Mary-anne, use soymeal or corn gluten meal (not where you'll plant seeds though) or alfalfa meal. I got excellent results out of a 50% blend of alfalfa meal and 50% packaged steer manure. You don't have to dig it in, let the worms do it. Margaret L At 12:44 PM 4/9/2000 EDT, you wrote: > > ><< Subject: Re: [tomato] Fertilizer Caution >> Thank you for posting this. >I especially will warn my son about Ironite as they have a 3 y/o and a 6 mo. >as well as a dog. > >I couldn't find any mention of Osmocoate in this article and tests. I >recently bought some as I am fearful of over fertilizing. I burned up some >plants last year even when I diluted some Shultz to 1/2 recommended strength. > >I guess the best way is to buy the bags of chicken poop or cow poop and dig >it in. Only problem is I think this must be done months before planting and >I am ready to plant now. Last year I just dumped in another bag of Kellogg's >Gro-mulch and dug it in (well I mean hubby dug it in *grin*) but I did point! > >My fear of what to do and not to do has left me doing nothing. Poor babies >need to be feed. At this point they only are getting diluted fish in their >water. > >Mary-Anne > > >