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Tomato feed

Janice-3Janice-3 Posts: 2
in Fruit & veg

Can you make tomato fertiliser from the waste of tomato leaves etc like a comfrey fed. I cut all leaves etc off and just wondered if this is possible .

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    I've never heard of anyone doing that Janice. There's possibly a good reason, and it may stem from the fact that they're part of the solanum family, although I believe it's a myth that tom foliage is poisonous.

    Perhaps they simply don't have the nutritional value when they break down, unlike Comfrey or nettles. image

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    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147

    Googling revealed this http://www.podgardening.co.nz/tomato-leaf-spray.html 

    but whether it works or not I have no idea  and whether it will remain potent until next year when the next lot of aphids arrive I have even less idea image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Janice-3Janice-3 Posts: 2

    Thanks for those comments much appreciated. Maybe I  won't try it then. 

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