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#76 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Philly 7A
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March 18th, 2019
The tomato plants are growing nicely and have been setting fruit throughout the week. I got a few flowers on the eggplants, I'm not really expecting fruiting or maturing fruit on the eggplants in the tent, I'm just trying to nurse them through until I can transplant outside. The Tomato plants are getting about three gallons of water every 24 hours and I will probably increase to 3.5 gallons per day later this week. The tub is working out great and I never realized how much plants transpire when the lights are on until this last week, the entire garage is like a sauna. I guess given the fact that only 5% of the water taken up by roots remains in the plant and the rest is loss due to transpiration. There is definitely no need for a humidifier. I trimmed the plants a tad then diluted in water and fed some "Jobes Organics Vegetable and Tomato 2 - 7 - 4" @ 1/4 cup and some "Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate" @ 1/4 cup. Raised the lights a bit, they're almost maxed out. ![]() ![]() What does a $1,200.00 tomato look like? ![]() ![]() |
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#77 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Honolulu ,Hawaii
Posts: 262
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Wow... it's just like this
Now we eat !!! |
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#78 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Philly 7A
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#79 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Honolulu ,Hawaii
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Sqwibb,
The tomato wasn't all that great. But on the upside...we're making progress. It took me 2 years to get tomatoes that can be eaten. I consider my garden to be a co-op of sorts. It provides me with a mental time out. I am totally tone deaf , so playing an instrument is out. Part color blind, so painting is also out. I don't feel like watching a dog poop and picking it up, as he watches me. So growing stuff has it's rewards even if it's not perfect...YET. I am lucky to have the time and money to play and watch seeds grow. My Mother in law asked my wife. What do I do when I get home from work ? Her response was that I check my garden. M.I.L. told her that's great. He dosen't go drinking with the boys, not out all night. Not fixing a hotrod, just to waste money and crash it. She should be happy it's only a garden. I love that woman !!! Aloha for now, Tom |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Philly 7A
Posts: 739
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Sounds like you were talking about me lol. I couldn't agree more, my Hobbies keep me out of trouble as I used to be a bit, eh, let's just say I have calmed down a bit! |
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#81 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Philly 7A
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March 21st, 2019
The aphids have spread to the pepper seedlings so everything has been getting treated with a Hydrogen Peroxide spray. I have one tomato with signs of BER, I was getting pretty excited about the grow until this discovery. The Totem F1 tomatoes seem unaffected on this last batch. ![]() ![]() March 22nd, 2019 I have been checking the tomatoes every day, praying that the BER is almost gone. I do have a glimmer of hope with these Totem F1 tomato plants. At the least I know next year I can grow a dozen of these in the tent on shelves and get a decent tomato crop. That is, "if they are edible". ![]() ![]() The plants are growing like crazy, this picture is 4 days after the picture with me standing inside the tent (March 18th), you can see there is no room to stand in there now. ![]() ![]() Plenty of tomatoes considering I have been a bit laxed with the the robotic bee so the fruit set could be better. ![]() ![]() So far only one tomato has obvious BER, I get so anxious every day I check the tomatoes for BER. The tomato on the left is the one with the BER, you can see it barely at 7-8 o' clock ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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#82 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Philly 7A
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March 22nd-24th, 2019
I fed the plants with this evenings watering, 4 scoops of "Jobes Organics Vegetable and Tomato 2 - 7 - 4" and 1 scoop of "Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate". I'm not sure what size the scoop is but I'm guessing about 3 tablespoons. The plants seem to be settled in at three gallons of water every 24 hours. I had to trim everything back again Saturday. Some of the tomatoes are near Golf ball size. ![]() ![]() Got a tomato off of the Totem that was actually pretty good, what's crazy is that this was the only mater on the plant that showed signs of BER, I just cut that off and it was fine. Now I'm down to $600.00 per/tomato. ![]() ![]() ![]() I was checking the plants real good today and noticed a few red tomatoes, I need to be more on top of these plants, I had about three that were way past ripe. These are the Gardeners delight and no BER. You can see a few to the right that were also no good. ![]() ![]() Top 2 out of this batch were past ripe, they were fed to the rehab turtles. ![]() ![]() Keepers ![]() ![]() When I was grabbing for the over ripe tomato it appeared that half was green and half was over ripe so I yanked this guy off by mistake thinking it was a BER tomato... Ooops! At first I was a bit upset and thought to myself, "Wow, this may not be a FAIL after all"! (Looking at the bigger picture of course). ![]() ![]() The over ripe tomato was here. The one I pulled above and the one below are about the same size. ![]() ![]() The gardeners delight was really good, much better than the totem, but to be fair, the totem may not have been at its ripest. Although this is a cherry type tomato, it's a bit more acidic and not as sweet as say a sweet 100 but it does have a great tomato flavor like your slicing tomatoes. I can honestly say that this is the first time in March I had a great tasting tomato! ![]() ![]() Last edited by SQWIBB; March 26, 2019 at 01:52 PM. |
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#83 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Philly 7A
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March 26th, 2019
The tomato plants are a bit out of control, they're leaning to one side, I'll do my best to keep them in check. I got to try a few more tomatoes today and I find that the Totem F-1's are sweeter, not as acidic, but not as flavorful as the Gardeners delight. I prefer the Gardeners delight for snacking. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I had to raise the eggplants up onto milk crates as the tomato plants absorbed the eggplants. I was pretty happy to see this little guy. Keeping my fingers crossed. ![]() ![]() |
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