Winter Indoor tomato growing - Page 2

Jonnyhat · March 6, 2016

HPS is great for flowering but not the best for veg. you can buy a MH/HPS combo bulb that will fit in the same fixture which is ideal and then has both the blue and red spectrum

PureHarvest · March 6, 2016

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Originally Posted by Jonnyhat

HPS is great for flowering but not the best for veg. you can buy a MH/HPS combo bulb that will fit in the same fixture which is ideal and then has both the blue and red spectrum

You can get excellent results from seed to flower with HPS too.

biscuitridge · March 13, 2016

My next to last tomato is just barely starting to blush I think, I'm anxious to get it weighed in a few days.

PureHarvest · March 13, 2016

Are you primarily growing for size or to eat?

biscuitridge · March 13, 2016

For weight, and growing indoors in the winter.

biscuitridge · March 18, 2016

Here's my next to last tomato for the winter indoor grow ,

JohnAtk · March 18, 2016

What's the taste of these fruit? Do they have the same sweet taste and flavour of sun-grown tomatoes? Or do they have more of an artificial taste, like you're eating grass?

biscuitridge · March 18, 2016

I don't know yet, I'll let you know as soon as I try them😊

FredB · March 19, 2016

Sometimes indoor-grown tomatoes can actually be sweeter, because you can let them ripen fully without worrying that they'll crack in the rain.

Jonnyhat · March 21, 2016

so i just started 64 3 inch pots under humidity domes under 8 T5 4 ft bulbs. I am in zone 6B, I also have a 1000w HPS that I have a 4ft fruiting plant under and 2 flats of kale, chard, broc, cauloflower and other lettuces. I want to try and zone push this year and get one bed of tomatoes out mid to late april. How soon should I move the plants from the floro starting setup to the HPS?

PureHarvest · March 22, 2016

I moved my first tray of seedlings under my HPS when they were 2 weeks old when I put them into 4" square deep pots.

I then put a full tray of seedlings under it right after they sprouted with no issues. Light was probably 4' from top of seedlings. But mine is a 430 watt.
You might want to go higher with 1,000 watter.

March 18, 2016	#22
JohnAtk Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: London Posts: 10	What's the taste of these fruit? Do they have the same sweet taste and flavour of sun-grown tomatoes? Or do they have more of an artificial taste, like you're eating grass? __________________ I am a Fantastic Gardener. ))))

March 21, 2016	#25
Jonnyhat Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2015 Location: Downingtown, PA Posts: 337	so i just started 64 3 inch pots under humidity domes under 8 T5 4 ft bulbs. I am in zone 6B, I also have a 1000w HPS that I have a 4ft fruiting plant under and 2 flats of kale, chard, broc, cauloflower and other lettuces. I want to try and zone push this year and get one bed of tomatoes out mid to late april. How soon should I move the plants from the floro starting setup to the HPS? Last edited by Jonnyhat; March 21, 2016 at 10:42 PM.

March 6, 2016	#16
Jonnyhat Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2015 Location: Downingtown, PA Posts: 337	HPS is great for flowering but not the best for veg. you can buy a MH/HPS combo bulb that will fit in the same fixture which is ideal and then has both the blue and red spectrum

March 13, 2016	#18
biscuitridge Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: washington Posts: 490	My next to last tomato is just barely starting to blush I think, I'm anxious to get it weighed in a few days.

March 13, 2016	#19
PureHarvest Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Mid-Atlantic right on the line of Zone 7a and 7b Posts: 1,369	Are you primarily growing for size or to eat?

March 19, 2016	#24
FredB Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Carmel, IN Posts: 76	Sometimes indoor-grown tomatoes can actually be sweeter, because you can let them ripen fully without worrying that they'll crack in the rain.

March 22, 2016	#26
PureHarvest Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Mid-Atlantic right on the line of Zone 7a and 7b Posts: 1,369	I moved my first tray of seedlings under my HPS when they were 2 weeks old when I put them into 4" square deep pots. I then put a full tray of seedlings under it right after they sprouted with no issues. Light was probably 4' from top of seedlings. But mine is a 430 watt. You might want to go higher with 1,000 watter.