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Moved this little guy into the Deluxe all by itself yesterday - a sweet baby girl cherry tomato. The last grow of this tomato in the lightscreen was really promising. Huge early yield, of the best-tasting cherry tomatoes I've ever had. (Note, that's not "best from an Aerogarden", but "best I've ever had". I don't usually much like cherry tomatoes. These tasted more like my outdoor mid-size tomatoes.)
Still being fed Beth's Floramato formula. The lightscreen is around the Deluxe, but not turned on. Already pruned off the 5th branch.
Harvest:
104 : first at age 11 weeks! ripe and delicious, too
Died suddenly at age 19 weeks. Best guess is driveway snowmelt chemicals got into the rainwater supply.
104 harvest above doesn't count how many green-to-scarlet fruit become edible after plant death. (Over 35 ripened in bowl.)
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I'm going to try this tomato outside in a topsy-turvy. The first cherry tomato that's ever earned a place in my summer line-up.
Moderator. Author of Indoor Salad, Ecigs 102, and the Calm Act climate apocalyptic series.
Another possibility - I switched back to Flora nutes last weekend, from UFF organic tomato nutes. But I don't think such a strong negative reaction to that makes any sense. The plant was looking a bit poorly before I did that. But not that poorly.
The tall Aerogarden is going to sleep until August or so. I use it for growing summer vegetables off-season.
Moderator. Author of Indoor Salad, Ecigs 102, and the Calm Act climate apocalyptic series.
I may try one of these outside in the topsy-turvy this summer. Taste great, harvest quick, compact indeterminate, all with strangely modest light requirements.
That or a zucchini.
Moderator. Author of Indoor Salad, Ecigs 102, and the Calm Act climate apocalyptic series.
Night and day difference how well this tomato copes with the fungus, compared to the dwarf determinate tomatoes. And the fruit have tasted great all through.
Moderator. Author of Indoor Salad, Ecigs 102, and the Calm Act climate apocalyptic series.
I make nutes over-strength when hydro tomatoes are ripening to improve their flavor. It's the hydroponic equivalent of watering sparingly. Not that this tomato variety really needs the help. They taste great!
Moderator. Author of Indoor Salad, Ecigs 102, and the Calm Act climate apocalyptic series.
This plant has the same fungus (probably yeast) as the dwarf tomatoes did. It's just not such a problem.
Moderator. Author of Indoor Salad, Ecigs 102, and the Calm Act climate apocalyptic series.
There's a bunch of crunchy/sick leaves down below. It's hard to tell how much of that is from the fungus and how much from the plant being all slumped at the bottom of the volume and not getting enough light. Trying to clear it up, give some support, and get a bit more air down there.
Moderator. Author of Indoor Salad, Ecigs 102, and the Calm Act climate apocalyptic series.
Moderator. Author of Indoor Salad, Ecigs 102, and the Calm Act climate apocalyptic series.
I just planted a Mega Cherry Kit and am planning on using my CLS when needed up the road this spring/summer.
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