hello guys

christianman · February 23, 2014

Hi, I'm a new crop in tomatoville, i live in Miami, i had 14 tomatoe plants planted in hydroponic Dutch buckets, outdoors, the media I'm using is sharahushi rocks, after I'd them transplanted to the buckets they remained beautiful for about 3 days, most of them had flowers but suddenly all of them get burned by the sun, do you guys think that a greenhouse will help?, thanks for your time.

Doug9345 · March 1, 2014

Welcome to Tomatoville. It seems a few people slipped by the welcome wagon.

Did you harden them off before putting them outside in the Sun?

bughunter99 · March 1, 2014

How badly are they damaged? Pictures?
Did you move them to more shade?

kath · March 1, 2014

Hello, and welcome! White shadecloth is cheaper than a greenhouse.

kath

kurt · March 1, 2014

Welcome from south of you.I have found out here in S Florida you need to slowly harden off the youngsters.I manage mine with wheeled small construction scaffolds that can be brought in and out of direct sun.At 6-12inches they only get 1 hour of direct sun per day.At 1-2foot maybe 3hours.I do move them in shade but close enough so as they will reach for the sun.Towards the evenings before sunset when the sun is farther away from us than in the morning they can tolerate direct exposure.Seems that being closer to the equater here in Fl.really fries the youngsters.Plus the containers get cooked at the same time and more so when there is a lot of water in the container.So best guess is to monitor exposures a little more each day/week to the growth of plant.Plastic container(buckets)will heat up and mantain temps longer than a circulating hydro system if that is what you used.

peppero · March 1, 2014

Howdy doody and welcome to T'ville. Enjoy and share.

jon

February 23, 2014	#1
christianman Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: miami Posts: 1	hello guys Hi, I'm a new crop in tomatoville, i live in Miami, i had 14 tomatoe plants planted in hydroponic Dutch buckets, outdoors, the media I'm using is sharahushi rocks, after I'd them transplanted to the buckets they remained beautiful for about 3 days, most of them had flowers but suddenly all of them get burned by the sun, do you guys think that a greenhouse will help?, thanks for your time.

March 1, 2014	#5
kurt Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Homestead,Everglades City Fl. Posts: 2,500	Welcome from south of you.I have found out here in S Florida you need to slowly harden off the youngsters.I manage mine with wheeled small construction scaffolds that can be brought in and out of direct sun.At 6-12inches they only get 1 hour of direct sun per day.At 1-2foot maybe 3hours.I do move them in shade but close enough so as they will reach for the sun.Towards the evenings before sunset when the sun is farther away from us than in the morning they can tolerate direct exposure.Seems that being closer to the equater here in Fl.really fries the youngsters.Plus the containers get cooked at the same time and more so when there is a lot of water in the container.So best guess is to monitor exposures a little more each day/week to the growth of plant.Plastic container(buckets)will heat up and mantain temps longer than a circulating hydro system if that is what you used. __________________ KURT Last edited by kurt; March 1, 2014 at 03:55 PM.

March 1, 2014	#2
Doug9345 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Durhamville,NY Posts: 2,706	Welcome to Tomatoville. It seems a few people slipped by the welcome wagon. Did you harden them off before putting them outside in the Sun?

March 1, 2014	#3
bughunter99 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: zone 5 Posts: 821	How badly are they damaged? Pictures? Did you move them to more shade?

March 1, 2014	#4
kath Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: zone 6b, PA Posts: 5,664	Hello, and welcome! White shadecloth is cheaper than a greenhouse. kath

March 1, 2014	#6
peppero Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: selmer, tn Posts: 2,944	Howdy doody and welcome to T'ville. Enjoy and share. jon