It takes a lot of energy to produce nitrogen fertilizers. I read on the internet that 2–3% of energy consumption worldwide is spent on producing nitrogen fertilizers. If that’s true, I find ita whole lot. But besides that, we have a surplus of manure in the Netherlands. Composting this manure and then drying it out produces an organic fertilizer that can be very good to use in the garden.

We recommend organic fertilizer, not just from the environmental point of view. Organic fertilizer contributes more to the development of healthy soil flora and the composition of humus. Humus-rich soil ensures that the minerals bind better, which means that they will not run off totally or not so much in heavy rain. Plants grow better and healthier on humus-rich soil.

But the most important reason for us to give our tomatoes organic fertilizer is that you can see and taste the difference so clearly. Plants fed on organic fertilizer are strong, healthy and theirtomatoesare far tastier than the ones from plants fed onsynthetic fertilizer.Because we want to grow only the tastiest tomatoes, the choice is very easy.😊 At Farmzy® we like organic fertilizer the best.

If you find mixing your own too much of hassle, you can always use ready-mixed organic fertilizers for tomato plants.There are many different types available. The kindsI describe below are, to my mind, the most important. I use them for both professional cultivation and in my own hobby cultivation.

Manure, straight from animals, is way too sharp to give directly to plants, because it will burn the roots. In the case of composted manure pellets, the manure has been composted first, making it milder on the plant’s roots so thatit can be absorbed sooner. 

Composted manure is dried and pressed into pellets, making it easy to process in the garden. Composted fertilizer pellets are a good basis for vegetables. Pellets contain nitrogen, phosphate, potash and all kinds of trace elements.We also use composted fertilizerpellets as basic nutritionby mixing it through the potting soil.

Vivikali is een organische meststof met heel veel kali (20%) en is een afval product uit de voedingsindustrie. Tomatenplanten zijn gek op kalium en ze verbruiken er ook veel van. Het zorgt dat de kleur van blad en vruchten mooi intens worden. Ook worden de vruchten van de tomatenplanten groter als er voldoende kali in de grond aanwezig is. Jaarlijks Kalium bij mesten is erg belangrijk voor de vruchtbaarheid van de grond.

Blood is a waste product of the animal processing industry.It also gets dried and pressed into handy granules. Blood meal contains a lot of nitrogen, which it releases quickly for the plant. Tomato plants like nitrogen.It’s one of the most important minerals that the plant needs in addition to phosphate and potassium. Besides that, it contains a lot of iron, another important trace element.

It pays to spoil your own tomato plants with good organic fertilizer, because you will get extra tasty tomatoes in return. Do you want to know what I do to grow the tastiest tomatoes? Then read the article: “Good soil and fertilizeryield the tastiest tomatoes.”