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Old October 25, 2010   #46
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llc,

Further out in your lake, "The Motion of the Ocean" will help self-pollinate your tomato plants from the wave action. You'll just need to evaluate the risk of poachers picking your tomatoes in the middle of the night.....

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Old May 4, 2011   #47
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It floats again!



Hopefully, this time I've rigged it so it won't tend to sink into the lake over time. And I planted two Sophies Choice plants.
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Looking forward to watching this one develop again!


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Old May 4, 2011   #49
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What a hoot!!!

Next Season, you've got to try growing Cuostralee in your LakeTainer.

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It kinda follows along the way aquaponics works. Got me thinking, you might could also build a container or bed that uses a small pound or fountain pump to pump the lake water into the container then have a drain line at the bottom that sends the water using gravity back to the lake. the fish poo in the water would feed your plants and the plants filter the water making it better for the fish so it would be a very eco friendly growing method. If you add a timer the energy usage would be very little. Most of those pumps run at like 5 watts anyways. You would still use soil or media and could not over water as it filters thru the media and drains it sucks in air as well.

Anyways just throwing out an ideal.
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That is so cool.
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Old May 12, 2011   #52
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Well we had the shad spawning right on our shore and the lake tomatoes are growing like gangbusters.



I'm not saying those two things are related
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Old June 3, 2011   #53
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Hmmmmm. It seems that two plants might not have been necessary.

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llc,

Yep, two plants in a LakeTainer of your size is too much.

Next year, for two plants you will need to build a larger "OceanTainer"!!

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It's not my fault: Carolyn made Sophie's Choice sound like a wee little plant. On the plus side sunscald shouldn't be a problem.
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It's not my fault: Carolyn made Sophie's Choice sound like a wee little plant. On the plus side sunscald shouldn't be a problem.
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NOTHING in a 'Tainer is ever Small.............

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So given that these are determinate, should I be starting some suckers for a second go at a harvest?
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Depending on your Fall temps, yes, I would start some suckers for a second planting (er,,, "floating").

Next Season, I really recommend you plant one Big Beef instead. This will give you a long, maintenance-free harvest.

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llc,

Yep, two plants in a LakeTainer of your size is too much.

Next year, for two plants you will need to build a larger "OceanTainer"!!

Raybo

I would go one more step and call it the "Titanic Tomato Adventure of Tomorrow" >>>>>>>>Talon
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Old June 22, 2011   #60
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Next Season, I really recommend you plant one Big Beef instead. This will give you a long, maintenance-free harvest.

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I dunno. I'm thinking I won't really change anything for next year



What you can't see there are some nice sized tomatoes hiding underneath all those leaves.



So far I haven't even noticed any BER. And the leaves seem pretty healthy except for where they have rubbed against a dock line.
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