Nick's Heirloom Cherry Toms in a Farm+ (TERMINATED)

[nick]

As noted in the thread about my pump problem, I decided to plant the Heirloom Cherry tomatoes and Golden Harvest tomatoes that were included in the seed kits as part of the Farm Plus package.



I’ve only planted two to see how that looks in the Farm Plus. And clearly I was out of spacers, so foil coverings for empty baskets are subbing in until I get more.

I’ll be growing these with GH nutes. First round is 5ml of all three bottles for the two gallon tank. We’ll see where that gets us.

[MaryL]

Wonderful, Nick!  Nice custom watering hole plug there, too.

[Shawn]

Yes, our member have ingenious ideas.

[nick]

I almost left for work this morning without checking on these. I didn’t see any green when I checked them on Wednesday evening so I thought it’d be a bit before I saw sprouts.

I was wrong!





I’m wondering if their rapid sprouting has anything to do with the removable Mylar panels I added to the Farm Plus on Wednesday night. I’ll post about those in another thread.

[Shawn]

[MaryL]

Yaaaay!!!  They are likely going to be very robust seedlings!

[nick]

Since the sprouts for these have reached an inch in height, I thinned them back to single plants this morning. There were four (!) sprouts in the Heirloom Cherry pod and three in the Golden Harvest pod. The fourth in the Heirloom Cherry pod is just starting to poke it's head out, so I couldn't cut it yet. Soon though. These plants seem to be on their way.

[Shawn]

I wish you a bountiful harvest of Tomatoes!

[MaryL]

If they have enough little leaves, (and if you have spare machines) you could root the cuttings in a little vessel of water and then plant them. It’s like getting 2 kits for the price of 1.

[nick]

Sept 25, 2018 14:00:39 GMT -5 MaryL said:

If they have enough little leaves, (and if you have spare machines) you could root the cuttings in a little vessel of water and then plant them. It’s like getting 2 kits for the price of 1.

Noted for future plants!

[Shawn]

How are the plants coming along?

[nick]

I think they’re looking well so far, but this is my first time around with toms. Maybe someone else can verify if I’m on the right track. 🙂

[Shawn]

I know nothing but it looks good

[MaryL]

Yup they look right and healthy!  

[nick]

First drain and refill for this garden today, which means it was also time for a feeding. These plants are eating GH nutes and today’s feeding was a 2:2:1 ratio. 10ml of Mooch was added.

Plants haven’t changed much, but there’s definitely been healthy growth since the last photos.

[MaryL]

Yep you’ve got your 2nd set of true leaves!

[nick]

More of the same from these two after their R&R/feeding on Saturday.

[nick]

A few days after feeding and these two are starting to look quite nice. The Golden’s leaves are a little tucked, but I think they’ll be okay.

Heirloom Cherry:



Golden Harvest:

[MaryL]

Your photos are so clear. They look great.

[nick]

Oct 6, 2018 6:54:13 GMT -5 MaryL said:

Your photos are so clear. They look great.

Thanks!

All of my most recent pics are from my new iPhone XS. I color correct each photo in Adobe Lightroom Mobile on my phone before I post because the lights can wash everything out in purple/red sometimes. The camera on the Xs is incredible.