Some issues that have come up recently. I’m dealing with some blight (very common on much of the vegetation around here), blossom end rot and nutrient burn. I show you a few examples of the…
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2013 Outdoor Hydro 13-Blight, B.E.R, & Burn
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Loved the video! What type of cal/mag were you using? I ran test this
winter on my indoor grow with cal / mag? Here’s the fascinating part – I
found BER on my tomatoes when using GH cal mag. However, botanicare cal/mag
– no BER. Everything else was equal, plant type, nutrient, lighting ect. My
point is – don’t rule out the brand. Not all cal mags are created equal. I
think for a liquid solution – if you are going that route, botanicare is
the best. But I suspect you may be going dry as opposed to liquid for that
set up. Very cool.?
Hey Marc……ordered my new camcorder this week….will be posting videos
of the garden. It is doing so incredibly well this year. I am extremely
pleased. My san marzanos are just loaded up, and just harvested artichokes
and corn. Great stuff!!.cant wait to show it on video.
To this point, I think I’ve been too timid in my pruning, you are right
about that. If it’s not too terribly hot when I get home from work today, I
shall begin! Thanks for all the thoughtful ideas Judy! I appreciate you
taking the time to give me some pointers.
Oooh, very cool! That will be nice. Glad to hear your garden is doing well,
you probably have tomatoes coming out of your ears. Can’t wait to see your
results! Been trying to do a video for a couple weeks, but other stuff just
keeps getting in the way. Maybe today 🙂
That’s really not a good look for me. The more I see it the more I dislike
it. I need longer arms. Some of these tomatoes are just beautiful. Never
expected them to be so intense color-wise.
Thanks for the update. I’m looking forward to hearing about your results.
The closeup was an interesting perspective. Did not detract from the
message at all. Love the bright vibrant red tomatoes. They look delish. 🙂
I really like the dutch bucket system except for the clogging. I need to
figure out how the commercial guys keep their emitters clean. I think they
use a larger emitter, still researching. Check out
youtube.com/user/KangZumwalt, he has an interesting gravity fed system.
Maybe next year I’ll add a row of DWC and see how it goes. Doesn’t your
solution get warmer quicker with the smaller buckets?
Interesting that you would have blossom end rot. I haven’t experienced any
at all on my vertigro stacks. I water a constant drip (1 Gallon Per Hour
Drippers) during day time hours with gravity flow on my system since it’s
off-grid.
Eh bro, I’ve been getting a wee bit of the blossom end rot also but not to
bad. it was mostly on my cherry tomatoes but seems to be gone a present.
everything sure looks great!
So far I’ve been able to keep my reservoir temperature to a max of about 80
during the afternoon, but the last several days we’ve had a heat index of
over 100 and it’s crept up to 84, that could be a factor. I’ve used some
“Serenade”, an organic anti-fungal. I will take a look at hydrogen peroxide
too. I don’t use Bobby’s formula, I use “Big Bang Bloom” from AmHydro.com
and add Cal-Mag from Botanicare (and other goodies occasionally). I’ve
considered switching to a tomato specific formula.
Looks like it hit my Costuluto the hardest. That really bums me out. But it
does seem to be slowing down. Newer fruit seems not to have it as much now.
Thank goodness. I did a ton of trimming.
I was quite surprised as well. I think my limited watering at first (6a,
12p, 6p for 40 minutes) was the issue. Now I water for 1/2 hour at 6a, 10a,
12p, 2p, 4p, 6p and 9p. I was feeding plenty of calcium. I started out with
.5 GPH drippers and switched to 2gph, not sure if I should go constant drip
though. I’m still seeing some, but it has slowed down quite a bit. Thanks
for the comment!
I’m Cutting, Rooting, Propagating and Cloning. It’s a scream in the grow
room these days.?
That should work out good for you John! I normally cut suckers off of the
outside plants for the hydro setup, but this year there weren’t any
impressive prospects to work with, so I went with seeds. I didn’t know that
you could propagate baby back ribs ; )?
Man that sucks about your seedlings. Good job on adapting & overcoming !?
I’m Cutting, Rooting, Propagating and Cloning. It’s a scream in the grow
room these days.?
I’m really surprised you don’t use an aeroponics cloner. ?
That one cutting you were showing during your visual demonstration seemed
to have a sucker on it. That sucker will demand hormones that should go
into rooting, I’d clip, just the sucker part.
Sorry about the major issue, bummer. I had to make myself a checklist that
I would see leaving my growroom, I too was/am prone to being distracted.?
I don’t pot anything up these days unless its atleast a 50 percent coco
coir blend, really holds the water in
its springtime here in south oz temperatures slowly rising up around
the 100 degree mark in the old scale.. coco is the only potting soil that
seems to be holding the moisture down here.. the pine bark potting mix is
dry as a bone.. the coco is the only stuff that seems to be doing the trick
down here
good drainage perfect water retention, ultimately 100 percent coco coir is
absolute perfection, just gets a little expensive if your planting out a
few hundred pots, though its the ultimate potting soil for the hot dry
desert type climate?
I wonder how many seasons you could clone in a row, I’m thinking about
doing indoor tomatoes after this season then clone the plant for spring
again
seems easier than sprouting a ton of seedlings?
Bummer about your original starts. I’ve done sillier things. Good recovery
though and glad to see you’re going to continue. Really looking forward to
watching the progress. Did I miss something though? You’re starting in
dirt and then transferring to Hydro? After my cloning disaster last
spring, I’ve just been putting tomato cuttings for hydro in a glass of
water and letting them root. Works like a charm. I know, as you said,
everyone has their methods 🙂 Take care John!?
Are you growing them up to fruit indoors? I have a couple of advanced
volunteers that I thought I might bring in over the winter just to see what
I get. I am only using CFLs so I wont hold my breath on fruit. but my seed
starts were flowering before I put them out this spring. I am growing in
dirt. Mmm ribs 😉 ?