Planting tomatoes in your back yard helps you control the growing environment to produce fresh, ready-to-eat vegetables. You'll need to use some type of fertilizer to enrich the soil with necessary nutrients so your tomatoes reach their full growth potential. Many items already around your house can make great, homemade tomato fertilizers.
Hair
Hair contains keratin, sulfur and nitrogen. These nutrients slowly release into the soil as the hair breaks down. Because it acts as a slow-release fertilizer, an application of hair fertilizer can add nutrients weeks after being administered. You can use either human hair or pet hair. Animals shed more frequently and copiously than humans, so many gardeners brush their pets often and use the excess hair for the garden. The best way to keep it from blowing away in the wind is to pat it into the dirt. This way it combines with a little bit of soil to weigh it down. If you use a thick layer of hair, it will also act as a barrier, keeping weeds from sprouting through the garden surface.
Hair
Hair contains keratin, sulfur and nitrogen. These nutrients slowly release into the soil as the hair breaks down. Because it acts as a slow-release fertilizer, an application of hair fertilizer can add nutrients weeks after being administered. You can use either human hair or pet hair. Animals shed more frequently and copiously than humans, so many gardeners brush their pets often and use the excess hair for the garden. The best way to keep it from blowing away in the wind is to pat it into the dirt. This way it combines with a little bit of soil to weigh it down. If you use a thick layer of hair, it will also act as a barrier, keeping weeds from sprouting through the garden surface.
Eggshells
Eggshells provide calcium and a small amount of nitrogen. Allow the moisture in the eggshells to evaporate in a warm location, or use the heat from a gas oven's pilot light to dry out the shells over a couple of days. Crumble them before sprinkling them around the base of your tomato plant. You can then water the area to help the shells stick to the ground.
Coffee grounds
Used coffee grounds can be applied to the soil of your garden to add nutrients for your tomato plants. The grounds work best when they are completely dry. After you brew your coffee, leave the grounds out for a few days until all the moisture has evaporated. This recipe also works in combination with the eggshells. If you have scattered shells already, add a layer of dry coffee grounds to the mix.
Eggshells provide calcium and a small amount of nitrogen. Allow the moisture in the eggshells to evaporate in a warm location, or use the heat from a gas oven's pilot light to dry out the shells over a couple of days. Crumble them before sprinkling them around the base of your tomato plant. You can then water the area to help the shells stick to the ground.
Coffee grounds
Used coffee grounds can be applied to the soil of your garden to add nutrients for your tomato plants. The grounds work best when they are completely dry. After you brew your coffee, leave the grounds out for a few days until all the moisture has evaporated. This recipe also works in combination with the eggshells. If you have scattered shells already, add a layer of dry coffee grounds to the mix.
Epsom salts
A mixture of 1 tbsp. of Epsom salts to 1 gallon of water gives tomato plants magnesium and sulfate. You can sprinkle this solution on your plants once a month, but be careful not to overdo it. Salt can be harmful to all plants if doses exceed their tolerance level.
A mixture of 1 tbsp. of Epsom salts to 1 gallon of water gives tomato plants magnesium and sulfate. You can sprinkle this solution on your plants once a month, but be careful not to overdo it. Salt can be harmful to all plants if doses exceed their tolerance level.
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