Post by Trade Coach on May 3, 2022 13:41:04 GMT 1
Complete Guide To Tomato Fertilizer: A Series On Increasing Tomato Production In Nigeria
As a tomato farmer you should know that for you to have the healthiest plants and fruits, you should look for fertilizer that has nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium. This is according to farming experts over the years.
Tomato farming has been one of the crop production businesses giving Nigerian farmers nightmares. Otherwise, how is that tomato farmers in the country cannot feed just one major plant owned by Sani Dangote to produce to capacity and start making profit?
We brought you reports in the past that the tomato plant owned by Sani Dangote, the younger brother of Aliko Dangote, the richest man in Africa had not been able to produce to full capacity due to the tomato farmers’ inability to supply the plant with tomato berries.
This calls for concentrated action, and calling people capable of solving the problem to come and proffer solutions. If not, you will soon start hearing that tomato berries are being imported into the country from China and other countries to feed the plant in Nigeria.
One of the ways I think that this problem can be solved is for the government to specially empower small scale and peasant farmers to produce enough for local consumption, while the medium and large tomato farmers produce for the manufacturing industries. This is just my own suggestion, there can be variations.
If you would like to grow tomatoes, they are delicious as you must have known, they are popular and going into farming it is a great choice you have made.
Tomatoes can thrive in both large gardens and small balconies, those without large spaces can also plant tomatoes in order to increase the quantity of the crop in the country.
Despite the popularity commanded by the fruit, tomatoes can still be very challenging to grow, because they are heavy feeders and require constant nutrition and regular fertilization to perform well.
What is the work of fertilizer in your tomato farm?
If you do not provide what the crops require to perform well, there is no way you will realize good harvest; no matter the type of farmer you are.
Therefore, no matter your level in the scheme of things as a farmer, you must give the plants what they need so that they too will give you what you need; you need good harvest of healthy and big tomato berries.
Tomato is a herbaceous plant, like other herbaceous plants, tomatoes need nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, along with other small minerals to grow and produce healthy fruits successfully.
To get all these to the plant requires careful planning and appropriate actions and not by wishful thinking. Never believe that you can get any serious result by wishful thinking.
You need a concerted effort to get your tomato farm in top shape and excellent performance.
You need to fertilize your tomato plants consistently during their growing season, this will enable them get the necessary nutrients they require to give you what you want – healthy and big fruits.
Key Properties Of Tomato Fertilizer:
Like we have been emphasizing in the past, tomato plants need three (3) main nutrients from the fertilizer:
Nitrogen
Phosphorous, and
Potassium
There are also some trace elements. A trace element is simply a minor chemical that has a very low concentration.
Most fertilizers are made of the combination of those major three (3) elements or components. Every packaging you see will have to indicate the percentage of each of those components.
For example, if there is an equal ratio of nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium, the fertilizer will have a label: 10-10-10; if more nitrogen is present, it will be shown as: 15-10-10, and so on and so forth.
How Do you Know How Much Of Each Nutrient Your Plant Requires?
But in order to know how much of each nutrient your plant needs, you probably need to have your soil tested. The test will reveal the level of each of the elements in your soil already, as well as the pH, the pH level for tomato plants is 6-7. The pH refers to the level of acidity of the soil.
Knowing the approximate level of nutrients your soil needs will definitely inform you of the specific number series to look for when purchasing fertilizers for your plants.
Soil testing is a very important effort you need to carryout in order to be successful in your farming business, no matter your experience.
Our company is one of the best companies in Agro-Export Business in Nigeria today, we train individuals and corporate organizations on how to do Export Business the right way; if you are interested, please contact the admin of this forum now for further details.
As a tomato farmer you should know that for you to have the healthiest plants and fruits, you should look for fertilizer that has nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium. This is according to farming experts over the years.
Tomato farming has been one of the crop production businesses giving Nigerian farmers nightmares. Otherwise, how is that tomato farmers in the country cannot feed just one major plant owned by Sani Dangote to produce to capacity and start making profit?
We brought you reports in the past that the tomato plant owned by Sani Dangote, the younger brother of Aliko Dangote, the richest man in Africa had not been able to produce to full capacity due to the tomato farmers’ inability to supply the plant with tomato berries.
This calls for concentrated action, and calling people capable of solving the problem to come and proffer solutions. If not, you will soon start hearing that tomato berries are being imported into the country from China and other countries to feed the plant in Nigeria.
One of the ways I think that this problem can be solved is for the government to specially empower small scale and peasant farmers to produce enough for local consumption, while the medium and large tomato farmers produce for the manufacturing industries. This is just my own suggestion, there can be variations.
If you would like to grow tomatoes, they are delicious as you must have known, they are popular and going into farming it is a great choice you have made.
Tomatoes can thrive in both large gardens and small balconies, those without large spaces can also plant tomatoes in order to increase the quantity of the crop in the country.
Despite the popularity commanded by the fruit, tomatoes can still be very challenging to grow, because they are heavy feeders and require constant nutrition and regular fertilization to perform well.
What is the work of fertilizer in your tomato farm?
If you do not provide what the crops require to perform well, there is no way you will realize good harvest; no matter the type of farmer you are.
Therefore, no matter your level in the scheme of things as a farmer, you must give the plants what they need so that they too will give you what you need; you need good harvest of healthy and big tomato berries.
Tomato is a herbaceous plant, like other herbaceous plants, tomatoes need nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, along with other small minerals to grow and produce healthy fruits successfully.
To get all these to the plant requires careful planning and appropriate actions and not by wishful thinking. Never believe that you can get any serious result by wishful thinking.
You need a concerted effort to get your tomato farm in top shape and excellent performance.
You need to fertilize your tomato plants consistently during their growing season, this will enable them get the necessary nutrients they require to give you what you want – healthy and big fruits.
Key Properties Of Tomato Fertilizer:
Like we have been emphasizing in the past, tomato plants need three (3) main nutrients from the fertilizer:
Nitrogen
Phosphorous, and
Potassium
There are also some trace elements. A trace element is simply a minor chemical that has a very low concentration.
Most fertilizers are made of the combination of those major three (3) elements or components. Every packaging you see will have to indicate the percentage of each of those components.
For example, if there is an equal ratio of nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium, the fertilizer will have a label: 10-10-10; if more nitrogen is present, it will be shown as: 15-10-10, and so on and so forth.
How Do you Know How Much Of Each Nutrient Your Plant Requires?
But in order to know how much of each nutrient your plant needs, you probably need to have your soil tested. The test will reveal the level of each of the elements in your soil already, as well as the pH, the pH level for tomato plants is 6-7. The pH refers to the level of acidity of the soil.
Knowing the approximate level of nutrients your soil needs will definitely inform you of the specific number series to look for when purchasing fertilizers for your plants.
Soil testing is a very important effort you need to carryout in order to be successful in your farming business, no matter your experience.
Our company is one of the best companies in Agro-Export Business in Nigeria today, we train individuals and corporate organizations on how to do Export Business the right way; if you are interested, please contact the admin of this forum now for further details.