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Tue, Jul 19, 11 at 14:56
| I've heard a lot about using red mulch for tomatoes and have seen it used in an in-ground tomato garden as a topper above the topsoil (also some using red plastic sheeting as weed cover).
Has anyone used this in their containers as the top layer? I was thinking of using the 5:1:1 mix and then the red mulch on top. Thanks, Evan |
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| My daughter who lives on the coast and has trouble getting enough sun and heat for her tomatoes, tried it and could not tell any difference. Al |
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| Thanks Al! |
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| I used it in my containers with 511 for tomatoes this year for about a month. But we've had such high temps for the past couple weeks that I am having to water every other day. Just to make sure the whole pot is getting drenched, I have to remove the mulch. It became too much of a bother. My tomatoes are having a tough year largely due to the weather, but also due to more disease and insect attacks. I can't see that the mulch has provided any benefit, but I really don't know. They are just now beginning to ripen, which is later than average for me. |
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