Growing Pictures

FiguredOut · February 3, 2012

Tomorrow marks the 21st day from when I planted. They seem to be doing great. They are an Amish Paste tomato. Soaked in distilled water for two days and germinated in conditioned rock wool. At 7 days old they were transplanted into DWC pots filled with a coco coir substrate. Nothing but organic products thus far.

kath · February 3, 2012

A very pretty and healthy looking seedling- thanks for posting your pics.

Using Jiffy 7's for the first time, I planted 8 early tomatoes and 1 pepper variety on Feb. 1 and am waiting for the first sprout...

lakelady · February 3, 2012

do you think distilled water is better than well water? I guess I have a lot of minerals in my water (well), not sure if it is good or bad. Pretty looking seedlings!

I've been doing stages of sowing...a few earlies and some peppers which have not germinated at all yet. Only been about a week on the peppers, so I keep waiting.

FiguredOut · February 4, 2012

Distilled water is the way to go. Every time I water I mix up a cocktail which consists of six different ingredients; I can be certain that my product hasn't deviated much in terms of pH and EC (fertilizers & root enzymes). This would not be the case if I were to use my tap water. Tap water frequently has salts, sulfur, chlorine and iron in it. However, you can put tap water in a bucket or a dish and let it sit for a day and many of these ions leave.

amideutch · February 4, 2012

Antoniette, you should have a test done on your well water before you run down and buy distilled water. You will probably find out your well water is a lot better for you and your plants than your tap water.
Concerning EC/PH this is what concerns Hydroponic growers the most and they too must analyze their water so they can adjust their nutrient formulas to compensate for what is already in the water. If they use Distilled or R/O water they don't need to know what's in the water because there is nothing except H2O.
FiguredOut, what are your six different ingredients? Ami

FiguredOut · February 4, 2012

1 gallon of DI gets: liquid karma, Cal Mg, beneficial bacteria, mycorrhizae, vegetative fertilizer, and some bloom fertilizer.

FiguredOut · February 4, 2012

22 days old picture update

Added more mix around the hypocotyl in hopes of generating some more root growth. The true leafs are doing very well. The bottom picture is a hydroponic setup experiment I have running.That plant is 10 days old. Also, I germinate my seeds in rock wool blocks. They are super easy and very clean.

FiguredOut · February 6, 2012

Not too sure what I'm going to do with all these tomatoes..

kath · February 6, 2012

I'm sure you'll get that figuredout-

Sorry, couldn't resist.

afrance30 · February 11, 2012

Awesome setup! I'm dying waiting to get everything planted. I have peppers planted that just sprouted and a few other things. No toms yet, I start some of those this weekend.

FiguredOut · February 16, 2012

29 days old pictures

casino · February 25, 2012

Nice seedlings, and I use those identical pots for my orchid plants.

FiguredOut · March 27, 2012

Hydroponic tomatoes are getting very large. Note picture above of previous sizes.

Sun City Linda · March 28, 2012

Tomato seedlings are like kids. So cute when they are little but they start to take a LOT more room, time and effort as they get older......

janezee · March 28, 2012

And they get pimply and homely. ;-)

February 3, 2012	#1
FiguredOut Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: NJ Posts: 17	Growing Pictures Tomorrow marks the 21st day from when I planted. They seem to be doing great. They are an Amish Paste tomato. Soaked in distilled water for two days and germinated in conditioned rock wool. At 7 days old they were transplanted into DWC pots filled with a coco coir substrate. Nothing but organic products thus far.

February 3, 2012	#3
lakelady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: northern NJ zone 6b Posts: 1,862	do you think distilled water is better than well water? I guess I have a lot of minerals in my water (well), not sure if it is good or bad. Pretty looking seedlings! I've been doing stages of sowing...a few earlies and some peppers which have not germinated at all yet. Only been about a week on the peppers, so I keep waiting. __________________ Antoniette

February 4, 2012	#5
amideutch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Germany 49°26"N 07°36"E Posts: 5,041	Antoniette, you should have a test done on your well water before you run down and buy distilled water. You will probably find out your well water is a lot better for you and your plants than your tap water. Concerning EC/PH this is what concerns Hydroponic growers the most and they too must analyze their water so they can adjust their nutrient formulas to compensate for what is already in the water. If they use Distilled or R/O water they don't need to know what's in the water because there is nothing except H2O. FiguredOut, what are your six different ingredients? Ami __________________ Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘...Holy Crap .....What a ride!'

February 3, 2012	#2
kath Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: zone 6b, PA Posts: 5,664	A very pretty and healthy looking seedling- thanks for posting your pics. Using Jiffy 7's for the first time, I planted 8 early tomatoes and 1 pepper variety on Feb. 1 and am waiting for the first sprout...

February 4, 2012	#7
FiguredOut Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: NJ Posts: 17	22 days old picture update Added more mix around the hypocotyl in hopes of generating some more root growth. The true leafs are doing very well. The bottom picture is a hydroponic setup experiment I have running.That plant is 10 days old. Also, I germinate my seeds in rock wool blocks. They are super easy and very clean.

February 6, 2012	#8
FiguredOut Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: NJ Posts: 17	Not too sure what I'm going to do with all these tomatoes..

February 6, 2012	#9
kath Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: zone 6b, PA Posts: 5,664	I'm sure you'll get that figuredout- Sorry, couldn't resist.

February 11, 2012	#10
afrance30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2010 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 212	Awesome setup! I'm dying waiting to get everything planted. I have peppers planted that just sprouted and a few other things. No toms yet, I start some of those this weekend.

February 16, 2012	#11
FiguredOut Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: NJ Posts: 17	29 days old pictures

February 25, 2012	#12
casino Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Southfield, Michigan Posts: 318	Nice seedlings, and I use those identical pots for my orchid plants.

March 27, 2012	#13
FiguredOut Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: NJ Posts: 17	Hydroponic tomatoes are getting very large. Note picture above of previous sizes.

March 28, 2012	#14
Sun City Linda Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: SoCal Inland Posts: 2,705	Tomato seedlings are like kids. So cute when they are little but they start to take a LOT more room, time and effort as they get older......

March 28, 2012	#15
janezee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Whidbey Island, WA Zone 7, Sunset 5 Posts: 931	And they get pimply and homely. ;-)