December 21, 2015 | #46 |
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Pic 3 shows a large Rosella Purple tomato (in the background) that came from the plant's large top flower, and three small Dwarf Arctic Rose tomatoes in the foreground. Dwarf Arctic Rose tomatoes have a very nice shape to them as you can see, very attractive little ladies.
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December 28, 2015 | #47 |
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This Rosella Purple is growing into a monster compared to other tomatoes of the same variety. May not be pretty but I'm sure it'll still taste great.
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December 28, 2015 | #48 |
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New Big Dwarf - I see why people like it so much. Haven't tasted it yet but both of mine are the tallest of the dwarves I'm growing and are very productive, one has 13 tomatoes with plenty of open blossoms. Not bad for indoors under a 600 watt light squeezed in with about 14 other plants.
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December 28, 2015 | #49 |
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I was just gifted a 1000w hps vented grow light from a friend who is moving, it will be Jan 1 by the time I get it going, I have 4 5 gal pots, thinking 2 for lettuce and 2 for tomatos
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December 28, 2015 | #50 |
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That'll give you plenty of light. I was afraid of going with a 1000-watt lighting system simply due to the fact I live in older apartment building and don't fully trust the wiring in this place. My 600-watt system doesn't even get the outlet warm, but I keep an eye on it anyway.
When I first transplanted the seedlings I also scattered old lettuce seed in three of the containers to see if any would germinate. Had one germinate about a month and a half later. Giant Caesar, packed for 2012. Every few weeks I make tacos so will have some fresh lettuce and tomatoes to use for it before long. |
December 29, 2015 | #51 |
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Disappointing discovery this morning. The only cross that was successful has been lost. That tomato fell off and was sitting in the bottom of one of the other containers, no doubt taking a pinball route back to Earth. It had BER anyway but was hoping some of the seeds would be good once it ripened. Such is life. Will probably give it one more shot trying for a Rosella Purple x Kellogg's Breakfast cross. Will probably also try crossing New Big Dwarf with both Riesentraube and KB. Riesentraube is finally setting blossoms.
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December 29, 2015 | #52 |
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Looks great I cant begin to say how many New Big Dwarf Plants I have going right now maybe 30 or 40.
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December 29, 2015 | #53 |
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Worth, I've seen you mention NBD before in other threads and thought, "Must be a good one if Worth always grows it". That along with comments from other people made me want to try it out. Appears to be very productive so hopefully I wont see too many BER problems with them as I have with the indeterminates.
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December 29, 2015 | #54 |
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Ate my first ripe tomato from this garden. It was a very small Italian Heirloom tomato, probably about one ounce. Had BER but most of it was good. A little on the acidic side but tasted good. Another one on that plant should be ripening soon, it's probably three times as big. The first two from the plant would have been much larger but had to be taken off thanks to the rot. Have to find a way to curb that problem.
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January 1, 2016 | #55 |
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Last night I didn't shoot off fireworks for New Year's Eve, but Riesentraube certainly was celebrating with plenty of blossoms, and is still doing so:
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January 1, 2016 | #56 |
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Leave it to me select the wrong pic. This is a better view of the cluster of blossoms:
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January 1, 2016 | #57 |
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What are you using for light HPS?
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January 1, 2016 | #58 |
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are the bulbs with the HPS X MH in the same bulb worth the price?
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January 1, 2016 | #59 |
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January 1, 2016 | #60 |
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At this stage (flowering) I'm using the HPS bulb. Before I began this project I bought a cheap 600-watt switchable MH/HPS on Amazon. Used the MH bulb during vegetative growth. I also used a lot of Vigoro 15-30-15 slow release fertilizer which I believe is also largely responsible for all the blossoms I've seen in my plants. They've done very well compared to my past indoor gardens. The light is the main reason, but the fertilizer has done its part for sure.
Interesting to note the plants I used garden soil with are doing as well as the ones I used container specific growing mix (Miracle Gro) with. |
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