Need help with hydroponic tomatoes.

TeamTeke · January 12, 2017

Hydroponic tomatoes great for 8 weeks, now disaster. Help

Ron Teke20 hours ago
This is the third crop of hydroponic tomatoes that I have grown. Two outdoors and one in my greenhouse. The plants are lush and green and grow like hell for about 8 weeks, then wilting and drying. The top part of the plant continues to grow and be lush. My method is dutch buckets and I use nutrients from Hydro Gardens specifically for tomatoes at their recommended mixing rates. For 25 gallons of water I use 57 grams of 4-18-38, 57 grams of calcium nitrate and 28 grams of magnesium sulfate. My learning came from mhpgardener on YouTube. He said to run the solution twice a day for 30 minutes. I have added three photos, one with the lush foliage and two showing the extreme wilt. I would not think this is fusarium wilt. Adjacent to the tomatoes in the same hydroponic system is a thriving eggplant with no sign of wilt/distress.
Anyway, I now wonder if I should have been pushing more nutrients to them say 4-6 times per day for 30 minutes. What do you think? Thanks, Ron T.

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January 12, 2017	#1
TeamTeke Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Silverthorne, CO &Fl Keys Posts: 13	Need help with hydroponic tomatoes. Hydroponic tomatoes great for 8 weeks, now disaster. Help Ron Teke20 hours ago This is the third crop of hydroponic tomatoes that I have grown. Two outdoors and one in my greenhouse. The plants are lush and green and grow like hell for about 8 weeks, then wilting and drying. The top part of the plant continues to grow and be lush. My method is dutch buckets and I use nutrients from Hydro Gardens specifically for tomatoes at their recommended mixing rates. For 25 gallons of water I use 57 grams of 4-18-38, 57 grams of calcium nitrate and 28 grams of magnesium sulfate. My learning came from mhpgardener on YouTube. He said to run the solution twice a day for 30 minutes. I have added three photos, one with the lush foliage and two showing the extreme wilt. I would not think this is fusarium wilt. Adjacent to the tomatoes in the same hydroponic system is a thriving eggplant with no sign of wilt/distress. Anyway, I now wonder if I should have been pushing more nutrients to them say 4-6 times per day for 30 minutes. What do you think? Thanks, Ron T. Email Comment1Bookmark