Pink Sky Farm, LI NY 2009 outdoor trials with Jennifer's Landscape Vitamins

The tomato plants were about 12" tall when they were planted the last week of May. By July the branches were at more than 6'. These tomato plants never suffered any blight and are still producing as of the last week of October on Long Island, NY.

I know these plants are outdoor, however, we hope to replicate the results in the greenhouse this winter.

These plants received three feedings of Jennifers Landscape Vitamins. (Once in May, once in June and once in July.)

The Brix readings from these tomato plants in September were between 9.5 and 15.

North Fork Wholesale Nursery Jamesport Long Island New York

About the end of April 2009 I walked into the owner's office and showed him two plants. The one on te left was one I had fed and the one on the right looked just like all the other plants in his greenhouse. He said he was impressed, but wasn't interested in changing his methodology.

I only fed the plants 4 times between March 15th and the end of April. Each plant got less than a teaspoon of Jennifer's Landscape Vitamins. The United States Granular Vitamins, Canadian Granular Vitamins and a mix of the two were triple replicated on a total of 9 plants. In each section there was one healthy plant, one mediocre plant and one almost dead plant - just to see if we could bring it back to life.

Other than the one dead plant, the eight other plants in the test outgrew every other plant in his greenhouse.

This was not a paid test - it was just for fun.

Week #5 Plants potted up to Long Island Compost with JLV

Only seedlings who had roots growing out of their existing pots were potted up into Compost this week.

The heat has not yet been turned on and we water about every third or fourth day.

There has been no incidence of weeds or disease.

The only plants that have been lost to date are the ones the "varmits" have eaten the root systems off of. (approximately 20 out of about 2000 plants)

Plants at 4 weeks

Corn and Beans in Long Island Topsoil with JLV at 4 weeks

10-17-09 plants sprayed with Jennifer's Landscape Vitamins compost tea

A custom compost tea was applied it to these plants.

After two days - these basil tasted different than the other ones in the room. They were more sweet.

Week #3 Long Island Topsoil plants

Week #4

This is the typical squash root system at 4 weeks.

The seedlings were first started in Ocean Compost, then at the two week mark potted up into Long Island Topsoil. At the fourth week, the seedlings were transplanted with Jennifer's Landscape Vitamins Granular Vitamins into Long Island Compost.

Week 3 results in Long Islsnd Topsoil with jennifer's Landscape Vitamins

Roots on the tomato seed at two weeks

This is an average tomato seed at two weeks grown in the Ocean Compost with Jennifer's Landscape Vitamins Granular Vitamins.

The baby plants were potted up into Long Island topsoil.

The first small seedlings planted in Ocean Compost with Jennifer's Landscape Vitamins Granular Vitamins started to appear on the 5th day.

This picture was taken at the two week mark.

Corn, beans, tomato, pepper, squash, basil, lettuce, cilantro are shown

100% of the seeds sprouted.

New York Greenhouse with Jennifer's Landscape Vitamins

I started a greenhouse trial to test the various types of compost, topsoil, fertilizers and planting mixes available on Long Island, New York.

In Test One: September 2009 through December 2009 (plants started from seed)

All the seeds and plants were donated by various growers.

All the (fertilizer) products used are donated from Jennifer's Landscape Vitamins, http://www.landscapevitamins.com/ except the plants on one row.

The seeds on one row of plants were grown with Fafard mix and the "favorite" synthetic commercial fertilizer used by most Long Island Farmers.

Brix measurements will be given at the end of the testing period.

The 3 compost materials we have trialed so far are from Ocean County in New Jersey, Long Island Compost and Alaska Humus' Denali Gold.

The topsoil is from Long Island Compost and is scrape from a local construction site.

The mulch / shred materials from the Long Island area.

The three types of Jennifer's Landscape Vitamins are Granular Vitamins F, T and J custom blends.

The vegetable seeds were donated by Amy Pink of Mega Media Concepts, Denise Zaleski of HCM and Skip Wade from the Green Guerillas and CGP.