Grace Conroy asked 14 years ago
Do tomatoes like cow dung? I have recently sorted out my greenhouse and I am getting missed answers from people I know about whether or not to put cow dung in the soil before I plant my tomatoes.
1 Answers
Gerry Daly Staff answered 6 years ago
You can certainly use some cow manure, but limited to about a bucket to one square metre and well rotted, NOT fresh. Fresh manure can give off ammonia and badly scorch the leaves of tomatoes and other plants.
If you use too much cow manure, it tends to boost growth of leaves and stems at the expense of fruit, so you need to use some potash, or tomato food, at 50 g per squate metre to balance the nitrogen of the manure.
