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Post by campingcorgis on Oct 9, 2021 18:00:26 GMT -5
I started the Farm Basic up today with tomatoes!! I planted as follows: Left Hand Side: 1 AG Pod - Golden Harvest Cherry Tomato AND 1 AG Pod - Mega Cherry Tomato Right Hand Side: 1 Pod, 3 seeds - Orange Hat Tomato (Baker Creek) AND 1 Pod, 3 seeds - Micro Tom Tomato (Baker Creek) Pictures when there's something to see!  |
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Post by Sher on Oct 9, 2021 20:07:56 GMT -5
Fun choices!  |
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Post by campingcorgis on Oct 9, 2021 20:14:38 GMT -5
Fun choices! Time will tell!  |
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Post by campingcorgis on Oct 13, 2021 16:42:35 GMT -5
Day 3: More tomato action...  |
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Post by lynnee on Oct 14, 2021 15:11:43 GMT -5
campingcorgis, have you tried the Mega Cherry tomatoes before? I'm interested to know what you think of them. Ray and I thought they were too bland to bother with.
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Post by campingcorgis on Oct 14, 2021 15:59:06 GMT -5
campingcorgis , have you tried the Mega Cherry tomatoes before? I'm interested to know what you think of them. Ray and I thought they were too bland to bother with. Well, maybe? I grew what was labeled as Mega Cherry in my first farm gardens -- three pods. But, 2 of the pods had a dark green sprout and a light green sprout. I ended up keeping one of each. The light green one was never really productive. I didn't get much from it to even give a real good response to you. The dark ones (there was one pod that had only dark) seemed like regular cherry to me? I'm growing them again because I still have pre-planted AG pods and figured I might as well give them another shot. I'm more anxious to see the new-to-me ones, from seeds that I ordered and planted myself.  |
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Post by lynnee on Oct 14, 2021 16:33:55 GMT -5
Our Mega Cherry tomatoes weren't terrific producers, campingcorgis, though they were sharing the Farm Plus with a prolific Bell Pepper, I think. The fruits were like small Early Girls, but more bland. They were about double the size of the AG heirloom cherry tomatoes. |
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Post by campingcorgis on Oct 14, 2021 17:22:39 GMT -5
Our Mega Cherry tomatoes weren't terrific producers, campingcorgis , though they were sharing the Farm Plus with a prolific Bell Pepper, I think. The fruits were like small Early Girls, but more bland. They were about double the size of the AG heirloom cherry tomatoes. I'm not saying that this is the problem, but take a look at this thread Increasing Nutrients for Tastier Tomatoes. Even if you are growing other tomatoes....  |
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Post by lynnee on Oct 15, 2021 15:19:44 GMT -5
Fascinating thread, campingcorgis (and Sher, too, of course). I ordered a PPM meter from Amazon. So many ideas here for fun things to try! |
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Post by campingcorgis on Oct 15, 2021 17:09:05 GMT -5
Fascinating thread, campingcorgis (and Sher , too, of course). I ordered a PPM meter from Amazon. So many ideas here for fun things to try! Wishing you many tasty tomatoes! |
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Post by campingcorgis on Oct 20, 2021 12:42:05 GMT -5
Day 10: Here's proof that tomatoes are on their way!   |
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Post by Sher on Oct 20, 2021 19:22:18 GMT -5
Yay!!!  |
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Post by Shawn on Oct 21, 2021 4:54:03 GMT -5
Woot woot
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Post by campingcorgis on Oct 23, 2021 16:51:27 GMT -5
Anybody that had a pod buddy is now a singleton. Nutes added, pump tested. All systems go!  |
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Post by campingcorgis on Oct 29, 2021 10:39:20 GMT -5
Day 20: Look at these little guys! Aren't they pretty?   |
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Post by Sher on Oct 29, 2021 19:16:03 GMT -5
Beautful! Almost like little palms at this stage.
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Post by campingcorgis on Oct 31, 2021 14:59:01 GMT -5
Day 20: Golden Harvest Cherry is struggling. Still has some life, so I removed dead/dying leaves. We'll see if it turns around. Mega Cherry looks good, as do the plants in the right-hand side.
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Post by campingcorgis on Nov 3, 2021 13:17:09 GMT -5
Day 23: Micro Tom & Orange Hat are my over achievers! They have ittty-bitty blossoms!  Micro Tom:  Orange Hat:  |
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Post by campingcorgis on Nov 3, 2021 13:20:23 GMT -5
Day 23: Mega continues to do well. Golden Harvest continues to struggle. Mega - Would you remove those two very bottom, tiny branches?  Golden Harvest - May need a replacement...  |
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Post by lynnee on Nov 3, 2021 16:19:12 GMT -5
Wouldn't hurt to remove the two bottom branches, because they aren't getting any light. The AG tomatoes generally accept a lot of pruning of leaves. The leaves grow back on mine as fast as I can take them off.  |
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