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Post by ERR0R1755 on May 23, 2020 20:10:35 GMT -5
Now that I've got all the seedlings I started out into the garden, I can finally use my second Harvest for its original purpose  I put four pods, all Urban Leaf coco coir, with one Baker Creek Orange Hat Tomato seed in each pod. No nutrients in the Harvest yet, aside from one teaspoon of General Hydroponics CALiMAGic. If this stuff works like I think it will, then I'm going to start adding it to all of my grows. It even has specific directions for RO or purified water on the bottle, which furthers my suspicion that the lack of calcium/magnesium has been my issue this whole time... |
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Post by ERR0R1755 on May 28, 2020 22:01:57 GMT -5
Three of the four seeds have sprouted!  I don't have high hopes for the last one, but I'll give it a few more days. |
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Post by ERR0R1755 on May 29, 2020 21:39:52 GMT -5
I got impatient and pulled out that last pod to check. No signs of sprouting.
I removed the seed and put in a new one from the same seed packet, hopefully it won't fall too far behind.
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Jun 2, 2020 20:31:15 GMT -5
My replacement seed sprouted, and the rest are going strong!  |
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Post by akivalocal on Jun 3, 2020 16:52:06 GMT -5
Following!
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Jun 6, 2020 23:52:36 GMT -5
Added more nutrients today!  The "Add Nutrients" light came on, and I checked the PPM and it was pretty low, so I figured it was a good time to add nutes. (off to the left you can see some cacti I started from seed, and off to the right is a strawberry leaf that I'm trying to root) |
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Post by Jeff on Jun 7, 2020 10:24:20 GMT -5
Following! Thanks for providing the link to the specific type of tomato you are growing, really interested to see the progress.
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Jun 10, 2020 16:44:43 GMT -5
Added 1ml of nutrients and more water today:  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2020 9:00:11 GMT -5
Growing beautifully! I am so eager to know the taste of these in the end. They are advertised as 'fruity sweet' which appeals to me. Following. I really have my fingers crossed for the success of this project! I am also following how toms do with the CaliMag.
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Jun 14, 2020 16:28:06 GMT -5
They started to wilt a bit, so I checked and they were almost out of water. Oops.  The PPM was around 270, so I gave them 5ml of AG nutrients. It's likely that they'll need more, but I'll have to wait for the nutrients to be mixed well before I check again. |
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Post by akivalocal on Jun 14, 2020 16:37:09 GMT -5
Love to see the progress, ERR0R1755! Have you grown this type of tomato before? I'm currently soliciting tomato recommendations, as I plan to start my own tom project soon... |
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Jun 14, 2020 16:43:35 GMT -5
Have you grown this type of tomato before? I'm currently soliciting tomato recommendations, as I plan to start my own tom project soon... I have not! This is my first AG tomato grow. The only other tomato I've grown (or rather, the only other one I'm growing) is the Tiny Tim Tomato. I'm growing it in a mason jar using the Kratky method, and I'm eagerly awaiting my tomatoes:  |
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Jun 15, 2020 20:47:13 GMT -5
These tomatoes have been an odd experience. My light is still at the lowest height and there's a decent gap between the plants and the light, yet the plants are starting to create a bunch of flowers.
I raised the light up one notch - hopefully that will encourage them to grow a bit taller. I may pinch off the flowers as well.
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Post by Sher on Jun 15, 2020 22:57:56 GMT -5
Some tomatoes are naturally micro dwarfs and will start flowering when they are tiny and stay very short all their life.
I have never raised the light on my Red Windox box tomatoes (or Sweet Heat peppers) in my Bounty and the tiny plants are loaded with fruit.
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Jun 15, 2020 23:17:42 GMT -5
Some tomatoes are naturally micro dwarfs and will start flowering when they are tiny and stay very short all their life. I have never raised the light on my Red Windox box tomatoes (or Sweet Heat peppers) in my Bounty and the tiny plants are loaded with fruit.
If these tomatoes don't increase in height, I might try a longer grow in (or move one to) a Sprout. My only complaint so far is that they like to use a lot of water, which I guess I should have expected. I added more water today and there were some air roots growing into the small area where the water access port is, so I trimmed those back to prevent them from rotting and/or getting in my way. |
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Jun 18, 2020 21:16:50 GMT -5
I forgot how thirsty tomatoes get. No fruit yet, but there are some flowers. Added half a gallon of water and 2ml of nutrients.  |
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Post by Jeff on Jun 18, 2020 22:15:43 GMT -5
I replace water daily on the Toms that came with the AG. Definitively thirsty!
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Jun 19, 2020 20:00:36 GMT -5
Added more water and another 3ml of nutes.  |
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Jun 20, 2020 20:08:48 GMT -5
Added 1/8 tsp of Miracle-Gro Bloom Booster and more water.
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Jun 21, 2020 20:37:43 GMT -5
Added 4ml of nutes and more water. This is going to be a lot of nutrients by the time I get some fruit.
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