B&Q Withdraw Tomato Food

[SarzWix]

To me this is not about the price paid for the product, or which variant of the word "organic" you subscribe to, but yet again comes back to Dow "we can kill anything" Agro Sciences, and the horrible '----pyralid' chemicals they produce which can persist in soil/compost/plant tissues for far longer than other herbicides. If they are going to continue to be sold/used then ALL manufacturers must start testing for residues in all composted green waste products. This has the potential to affect all peat-free/reduced peat composts as well as manures & plant food.

Personally, I'd prefer to see the whole lot of them permanently banned.

[Keith2202]

Well heres an organic tomato food tip for next year.....beg steal or borrow some hair....yes hair, yours, the cats, dogs, whatever. When you make a hole to plant the tomato into, line with this hair quite thickly. Hair contains something called KERATIN which is a protein and more importantly about 15% nitrogen but it breaks down really slowly, so providing a slow release fertilizer. Simples!

Wow, that's an interesting tip!

Does it work in pots as well as in the ground, assuming pots are drier?

[shoreham_steve]

This is quite shocking. It's a lesson for us all I suppose - the less we import, the more control we have and fewer problems arise.
pdblake (above) is right - thank goodness for comfrey !
The brew smells awful so it must be good!!

[Sweepster]

Well heres an organic tomato food tip for next year.....beg steal or borrow some hair....yes hair, yours, the cats, dogs, whatever. When you make a hole to plant the tomato into, line with this hair quite thickly. Hair contains something called KERATIN which is a protein and more importantly about 15% nitrogen but it breaks down really slowly, so providing a slow release fertilizer. Simples!

And nail clippings! (possibly)

But remember to remove your nail polish first... especially if it's cheap nail polish, which is almost certainly toxic, cos obviously if you're too tight to buy the most expensive nail polish on the market you deserve everything you get.... right?

[bluemoon]

OH and I were discussing something similar this afternoon. It seems to me that manufacturers can make just about anything they like and shove it into the environment without any thought or sanction, then when it all goes pear-shaped they shrug their shoulders and leave the rest of society to sort it out.

[FionaH]

and nail clippings! (possibly)

but remember to remove your nail polish first... Especially if it's cheap nail polish, which is almost certainly toxic, cos obviously if you're too tight to buy the most expensive nail polish on the market you deserve everything you get.... Right?

rofl!!! :d :d

[hsthst]

Thinking of pimping my own "organic tomato Killer Feed" to national outlets.......water with a dash of soy sauce in it.

[solway cropper]

Perhaps we should all be making our own feed and compost and not relying on stuff we have no control over. With a bit of luck I won't need to buy any in next year as I now have 2 daleks full and a heap in the corner. I've made a liquid feed from seaweed and will be making another from sheep muck in a sack soaked in water. Might also try nettles and comfrey. I like Geordie's tip of using hair but I don't have enough of my own so the dog better watch out.