[dadkann]

What type of soil do I use for Tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers. Also, I have a small garden raised space, 12' x 30' and I plant the same items in the same place every year. What do I do to enhance the soil or what type of bagged soil, compost, etc. to I put fresh into the soil to ensure the crop does fine.

[tacodawg]

dadkann, I live in Florida and I always till the garden in spring(this weekend as a matter of fact) and I will add cow manure(krazy kow, I think it is called) on my last final mix. It reaally works good for me, I have nice green,healthy plants every year. You can get this at just about any garden center(wal-mart, Lowe's, home depot,etc.) My soil is on the sandy side throughout my yard but the garden has nice rich black dirt from years of repeating this process, hope this helps,happy gardening.:)

[SkipB]

I live in New England and have a medium loamy soil in my garden. I.too add cow manure and peat moss to the soil before I till in the spring. I also use a straight 10-10-10 fertilizer (granular) around each plant at 2-3 week intervals. One thing you should do is rotate the position of the tomato plants each year to prevent soil borne fungus from affecting the plants.

[MOWERMAN2468]

Well worked soil. Have a soil sample test done, then follow the suggestions.