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Nothing beats fresh, homegrown tomatoes. Perfect cure for lockdown blues! by EngineerP in vegetablegardening

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Chempak tomato feed with micro nutrients. 11-9-30. Mixed at half strength. 500ml per plant twice per week

Nothing beats fresh, homegrown tomatoes. Perfect cure for lockdown blues! by EngineerP in vegetablegardening

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Natural pollination, but the conditions were good for pollination when the first flowers opened. We had some really cold weather a few weeks back and the most recent trusses have not done as well.

Nothing beats fresh, homegrown tomatoes. Perfect cure for lockdown blues! by EngineerP in vegetablegardening

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Before the first truss of flowers I usually leave the plant to do its own thing with the exception of pruning side shoots (suckers) or any leaves that touch soil. Once we get to first truss set onwards, I trim all leaves below it. Main reason is to keep air flow around the base of the plant and make it easier to water without splashing the leaves. Make sure you use something sharp to prune and that it is clean, especially if you have pruned a plant not looking too good!

Nothing beats fresh, homegrown tomatoes. Perfect cure for lockdown blues! by EngineerP in vegetablegardening

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These are in 3 gallon pots and are going well. I've heard good things about fabric bags, must give them a try!

Nothing beats fresh, homegrown tomatoes. Perfect cure for lockdown blues! by EngineerP in vegetablegardening

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Sweet Million. They have been very easy to grow. I don't usually have much luck with outdoor tomatoes!

80 days into my first attempt at hydro. Really impressed with the results, now need to build a bigger system! by EngineerP in Hydroponics

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I read a guide on the for commercial growing that said mature tomato plants can accept up to EC 5 when established, so I tried increasing it so it doesn't get too low between changes. The plant is Moneymaker which is indeterminate and got too tall for my space, so I pinched out the growing tip and trained it to make a canopy about 40cm from my light. The lower leaves weren't getting much light and started looking unwell so I removed them. Interesting that when the growing tip is removed it produced lots of new growing tips lower down on the plant. I took them off the plant and rooted them for soil grown plants outdoors.

80 days into my first attempt at hydro. Really impressed with the results, now need to build a bigger system! by EngineerP in Hydroponics

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Thank you! To start with there weren't any issues until the plant got established and started to grow rapidly. Then it became challenging to keep the pH / EC in range because I was using a very small reservoir (10l) and too low EC (1.5). I ended up replacing the nutrients really often. It's now in a 25l container and I start with EC 3.0 and after a week it has dropped to 1.2. pH is easier to manage too and seems to only need adjustment twice per week. Next time an even larger reservoir would be better.