General discussion regarding the techniques and methods used to successfully grow tomato plants in containers.
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September 9, 2018 | #286 |
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Thanks, guess some coffee and some reading is in store for me, LOL!! I'll be using containers this next year for the first time and trying to get some decent yields to can up and share.
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September 9, 2018 | #287 | |
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There is a learning curve, but it is not so bad. Put in a bit of effort to learn this and you will be canning tomatoes, and giving them to the neighbors too. We have all winter to figure things out, I have a bunch of new stuff I am working on too. Good luck Last edited by AKmark; September 9, 2018 at 04:01 PM. |
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September 9, 2018 | #288 | |
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Thanks, Mark, will spend some time looking stuff up and working it.
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September 15, 2018 | #289 |
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Tomatoes
Another batch of nice heirlooms heading to town. The YBW's almost glow.
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September 15, 2018 | #290 |
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Mark,
I am very interested in the YBW. The Brandywine pink did well for me here. Now my cherokee purple are starting to pick up some steam.Hurricane surviviors times two. Aloha, Tom |
September 22, 2018 | #291 |
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Tomatoes
They just keep looking better as the season progresses. I sent quite a few of these to the market in the last 6 weeks or so.
I have to say that YBW is the best marketable yellowish- orange tomato I have found. The taste is exceptional, and they have real appeal when you look at them. Again, after growing them for 7 years, I have not found a more perfect selection for a yellow. They yield a lot, they withstand growing issues very well, and they throw some very large tomatoes. I always hate them in Spring, they catface, and are irregular, but I love them by mid summer. LOL KBX is good, Amana Orange is good, it goes downhill from there. |
October 11, 2018 | #292 |
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One more
The last new taste of the season.
I did Rebel Yell x Mat-Su Express F7. Not quite as early as I expected, about 110 days from seed. The flavor is exceptional. |
October 11, 2018 | #293 |
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Mark, if you get this to F6 with that same beautiful meatiness, and the exceptional flavor, I would like to be first in line for seeds. Hopefully its production is like MSE, rather than RY. I am growing MSE again this season, it made the cut!
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October 11, 2018 | #294 |
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Good cross, Mark! I am salivating thinking about this one! Hope you can stabilize it successfully.
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April 15, 2021 | #295 |
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Wow that is indeed a nice thread. So beautiful healthy plants and a big crop! Very informative in a greenhouse conditions and possible problems one could meet. Well done!
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April 16, 2021 | #296 |
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Mark, I’m not sure if you’re still tracking this thread. I’m trying to emulate some of your approach with 4-18-38 in grow bags with ProMix. One key difference is I have 10 gallon grow bags.
My concern is on fertilizer concentration build up since it would take an abundance of water to get it to waste out the bottom each time. The ProMix can absorb a ton before it is draining through. Do you have any experience working with bigger containers? And how did you manage it? |
April 16, 2021 | #297 |
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We pass information. I am in a good network from Guatemala to Alaska. We do a lot of traveling to expand our business as well as knowledge. Piece of cake.
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April 16, 2021 | #298 | |
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I have grown ripe tomatoes in everything from a 4" container to a 20 gallon container, we have used many methods, fertilizers, programs, etc, over the course of 30 years. What we found is we can produce very well in four gallon, awesome in 5-6 gallon, under four gallon for me yield starts getting affected, taste remained great. In large containers we enjoyed growing large plants with 3-4 vines. We got 50lbs from German Queen and over that from Delicious in 7-10 gallon containers. I grow to get maximum yield from a square foot of space, so we are strict with pruning, gh layout, everything has to be well thought out. It really is super simple and easy, but like anything, the more you do it the better you will get. |
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April 16, 2021 | #299 |
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Thanks Mark! I appreciate the reassurance
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April 16, 2021 | #300 |
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Do overwatering not at every watering then, and dose the fertilizer according with the runoff EC when you do overwater. It's really the root zone EC that matters mostly, and runoff EC will be a good aproximation. More frequent flushing will give a more stable nutrient solution (especially in terms of nutrient balance), there's a reason they grow in rockwool in top greenhouses. Also, as long as aeration is high (coarse peat is especially important, not sure what promix has), you can have high water retention, the roots don't rot from water but from lack of oxygen.
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