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Gardeners’ Forum: “Best soil mix for growing tomatoes”

• Best soil mix for growing tomatoes

  Posted by sherrill on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 11:14 AM ADT

  What can you add to soil to make tomatoes grow better? I have heard of adding egg shells, sulpher and water with epsom salts. Does anyone have a mix that works well for you?

  • re: Best soil mix for growing tomatoes

    Posted by earl gillis on Thursday, March 12, 2009 8:54 PM ADT

    loos soil with lots of pet moss i find is best

  • re: Best soil mix for growing tomatoes

    Posted by Nancy on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 1:40 AM ADT

    For our fairly large garden area we started by tilling in a load of top soil. Loads of manure & added grass clippings and lots of fall tree leaves. With in a fairly short time the soil becomes nice & loamy. Grass clippings add nitrogen to the soil that lasts for years. And you don't have to add anything when planting tomato's other than a little root stimulator to get them off to a good start.