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Grittyville, WA

The ones that arent on a typical soil test? Im just wondering why the tomatoes grow so well in one spot and kind of lackluster/average elsewhere, by comparison. I try to pay attention to all the standard nutrients and micronutrients, but there are even more micronutrients that no one ever talks about.

Anyhow, this is kinda wacko but I have a weird hunch that spot that grows best might have cobalt where I may have burned a lithium battery. Why would I do a redneck thing like burn a lithium battery, idk. But what if this were true? ...If things were growing better in this spot because of some freak chemical "accident".

Speaking for anyone who uses chemical fertilizers with micronutrients, we add lots of the standard micros, but we dont add any of the other micros like nickel, selenium, cobalt, etc. So at some point, those will get out of balance with the rest and become limiting factors?

If we dont care about these other micros we can still get good results but... we'll fall short of the best possible results???

[Last edit: 09/16/24 2:07:06 PM]

9/16/2024 2:02:42 PM

Grittyville, WA

And ps I am not saying we should all be throwing our cell phones under our pumpkin plants (it might help in more ways than one though, ha ha) all I'm saying is that no amount of locally sourced compost is going to supply these oddball nutrients, even though I wish it would.

Certain of these oddball nutrients might have to be obtained from equally odd organic or mineral sources... or from a chemical supply company.

In addition, research would have to be done on the correct amounts to use.

Probably, not many growers are in a good position to add a half dozen new worries to their list. I know I'm not.

But it might be what I need to do.

9/16/2024 2:25:30 PM

Norwich, NY

With tomatoes I think it has a lot more to do with luck, then good soil, fertilizing, watering etc. Just my opinion.

10/14/2024 10:02:14 PM