Understanding Nitrogen Demand in Organic, Fresh Market Tomato Production and Nitrogen Release Rates from Amendments

Apr 7, 2017

Knowing whether your fresh market tomatoes have enough nitrogen at each growth stage can be very challenging because multiple amendments are often added to grow organically such as compost + sea bird guano + liquid fertilizers.  A small research team at the University of California are undertaking a study to demystify this information.  Through this research, we will determine the nitrogen demand in tomatoes and how much nitrogen is made available by each amendment, for each week over the season.  We would love to know what amendments you are using so that we can include them in our study.

Nitrogen in Organic Tomatoes Survey

Please help us make this research most relevant for you by completing the survey. Results from this research will be made publicly available. 

Thank you so much!   

Margaret

 

*For those who attended the Organic Production Meeting at UCCE in February and completed the survey then, THANK YOU!


By Margaret Gullette Lloyd
Author - Small Farms Advisor