General discussion regarding the techniques and methods used to successfully grow tomato plants in containers.
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May 20, 2015 | #61 | |
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Did you abandon the 13-13-13 with the Mittleider micro pack? I think you said you were experimenting with the 4-18-38. Look forward to hearing how it went. It's great that you are willing to try different approaches all the time. You seem to want to push the envelope to try and outdo your self every year. A trait that takes people from just good to great. IMO. |
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May 20, 2015 | #62 |
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The 4-18-38 is a formula from Hydro Gardens that my friends use with injectors, so the fertilizer is liquid soluble, I switched too. I had great luck with FN, and super results when I supplement with Cal-Mag. FN was injected into my water from large tanks, and is used every time I water, I watch the plants to determine how much I use.
I get away with not using CM every time, but the plants do best when I use it more/ every day. I have never tried 13-13-13, if my memory serves me that is. We do try to be more efficient, and I like the plants to look good. Honestly, I think our long sunny days up here helps a lot, the plants have the perfect environment,and I can control the daytime temps until mid summer, then they suffer a little. This has been a great year, I will post some pics later. Take care |
May 20, 2015 | #63 |
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Thank you for your response AKmark. On the 13-13-13 - just scratch that. Had you mixed up with someone else. Brain fog sets in after reading the 240th post. Anyway your greenhouse and plants look amazing.
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May 21, 2015 | #64 |
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AKmark, very nice plants and pictures as others said.
Re German Queen, it's one of my faves and I grow it every year. Big, beautiful and tasty fruit. |
May 22, 2015 | #65 |
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More tomatoes
Here's a few pics of my growing slabs, the pruned plants, and McKinley and Bear Claw
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May 22, 2015 | #66 |
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Woot, Look at those trusses! Thicker than the base of some vines around here. What do you think that leaf mottling is? I have some very similar, wonder if it could've been aftermath related to earlier P deficiency. Or the closest diagnostic picture I have seen said Mg deficiency.
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500 sq ft of raised rows zone 8a Last edited by decherdt; May 22, 2015 at 08:10 AM. |
May 22, 2015 | #67 |
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It is MG deficiency, which really shows up after our days become longer with more intense sun. If you look at the plants you can see where I corrected that, I usually don't supplement more Calcium and MG until plants start their fruit production, and begin the fast growing stages, saves some money and those bottom leaves come off anyway.Now that I switched fertilizer I have to supplement because the new stuff has 0. Some varieties showed no deficiency, some more than others, we have to balance everything out, that's the hard part of growing so many different varieties. I wish I had time to take some pics of all the different varieties side by side, it is interesting.
The plants with the curled leaves and has a giant tomato, is in the sunny hot spot/ intense sun location, in the greenhouse, all varieties suffer foliage wise up there. Last edited by AKmark; May 22, 2015 at 12:03 PM. |
May 26, 2015 | #68 |
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Here comes Ildi
People trip over themselves when they see these for the first time. lol This is one plant in a 15 gallon
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May 26, 2015 | #69 |
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First big tomato of season
This one is pretty darn nice for a regular blossom
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May 28, 2015 | #70 |
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Bear Claw and Bear Creek
Bear Claw is a much larger plant, very vigorous, with large pretty ribbed fruit, with a good taste. Bear Creek is a much shorter vine for me, but the yield is great too. I think we prefer B Creek by a litttle.
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May 28, 2015 | #71 |
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BW Landis Valley and McKinley
My son may have said it best "BW LV is a good commercial type tomato." The fruit is perfect, and the taste is pretty good, but it does not have an intense flavor or a real complex flavor either, but it did taste to us like a good hybrid commercial type tomato.
McKinley is a great yielder too, of ugly mis-shapen beefsteaks, that have (amazing) tomato flavor. McKinley stole the show the today out of the four. |
May 28, 2015 | #72 |
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Plants
Just more plant pics
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May 31, 2015 | #73 |
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Pics
We lost a tomato today, it was 4.09lbs, but the other one still on the plant will probably get a boost now, and it is over 26 inches around.
Everything is going good, lots of great tomato tastings. |
May 31, 2015 | #74 |
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Tomato Fort
The best place to unwind and relax
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May 31, 2015 | #75 |
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Show off !!!!!
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