I've speeded up the composting process of leaves with 42% nitrogen. I got
mine at the local feed store. After spreading the nitrogen on the leaves
I watered it well. Turned it in 3-5 days, watered again if it was dry. Usually
by day 10 or so it was ready to turn under or plant directly in it. If it still feels
hot to the touch you must, of course, wait until it is cool all the way thru.
Right now I'm using a polyresin compost bin that someone gave to me.
I have it setting on a sheet of very heavy plastic so I don't feed the weeds
close by. I use pelleted newpaper and corn cob cat litter so that goes in
as do the scraps from my kitchen that the dogs or cat won't eat and the
coffee grounds I get at work from about 2 pots of coffee a day. I
sometimes add some alfalfa meal too.
I feed my roses the egg shell, coffee grounds, banana peel, and orange
peeling mix in early spring thru mid summer too. I usually grind it into a
slurry and dig a trench around the outer edges of the rose bush to pour it
into. Then I cover it with dirt and put newspapers held down with bricks over
that to keep critters out of it and keep the chickens from eating all the worms.
You can do the same thing for your tomatoes.
