Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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The kind of soil you use makes a lot of difference. The main thing I've had to guard against for cuttings in soil (other than damage from too much light) is damping off disease (which can also cause root rot). Be sure to use new soil. Keeping a 2700k CFL shining on your soil really helps to keep damping off away, or if your window sun is bright enough, that may do the trick. Potassium sulfate helps the plants to absorb water and be stronger. A small fan may help to keep damping off away, too. Also, keeping the soil line as high as possible helps to keep damping off away to some degree.
Some people say it's better to use new shoots (an inch or two long) for cuttings, but I've had the best results with 6 to 9" cuttings or so. They seem a lot less fragile and less likely to die. I haven't done a lot of cuttings with new shoots, but big tomato branches are easy to root fast with good success rates (almost 100%) as long as you avoid bright light the first two days, and protect them from damping off (and avoid giving them excess nitrogen, which could encourage root rot, burning, less water absorption, and so forth). Whether the end result in fruit production is better, worse, or the same, I can't say. I don't use hormone rooting powder. They usually start growing within 4 to 7 days of rooting them in soil, given the right conditions. I'm not sure at what point they have roots, but leaf growth is a good sign. Keep in mind, what I did was entirely with indoor plants. Taking cuttings outdoors is a little different, but it can be done. I think the fruit production from cuttings is possibly better with some varieties than others. Last edited by shule1; May 3, 2017 at 07:12 PM. |
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What kind of hydroponics did you try? Good luck with the cows.
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Big Tomato Fan, mostly grow Tomatoes from cuttings, all Tomatoes are grown in Coco Coir/Grow stone. I love Air Pruning. |
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Thanks. I built a recirculating deep water culture setup. It worked, but I did not get a crop any earlier than the in-ground plants in the high tunnel.
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Cool, I personally love Coco, what is your favorite variety?
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If you mean favorite variety of tomato, I'm still working on it. I would be happy to get my list down to a few dozen favorites.
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Best of luck picking varieties you like.
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Does the taproot serve a significant function if the shallower roots can access enough water?
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I can see the prongs on the lamp of the Electrical cord.Hope we are using proper grounding cords and monitoring water splash ,maybe string up cord away from work area.Water splash from counters can move some crud onto delicate cuttings. Safety always. I have read Asia and beyond they have grafting methods,cloning regimens on a large scale in their commercial live plant nurserys/greenhouses.
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air layering , cloning clones , dwarf , hydroponic , propogation |
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