Pix, I had to discard the plants in late April 2016 in order to get going on this year's crop. It really hurt to get rid of growing plants, but I had no choice in order to set up for this year's set of experiments. On two of the plants (Better Bush determinates), there were over 24 small green tomatoes on each plant and they had not ripened by the time I took them out.
The funny thing is that they started fruiting in late February and late March 2016 but never developed enough to ripen as the air temps were low and not much sunlight, especially not much direct sunlight as it was very cloudy up until late April (as you may remember) when I took them out.
This year, after 10 months of research, I have both a good potting mix recipe and a good recipe for the fertilizers (I think). I planted seedlings this year on May 5, 2016 and they are doing exceptionally well, so I believe I am in a good "ball park" on the potting mix recipes and fertilizer regimen. We shall see.
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