Jobe's Tomato Spikes

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too larry

too larry

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Beachwalker said:
Yes I'm starting to agree that blossom end rot has a lot more to do with over-watering than lack of calcium, I think certain strains are more susceptible to it as well

As an experiment I'm going to cut my daily watering back to every other day, however we're in a rainy stretch right now so that's going to have to wait a while

but just like the jobes spike experiments I am curious to see what happens when Ireduce water (however I will continue to add calcium weekly). . . . . .
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It's raining every day here, and my tomatoes rot before they are ripe. Squash too. Maybe next year I'll have a greenhouse.
 
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Beachwalker

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Three days of rain right now on the New England coast! I've always heard Tomatoes like steady water but I'm going to start watering them once every 48 instead of every day. Might even cut that down as the fall commences. I'm not getting a lot of rot but I've thrown out a few this year
 
Antitheist

Antitheist

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Beachwalker said:
Anybody use them?

How do you like them?

These came up in another gardening thread and someone made the point that they've been around forever so there must be something to them, but interestingly no one had actually tried them, so I just bought them..?! Thanks for the input!

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I love these things. Tomatoes definitely did better with them this year. I used 2 per plant. They are easy. I usually just use chicken poo, compost, a little ag lime, muriate of potash, and bone meal all tilled into raised beds with some Illinois soil. I'm paranoid about adding nutes that way thinking I'll overdo it. I use them lightly. Jobes I just stick them in the ground and water when I should.
 
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Beachwalker

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Antitheist said:
I love these things. Tomatoes definitely did better with them this year. I used 2 per plant. They are easy. I usually just use chicken poo, compost, a little ag lime, muriate of potash, and bone meal all tilled into raised beds with some Illinois soil. I'm paranoid about adding nutes that way thinking I'll overdo it. I use them lightly. Jobes I just stick them in the ground and water when I should.
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Agree! There great, I'm going to grow a pot plant indoors this fall with jobe's to see how it goes!:leaf:
 
jcloud777

jcloud777

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Jobes soluble plant food is complete trash. I used it on cannabis no nutrient value what so ever. Cause alot of problems. I hate jobes products the spikes got to be trash too. Hows a spike going to feed the roots all the way to the of the plant above the roots. It cant move through the soil like a worm. Sorry for being so negative but if im be wasting my money and time. I don't want others to fall for there garbage scam
 
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Beachwalker

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jcloud777 said:
Jobes soluble plant food is complete trash. I used it on cannabis no nutrient value what so ever. Cause alot of problems. I hate jobes products the spikes got to be trash too. Hows a spike going to feed the roots all the way to the of the plant above the roots. It cant move through the soil like a worm. Sorry for being so negative but if im be wasting my money and time. I don't want others to fall for there garbage scam
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They work fine, in fact I brought in tomates today, the last few of the season I imagine. I'm going to grow a romberry with them this fall and winter, I'll put a link here, check back maybe you might find it interesting? Good luck20181011_110552.jpg
 
Poontanger

Poontanger

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anything like the spikes in question are designed as a slow release , they would be benifical if placed 6-9 inches under the soil , BUT the npk & other minerals in the product is whats needed to be considered, there still basically a salt no matter how U look at it
 
jcloud777

jcloud777

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Beachwalker said:
They work fine, in fact I brought in tomates today, the last few of the season I imagine. I'm going to grow a romberry with them this fall and winter, I'll put a link here, check back maybe you might find it interesting? Good luckView attachment 4214111
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It's possible it could be the nutrients already in soil? Maybe jobes helped. I bought the full line up. Is why im pissed romberry sounds killer awesome on the taste buds. That from freedom of seeds? I'll check out your grow sounds interesting. awesome harvest btw. Yeah im still waiting on my monster peppers harvested about a quarter pound of peppers mostly from one plant. I grew two jalapenos and alot of chiltepins
 
jcloud777

jcloud777

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Poontanger said:
anything like the spikes in question are designed as a slow release , they would be benifical if placed 6-9 inches under the soil , BUT the npk & other minerals in the product is whats needed to be considered, there still basically a salt no matter how U look at it
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Thats an interesting note. Sounds like a bitch to flush until it fully breaks down. I hope it works out for op. I wouldn't try it though I grabbed all kinds of shit dr earth stuff Neptune harvest seaweed extract. Liquid concentrates. After I tried jobes plant food soluble fertilizer three different kinds
 
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Beachwalker

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BudmanTX said:
have you done any? i have some of those as well, they work great with everything i have in my garden just haven't used them in a canna grow...as of yet.....
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Haven't, kind of forgot about this thread, not sure how 6-18-6 would do in flower? I think the spikes made for flowering plants would be the right ones to use?

They killed it on the tomatoes though! Definitely using them next year start to finish!

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BudmanTX

BudmanTX

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i had a conversation a while ago with Chemphlegm about this?

he said he used 6 with promix.....

wish he was around maybe he could give us a little more info....i would like to try them...
 
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Beachwalker

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Well I suspect they'll work okay, I might put one in after maybe 6 weeks of veg and then maybe one or two more starting in flower, but I think the ones that are made specifically for flowering plants would probably give the best results ?

I was planning on sticking a couple in a romberry to see how it did, I have a couple going to bloom in a couple weeks maybe I'll give it a try?
 
BudmanTX

BudmanTX

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i do to, it's just the amount use in both cases? what amount for veg? and what amount for flower? full stick, half stick...etc

cause by looking at the package they are all purpose....so?

i have a couple in veg right now, think my oldest is at 5 week veg right now...
 
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Beachwalker

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Not sure but I have four and a half spikes and a new run coming up in a couple weeks, I might give it a try on a Romberry, I'll post something here if I do and if you do let me know I'd like to watch how it goes
 
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Beachwalker

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I think the hardest thing would be to remember to never give it newts, just water ?

half the time I water in the middle of the night when I notice a droopy plant and I'm half asleep and/or half stoned, I think that might be the weakest link in my little experiment LOL
 
Poontanger

Poontanger

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IMO.....wether they work or don't , we should remember there a slow release fert , so we should only need water
 
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