I just read that you can grow tomato plants better adding flour.
By marguicha
@marguicha (219877)
Chile
July 25, 2024 12:35pm CST
I often read all sorts of trivia. Gardening tips are better than watching how Royalty dresses. After all, I´m not going anywhere to learn about dressing and I might be happy growing a couple of tomato plants in containers.
Today I was shown that you can start seedlings in an egg box (I have several). They explained the wonders of egg boxes because they are completly organic. And then they explained how to have a better soil by adding either flour of oats to the substrate.
I could buy some tomato seeds and plant 12. That would be more than enough and I could grow them in big containers. I have all of that at home, including the pots.
In my country people start tomatoes in July. I have never done that and always wait until it is warmer. But I could do this this time. I plantes 6 chard seeds 2 weeks ago. Nothing has happened yet. And I planted some arugula seeds a week ago. Nothing either. This is a matter of faith.![](/Content/images/emotes/lol.gif)
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@LeaPea2417 (37339)
• Toccoa, Georgia
25 Jul
Interesting, I never knew that about adding flour!
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@marguicha (219877)
• Chile
25 Jul
It seems that flour (a tablespoon at the most) will give your plants potassium and manganese among other things.
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@LeaPea2417 (37339)
• Toccoa, Georgia
25 Jul
@marguicha thanks for the tomato gardening tip.
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@celticeagle (164045)
• Boise, Idaho
25 Jul
My grandmother used the egg cartons too. She always had a knack for growing things. Here we start planting when the snow is off the mountains. That has always been the time. My grandmother always had a big garden growing tomatoes, beans, potatoes, cucumbers, and carrots. Some other things occasionally. Arugula sounds good. The flour thing sound interesting.
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@celticeagle (164045)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Jul
@marguicha ......Grandma was used to planting food for a big family and saving all she could. She even kept the seeds from tomatoes from one year to the next.
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@marguicha (219877)
• Chile
26 Jul
@celticeagle That´s how it was done some time ago.
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@marguicha (219877)
• Chile
26 Jul
I have never planted carrots because they are inexpensive at the supermarket. But I like to plant all that is expensive or is better when it is home grown. I love homegrown tomatoes that I can gather ripe.
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@kobesbuddy (78889)
• East Tawas, Michigan
25 Jul
And as you are faithful to water these seeds, your greens and tomatoes will grow! ![](/Content/images/emotes/hugs.gif)
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@marguicha (219877)
• Chile
25 Jul
I know. The one thing plants and animals hate is to be thirsty.
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@kobesbuddy (78889)
• East Tawas, Michigan
25 Jul
@marguicha Oatmeal or flour in that soil, will help to retain the moisture.
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@LindaOHio (170715)
• United States
26 Jul
Good luck with the tomatoes. 12 plants are a lot! I hope your chard and arugala come up. Have a good weekend.
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@marguicha (219877)
• Chile
26 Jul
I have yet to buy the seeds. Or maybe I´ll buy seedlings. But the chard and the arugula are planted and sleeping like Sleeping Beauty. Not a sign of them coming out yet.![](/Content/images/emotes/thumbdown.gif)
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@GardenGerty (159754)
• United States
25 Jul
I have three tomato plants in large containers, but did not start them soon enough. When it gets really hot they will not set blooms or make fruit. We have had some cooler weather, so we have blooms on them now. If we end up with a long season we may get a few tomatoes. I never had read that about flour.
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@marguicha (219877)
• Chile
26 Jul
I usually plant tomato seedlings in September. But I planted them in the soil. Now I´ll plant them in containers.
@RasmaSandra (77609)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Jul
I have never heard about this, We did very well in Latvia growing tomatoes in a greenhouse,
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@marguicha (219877)
• Chile
25 Jul
I can´t have a greenhouse where I live. My garden is too small because I live in a big city. Land is very expensive here.
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@marguicha (219877)
• Chile
26 Jul
I went on reading and oats can be added too. I, myself, add all the tea I can get to the soil
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