Fertilizer Spikes for Tomatoes

[NYCorchidman]

So I'm growing some tomatoes and wonder if anyone out there has experience with those green spikes sold at Home Depot.

Are they any good or should I just buy a bottle of liquid fertilizer for tomatoes??

[Laserbeak]

I have used them with just houseplants, but for tomatoes, I think I would use powdered/crystalized or liquid fertilizer you mix with water. Seems like it would be more quickly and easily absorbed, including through the foliage.

[merkity]

i don't know we haven't fertilized our tomatoes this year. last year we filled the bed with lots of manure and fresh soil. it seems to be holding this year as well.

[WhiteRabbit]

If they're labeled for tomatoes / vegetables / flowers they should be good.

For tomatoes, I have used both the Dynamite flower and vegetable fert, as well as nutricote - both are sustained / slow release fertilizer.

[NYCorchidman]

Oh, I forgot about the granular stuff.

I just get one pack of spike stuff and osmocot stuff and see how they compare.