Maer's - 3 part + Organic - NFT / Soil - Winter Veggie Experience

[Maer]

Re: Maer's - BluePlanetNutrients 3 part + Organic - NFT / Soil - Winter Veggie Experi

I re planted the mint in to coir / pearlite mix - I removed all the contaminated soil possible, put about an inch of hydroton at the bottom (dont know why force of habit?) and then 50/50 then the top inch or so 100% coco (ran out of mix).

I hope this kick starts the mint's growth because I am drinking mojito's faster than this thing can grow!

@Corey - I hope so too, being the 1st time around I am getting a really low effort to payoff ratio, but the next run should be much better, I plan to run 3 early girls and leave a lot of room so i can harvest many trusses of fruit before having to pull them.

@OG13 - I am running 18/6 currently from seed - the book I got on hydro tomatoes say they do just fine that way.

 

[ratatattooey]

Re: Maer's - BluePlanetNutrients 3 part + Organic - NFT / Soil - Winter Veggie Experi

Looking good Maer. I've got a few tom's going in my flood table as well. Trying to see how they grow indoors. They really seem to like Coreys BPN 3 part, and LED combo.

Your's are looking awesome.. I hope they stay that way, and that your mint go nuts for your mojito's

 

[Maer]

Re: Maer's - BluePlanetNutrients 3 part + Organic - NFT / Soil - Winter Veggie Experi

Looking good Maer. I've got a few tom's going in my flood table as well. Trying to see how they grow indoors. They really seem to like Coreys BPN 3 part, and LED combo.

Your's are looking awesome.. I hope they stay that way, and that your mint go nuts for your mojito's

Thanks man, thanks for stopping in too.

 

[Maer]

Re: Maer's - BluePlanetNutrients 3 part + Organic - NFT / Soil - Winter Veggie Experi

I harvested 11 or so sun sugars, I gave them out one at a time to family last night. All were received well - everyone agreed they have a summer tomato taste!!

 

[Blue Planet Nutrients]

Re: Maer's - BluePlanetNutrients 3 part + Organic - NFT / Soil - Winter Veggie Experi

Cool, very cool. I am looking forward to starting an outdoor garden this spring. I think that I am going to experiment with corn in DWC

 

[Maer]

Re: Maer's - BluePlanetNutrients 3 part + Organic - NFT / Soil - Winter Veggie Experi

I plan on doing the top of my pergola with vine crops, like cucumbers and zucchini. I plan to imitate what you did and keep the vines in 5 gal dwc.

 

[Blue Planet Nutrients]

Re: Maer's - BluePlanetNutrients 3 part + Organic - NFT / Soil - Winter Veggie Experi

man, it is so much fun to do DWC outside. I like to grow my tomatoes where they get a lot of morning sun and then shade during the hottest part of the day... 3 or 4 pm until sunset. That will keep them less stressed and the tomatoes produce fruit way into the summer. That also helps to keep the nutrient solution cool. I have found that my tomatoes will start to use up to 2 gallons of water a day when they become monsters so they get a nice dose of cool well water each evening. They also eat nutes like crazy. Even with drinking a couple of gallons water a day, the ppm would still drop and i found myself adding nutrients every 3 days to keep the ppm around 1200 to 1500. The key to outdoor DWC is a badass aerator. I have a 110 liter per minute pump with 12 outlets and each bucket boils with so many bubbles. That can help compensate for the increased water temperature during 95+ days. cucumbers are really fun as well.

I also want to have a decent size soil garden as well. I like to grow enough veggies to put up so I dont have to buy so many canned goods from the store.

 

[Maer]

Re: Maer's - BluePlanetNutrients 3 part + Organic - NFT / Soil - Winter Veggie Experi

Cool, very cool. I am looking forward to starting an outdoor garden this spring. I think that I am going to experiment with corn in DWC

I am also planning on using those 100% organics you sent in my outside garden. I plan to run another journal here too!

 

[Maer]

Re: Maer's - BluePlanetNutrients 3 part + Organic - NFT / Soil - Winter Veggie Experi

My first gen of tomatoes were harvested. Some had some BER inside but they were very tasty! I just cut out the black parts and ate the rest.

The mint that I put in to the hydro system is taking off, the next gen of plants is almost filling the entire closet, and THEY HAVE FLOWERS ALREADY!!!

 

[SteveHman]

Re: Maer's - BluePlanetNutrients 3 part + Organic - NFT / Soil - Winter Veggie Experi

I need to grow some indoor veggies. I want to grow some hot-ass peppers and some tomatoes as well.

 

[Blue Planet Nutrients]

Re: Maer's - BluePlanetNutrients 3 part + Organic - NFT / Soil - Winter Veggie Experi

nice. you can always add some calmag to prevent BER.

 

[Maer]

Re: Maer's - BluePlanetNutrients 3 part + Organic - NFT / Soil - Winter Veggie Experi

I have 3 or 4 fruit sets on my plant, I have redesigned the system to one tube and kept only one of the 4 plants from the second generation of seedlings. So far no signs of BER and the fruits seem to be maturing nicely. Will post pics later!

 

[Maer]

Re: Maer's - BluePlanetNutrients 3 part + Organic - NFT / Soil - Winter Veggie Experi

The plant has been growing well and producing fruit, I still have this problem with the leaves curling and spotting, dont know why.

There are 6 fruit trusses on the plant, the EC has been right around 2.0 and the pH between 5.8 and 6.3.

This has 3 trusses, one to the left on to the right and one behind.

Can't wait to start some tomatoes outside for the summer!! Maybe I will do some melons and cucumbers in hydro.

 

[Blue Planet Nutrients]

Re: Maer's - BluePlanetNutrients 3 part + Organic - NFT / Soil - Winter Veggie Experi

Hey bro! I am right behind you with the outdoor hydro. Your tomatoes are picture perfect. I wouldn't worry about the leaves because the fruits are flawless.