campingcorgis
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Post by campingcorgis on Apr 28, 2021 9:30:54 GMT -5
Wow! Beautiful as well as plentiful!  |
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Sher
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Post by Sher on May 6, 2021 11:49:05 GMT -5
It looks like the Orange Hat (front left) is gong to out produce the yellow Venus.
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Shawn
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Post by Shawn on May 6, 2021 12:44:03 GMT -5
I can not tell one from the other but you will have a lot of tomatoes
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gsaxon
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Post by gsaxon on May 7, 2021 6:34:27 GMT -5
Have you ever grown two tomato plants in an AG Harvest before? Is there enough room to do this? I am guessing that you have to really prune the plants so that they don't get too tall and grow into the lights.
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Sher
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Post by Sher on May 7, 2021 16:11:24 GMT -5
gsaxon , i can grow one of AG's heirloom tomatoes in a Harvest with careful pruning. The Orange Hat and Venus tomatoes are micro minis fom Renaissance Farms. They are tiny plants. But two grow well in a Harvest. I have about 4" above the top of the plants and the fully extended light.
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Sher
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Post by Sher on May 26, 2021 11:40:57 GMT -5
The orange hats are definitely out performing the Venus (right rear).
Maybe because the orange hats are pigging all the light.
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Sher
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Post by Sher on May 31, 2021 10:49:57 GMT -5
I didn't realize the Orange Hats were ripe until one fell off into my hand today. I just gave them nutes yesterday, so I'm sure that affected the flavor. But it was bright, a little sweet and acidic. It tasted like a real tomato to me.
I think the vendor accidentally sent me two envelopes of orange Hat seeds instead of one Orange Hat and one Venus, because the two look exactly alike.
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campingcorgis
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Post by campingcorgis on May 31, 2021 11:03:40 GMT -5
Being ripe is a nice surprise! How do you feel about having more of the same? I'm imagining that if they are tasty, you're not too worried? They look lovely!
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Sher
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Post by Sher on May 31, 2021 11:16:21 GMT -5
If we have too many to use fresh, I'll use them in cooking.
I don't feel like drying them with summer ahead. And you can use up a lot of tomatoes fast in cooking.
And we love tomatoes!
If they get too far ahead of us though, I'll break oit the dehydrator. But that's a slim possibility!
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Jun 16, 2021 10:54:49 GMT -5
We ate all the red and yellow heirloom tomatoes we could, then dehydrated the rest before they started spoiling.
So today I picked the Orange Hats and Venus.
We will eat them in numerous ways. They have a nice shelf life, so we will probably eat all these fresh.
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campingcorgis
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Post by campingcorgis on Jun 16, 2021 11:17:06 GMT -5
I made BLT's the other day, the T being store-bought. So, Mikey asked if he could have 8-10 of the AG cherry tomatoes to go with it! Enjoy your tomatoes! They are beautiful!
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Shawn
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Post by Shawn on Jun 16, 2021 11:34:47 GMT -5
They look so good and I am not a tomato person (except in sauces)
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Jun 16, 2021 11:58:38 GMT -5
I was really tickled with the tomato taste. I eased off on the heavy nutrients I had been using, so they were sweeter, but still had a satisfying tomato taste.
I like the small varieties that I can grow in a Harvest and save the Bountys for bigger projects.
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