisoil
+ Bioactivator + M3 + Root Web + Boron (if needed) |
At transplanting |
Drench |
Humisoil + Bioactivator + M3 + Epsom Salts (if needed) + Kelp |
2 – 3 weeks after transplanting |
Drench or Foliar Spray |
Humisoil + Bioactivator |
4 - 5 weeks after transplanting |
Drench |
Humisoil + Activator + Kelp + QLC |
After flowering when fruit sets |
Foliar Spray |
*Fungal Activator is not essential but can be obtained as a special order from Soil Health Solutions. Boron is an essential trace element that can be replaced if needed by propriety products such as Solubor.
Epsom Salts is Magnesium Sulfate and is used for magnesium deficiency when tomato leaves turn yellow. Apply at a rate of 1 tbl per plant or ¼ cup to 4 gallons of Bountea Compost Tea.
Kelp is a good source of potassium needed for flowers and fruit to set. Use ¼ cup per 4 gallons of Bountea.
QLC can be added to Bountea at the rate of 2 tablespoons per 4 gallon of compost tea to help fruiting.
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