Useful TIPS for growing tomatoes using hair, banana peels and eggshells!
This is how I plant my tomatoes using banana peels for potassium, eggshells for calcium and pet or human hair which adds sulfur and trace minerals to the soil. I started my tomato seedlings using the Praxxus55712 method. I filled plastic cups about 1/4 of the way with potting soil and planted my tomato seeds in there then as they grew I covered them up with more potting soil. The result is a very healthy tomato plant with lots of roots and a nice thick stem 🙂 Sorry about the wind… I’m in the mid-west and it was particularly windy yesterday.
15 Responses to Useful TIPS for growing tomatoes using hair, banana peels and eggshells!
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@jujutubes I’ve had good luck growing peas with corn stalks:) If you get time look up a method of growing called “3 sisters garden”. Cool stuff:)
mat2dong
March 6, 2012 at 4:15 pm
@mat2dong Sure I don’t see why rabbit fur wouldn’t work! I was planning to grow the peas with the tomatoes, but they grew too much and shaded out my tomatoes. I like to try different things in the garden. Tomatoes and peas together didn’t work for me lol. I’m glad you found my video informative. Happy growing 🙂
jujutubes
March 6, 2012 at 5:02 pm
Very informative video there jujutubes! Rabbit hair would work as well you think? My rabbit sheds like crazy maybe 2 times a year and if I can save some for my tomatoes I’m sure they would love it.
So, are you going off the 3 sisters garden idea with the snow peas?
mat2dong
March 6, 2012 at 5:08 pm
@MarshmallowVogt I will try and get more gardening videos up soon. Thank you for for commenting 🙂
jujutubes
March 6, 2012 at 5:44 pm
Wow I was thinking about subscribing but its all chickens please do more gardening I like chickens but not much room for them I live in California near la
MarshmallowVogt
March 6, 2012 at 5:45 pm
@UContainerGardening You’re most welcome my fellow food grower. I try to either recycle, reuse, and repurpose as much as I can. I’m glad you found the video helpful. 😉
jujutubes
March 6, 2012 at 6:23 pm
10 minutes ago I asking myself…. hmmm…. can I compost my own hair.. and then my thoughts went in other direction and now I am looking at your video :)
Thanks!!
UContainerGardening
March 6, 2012 at 6:49 pm
@pizzarrheaaa Good luck with your tomatoes. I hope they’re very productive for you 🙂
jujutubes
March 6, 2012 at 7:46 pm
@baydriver7 Glad you found it useful 🙂
jujutubes
March 6, 2012 at 8:07 pm
Never thought of using hair for the sulfur. I can’t wait for my tomatoes this year!
pizzarrheaaa
March 6, 2012 at 8:51 pm
Thanks for posting… very useful info!
baydriver7
March 6, 2012 at 9:49 pm
@Jenna08848 hehehe Those are snow peas. I’m not sure if they will produce for us because the weather here is nuts. It feels like it just went from winter straight into summer… where the heck is spring? lol. I really like interplanting different things together! I’m growing perennial onions with chamomile (yum TEA!) behind the onions and behind that I will trellis either muskmelons or cukes… or both! I have a digital camera now so i can make videos with it 🙂
jujutubes
March 6, 2012 at 10:41 pm
@Jenna08848 LOL! Growing food has become a bit of an obsession for me 🙂
jujutubes
March 6, 2012 at 10:49 pm
Look at you the farmer,s daughter. I love it. What is the other stuff growing around it. I couldnt identify it
Jenna08848
March 6, 2012 at 11:03 pm
Look at you the farmer,s daughter. I love it
Jenna08848
March 7, 2012 at 12:01 am