hydroponic Tomatoes

DutchOverflow · November 11, 2016

anyone on here growing tomatoes hydroponically or not in soil?? curious as I am not a fan of indoor soil as it seems every time I use it indoors there are insect larva that are in the soil that hatch. I know there are sterilized soils you can buy or bake your soil but that's just to much hassle which is why I grow using coco coir. In the words of a youtube idol "above all things be good to each other, be good to each other".

shatbox · November 13, 2016

I've tried hydro tomatoes outside with DWC but got too hot. Could do drip or ebb and flow indoors but don't have enough light. Just too many variables out of my control.

Rajun Gardener · November 13, 2016

I just today almost finished my dutch buckets for the greenhouse. This is my 3rd year and I use perlite only and fertilize with Masterblend, Calcium Nitrate and Epsom Salt with great results.

DutchOverflow · November 15, 2016

Ive tried the Dutch bucket system hence my name, they sprinted up to about 12" tall then stopped growing I tried flushing with R/o water but they never started back growing. I got rid of em and am now just using coco. Not sure if it was how often I had the feed tubes running, I was just following youtube videos on how often they feed and I think that's what caused my roots to rot away as temps were mid 70's all the time and I was using 1/4-1/2 strength nutes. Anyways I gave up on that for now

Rajun Gardener · November 15, 2016

I just use MHPGardeners method and this is my 3rd year. I run the pump 24/7 for new plants then cut it back to 3 times a day once the plant starts growing.

What nutes are you using?

Nematode · November 18, 2016

Its worth getting right. Keep at It.

November 11, 2016	#1
DutchOverflow Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Texas Posts: 35	hydroponic Tomatoes anyone on here growing tomatoes hydroponically or not in soil?? curious as I am not a fan of indoor soil as it seems every time I use it indoors there are insect larva that are in the soil that hatch. I know there are sterilized soils you can buy or bake your soil but that's just to much hassle which is why I grow using coco coir. In the words of a youtube idol "above all things be good to each other, be good to each other".

November 15, 2016	#4
DutchOverflow Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Texas Posts: 35	Ive tried the Dutch bucket system hence my name, they sprinted up to about 12" tall then stopped growing I tried flushing with R/o water but they never started back growing. I got rid of em and am now just using coco. Not sure if it was how often I had the feed tubes running, I was just following youtube videos on how often they feed and I think that's what caused my roots to rot away as temps were mid 70's all the time and I was using 1/4-1/2 strength nutes. Anyways I gave up on that for now __________________ From my youtube friend/idol "above all else be good to each other". Honestly a little kindness goes along way

November 13, 2016	#2
shatbox Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Los Angeles County, CA Posts: 258	I've tried hydro tomatoes outside with DWC but got too hot. Could do drip or ebb and flow indoors but don't have enough light. Just too many variables out of my control.

November 13, 2016	#3
Rajun Gardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Tomato Cornhole Posts: 2,550	I just today almost finished my dutch buckets for the greenhouse. This is my 3rd year and I use perlite only and fertilize with Masterblend, Calcium Nitrate and Epsom Salt with great results.

November 18, 2016	#6
Nematode Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: massachusetts Posts: 1,710	Its worth getting right. Keep at It.