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Originally Posted by Barb_FL
Over the years, I tried a bunch of the retail drip irrigation systems and the Mister Landscaper one (and their separate 1/4" tubing) I found to be the best. (Sold at Lowes) Some of the other vendor tubing (well all of it) is so hard to get the fittings into unless you have really strong fingers / heat it, etc.
Mark - this past season I followed you with using smaller containers - I went with 5 gallon Root Pouches for one plant and 7,10,15 gallons for 2 plants. It only got tough when it got really hot out around late May and June. I would just water / feed a couple of times a day (but I don't work either).
Since I had big monster square cages, I put 2 of the 5 gallon pouches per cage; that didn't work out so well for one of the plants. I think amount of Sun was limited to the slower grower. The majority of my season is when there is shorter light hours.
In all the years I've been gardening, I've only had BER on < 5 tomatoes.
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AKMARK - Have you ever tried the coco grow slabs? Are you using much coir at all or still just ProMix?
I grew a SunOrange (improved SunGold) in a 6" Grodan Rockwool cube set in a flimsy 1/2" tray set in a Home Depot bucket with holes so no water accumulation. (not ideal at all but still major producer)). I bought the right accommodating gear for this season coming up
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Yes, I have used it. I get about the same results in Pro Mix, and buy it in quantity because of the floral side of things, so it is affordable. You are doing well if you get few BER in small containers.
When we had our hot spell I watered 4 times per day, pulled shade cloth, and fought for my crops. It was 85-90 outside the greenhouses, so you can imagine 19 hours a day of that inside them. The reds held up better it seemed.