Follow up and results from my cutting to hydro experiment.
Part 1: Planting the cutting in the hydro container – https://youtu.be/715Fo11VdGk
You don’t have to let your tomato plants die at the end of the season. You can take a cutting, root it, and plant it in a hydroponics container indoors for the winter. Get those fresh tomatoes all year long. You might even be able to then take a cutting and put it back in the dirt next spring. That part I will have to try in the spring.
I use General Hydroponics 3 part fertilizer:
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Other stuff:
Cheap single air pump:
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Double air pump:
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Air tubing:
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Freaking awesome knife to use in the garden:
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I have had great luck using masterblend for tomatoes and lettuce. Very inexpensive too.
What don't you make your own fertilizer? General hydroponics are way over priced.
I'm glad you mentioned that your lettuce needs less than the tomatoes. Now I need to separate my tomatoes from the dwc I have them in with my romaine and broccoli. Cool cinematography in the beginning by the way!
1:12 took off the jacket to uncover two more jackets "Much better"
Did you check your EC and your pH? Thanks for sharing…
“There’s an elephant back there for scale, so you can tell how big these are”. Hahahaha!
Oh yeah I've learned that about nutrients and lettuce. I'm growing tomatoes via kratky and using a generic tomato nutrient/fertilizer. So far it's growing really well. After about 3 weeks it's getting blooms. I hope I get tomatoes like yours!!!
That is awesome, having cherries during the winter. Forget that snow though!