cheesewire

tomatoes that is! Whats goin down GC.com? me? oh, nothing much, just got done planting some paper towel methodly germed tomater seeds

they were started about 4 days ago, (hmmm right b4 the loss-of-posts thing lol) and boy did those roots get big! most tap roots were an inch long, or longer, with the exception of 2 that were about 3/4 in. sorry to all my european friends, well to pretty much everyone NOT in the USA, as i do not know the metric system as well as i do the "kiddie" way. lol

i started 15 organically grown and havested seeds from Burpee ( <---- makes me wary as to the organic part, no OMRI rating ) and 12 germed. the others didnt, so i tossed them. if they havent popped my now, "quite frankly, my dear, i dont give a damn" about the genes they had.

for now ill be using nothing but rain water, (and prolly will continue to do so throughout. infact just omit the words "for now" and everything in between and including these parenthesis, damnit wheres my bong, brb) a locally made organic soiless potting mix called Rabbit Mix, Botanicare Sweet (at half strength to start out, i dont wanna go gung ho yet), SuperThrive @ root development level (1/4 teaspoon is what the bottle says so thats what i used, but i know that 1 ml is about that same amout. but not quite, so i did what the bottle said) (why did i just say that?), GH Down, and Pro-Tekt for pH Up.

later when they need it, i may use Botanicare Pure Blend Pro Soil, or maybe ill try the original Pure Blend Bloom formula, and see if i can get away with an organic npk of 1-2-2 i also wanna get the Earth Juice line, the grow, bloom, i have the catalyst, but there are 1 or 2 more they have as well.



dont you hate when people do that??
it has:
Compost, penut hulls, aged pine bark, lava sand, coir, diatomite, worm castings, aged pecan shell, rabit manure, expanded shale, fish meal, kelp meal, alfalfa meal, crab shell, dried molasses, granit sane, humate, and "sea minerals" of which none are listed lol. its still pretty loamey (or is it loamy?)



24 o' dems and i got some Mortgage Lifters (another commercial heirloom, but still, ORALE HOMES! EES GONNA GROW!) one thing i have been wondering is what the photoperiod requirement for tomatoes, and in the middle of this sentence, i went to look for the answer on google. lmfao. aparently the tomato is a day neutral plant, meaning that it can flower under any daylight hours, but research has shown that continuous light (24/7 lights on) will retard fruiting. wow thank you GC.com, you dont stop giving do you??

i started this mainly to get into keeping a feeding and watering schedule, but then i got this webcam, and just decided to go Apesh!t. anyway, i need to go catch some z's. oh, i watered them after i planted them, (...) and they are gonna grow outside, in an area that catches sun till about 3pm, then is shaded. hmm maybe 2pm for the first week or 2.

any criticism is welcome, and questions, equally so. im talkin to my hydro guy about a used bc bloombox type machine that he has. i cant pay for it all at once, and im trying to get him to hold it for while i save up, and then pay for it and go
ive seen the inside and its exactly like the bc northernlights box with the veg cab and flower cab that holds 6 plants in its prefitted (but removable) hydro system. the man said that teh problem with those cabs is heat a lot of the time. but ill just buy a dayton, or something quite online. hee hee... oops i need to go to sleep. gnight all!

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WeeD22MaN

Hey cheese!

Hehe tomato growing is fun I grow like 25 in my back yard every year and I dont even eat them I wanna do some indoor mint and other neat herbs tho. Is this going to be an indoor grow? All the best


WeedMan

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cheesewire

welcome 22nd WeedMan! thnx for the vibes!

i dont really like them all that much either. if they are in something, sure, if not, just plain, bleh. but then i have never given them an honest chance.

HA.

oh and by the way


XD

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WeeD22MaN

Hey cheese!

Hahahaha way to point it out. Sorry I missed it im so tried right now and when im tried I tend to read fast and forget alot. My bad Iv never really gave them a chance either. I love ketchup too. I eat blt's alot and they got tomato. Mabye I dont hate them. Haha Neways all the best!

WeedMan


P.S Will you be journaling the grow?

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cheesewire

no worries at all m8 yes this is officially my first Grow Journal, im just sad its not

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cheesewire

yaaaay 1st to pop.




go helmet head, GO!

nothing else to report, no water has been added, but i noted that my water buckets pH fell to 4.6! weird, its just superthrive, sweet, and pH Up. hmm anyway, i think im gonna move it outside in the shade tomorrow when i wake up. temps here are mid 90s in the shade tho! i think ill hold off on full exposure till the helmet falls off, or untill i get a couple more.

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lil_gotti

I not a professional grower...and I think I have mentioned this before. But letting your indoor plants go outside...for even a few hours can induce unwanted bugs.

If the "helmet" is ready to go...its ready. No need for tweezers or other gadgets. If it's above soil and ready to go...a few hours will kick that "helmet" off.

What type of tomatoes are these again? If you mentioned earlier..sorry.

cheesewire

Lil_gotti - these are organic beefsteaks from burpee.

they are not comming back inside, so bugs arent a problem, and they shouldnt be a problem but if they are, ill go get some ladybugs at the garden shop

i hate waiting, but meh... <shuffles the deck of cards again>

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cheesewire

yaaaay another sprout



heres one of the new one side by side with the helmet head



i used teh same water i preped last time, but the water had gone from 4.5 or so to 5.6 (with a 330 PPM) in the last 24 hours, so i added 4 drops of pH up for a pH and PPM of:

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cheesewire

no new sprouts, kind of dissapointing, as i expected much faster popping rates, as the roots were so well developed when they were planted. i was afraid it might be a detriment, and that fear has been confirmed ithink.

remoistened soil in teh tray that has no sprouts, and placed the one with the helmet head and the sprout outside.

started germin more seeds, beefsteaks, red brandywines, sugar lumps, rutgers, and i cant remember the other. these i will place directly into soil, when i see a tap root a couple milliliters long.

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