daniel draeving
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Has anyone ever tried foliar feeding on their tobacco plants? I was doing some reading about it and some flower and vegetable gardeners swear by it. I was just wondering if it would be effective on tobacco.
I use it on my veggies but not my tobacco. Tobacco grows like a weed anyway plus I do not want to add any off tastes to my leaves. The most effective foliars will have phophates in them. You can test the effectiveness of your foliar spray by using a Brix meter. If the Brix (sugar levels) goes up after spraying then you know the plant has picked up the nutrients.
Beat me to the reminder.Watch the extra Urea in the Miracle Gro for Tomatoes. DGBAMA posted it has more Urea than regular Miracle Gro.
Sorry to resurrect an old thread--but if you foliar feed, do you still need to fertilize through the soil? I sort of screwed up in the beginning and the roots are pretty shallow. Still in pots at the moment but will transplant soon.
I'm wondering if I combined foliar feeding with water everytime I 'water' the plants if that would be beneficial versus hoping it . Of course I'd cut back to just water if they started to look stressed or get weird.
Even with some of the slow-release fertilizer I'm seeing that it is not greening up the way I want it to. I've started using liquid hydro nutrients, about 1/2 strength, to water them and it slowly helped. But they do perk up quicker with the foliar method.