Every 2 weeks or so ..more like once a month...I try to do a complete draining of the reservoir and refill with New Distilled water and fresh nutrient tabs.
It is surprising how much junk/sediment accumulates at the bottom of the tank.
Tonight we will have more of the red toms and I think that will use up all that are ready for eating. Not too sweet, though. I think I will let the next batch...especially the yellows ..to remain on the plants much longer to see if they will sweeten up.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Sunday, December 28, 2008
First Harvest
Tomorrow , I think, will be the first harvest at week 18.
The 3rd plant which is so slow to grow only has a few that are 'ready for the pickin'.
The 3rd plant which is so slow to grow only has a few that are 'ready for the pickin'.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Week 17
Here are my toms at week 17. Nice and Red, Nice and Yellow!
As it turns out, the yellow plant is the most fruitful. Below are 2 views of that plant.
One red plant has lots of ripening tomatoes and I am waiting and deciding when to pick them....
....But my poor little red tom in the right
pod has less than 10 tomatoes and out of those only 2 or 3 are turning red.The others are large, but green. It was the slowest to grow and I am seriously thinking of cutting it way, way down after those 2 ripen , not waiting for the others to turn red..just to see what will happen..if the extreme pruning in this stage will help.
As it turns out, the yellow plant is the most fruitful. Below are 2 views of that plant.
One red plant has lots of ripening tomatoes and I am waiting and deciding when to pick them....
....But my poor little red tom in the right
pod has less than 10 tomatoes and out of those only 2 or 3 are turning red.The others are large, but green. It was the slowest to grow and I am seriously thinking of cutting it way, way down after those 2 ripen , not waiting for the others to turn red..just to see what will happen..if the extreme pruning in this stage will help.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Three Days Later
In just 3 days my toms have ripened so much more..both the yellow and red varieties are doing well:
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Monday, December 15, 2008
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Hide n' Seek
I just bent down and looked underneath all the leaves of the middle plant and found this hidden cluster!!!! !
Flush n' Refill
Last night I did a flush and refill of the reservoir and added fresh nutrients. This morning the plants looked perky and bright once again.
Lesson learned?.....when the plants look drab..dump the old water and add fresh distilled and fresh nutes rather than refilling and re-feeding with old cloudy water..(the water actually looked clear inside the tank, but when I started to dump it, It was cloudy and tainted-looking.
Also, all the trimming and pruning yesterday did not harm the little darlings one bit! I think they rather enjoyed it..from what I see on the plants today!
Lesson learned?.....when the plants look drab..dump the old water and add fresh distilled and fresh nutes rather than refilling and re-feeding with old cloudy water..(the water actually looked clear inside the tank, but when I started to dump it, It was cloudy and tainted-looking.
Also, all the trimming and pruning yesterday did not harm the little darlings one bit! I think they rather enjoyed it..from what I see on the plants today!
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