Easy Hydroponic Tomatoes
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 พ.ค. 2019
- Easy Hydroponic Tomato
How to grow hydroponic tomatoes, the easy way. In our previous video we showed you how to plant Roma tomatoes in 5 gallon buckets with net cup lids. We also placed some in our small NFT system. Here is how they did.
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In case you missed the first Tomato video, here it is th-cam.com/video/fkbyFZeafP4/w-d-xo.html
BTW, sorry about that bird chirping so loud in this video.
I loved that sound of the birds chirping, very relaxing
@@debbyconner1718 Thank you Debby. It did sound quite pleasant out there, just sounded really loud with my headphones on.
Love the bird sound . Soo nature feeling. I live in desert
Where did the two plants come from that developed roots? Did they come from the same store-bought original plant? And were they just laying on the ground & developed roots? Hugh??? - Susan Burns
@@deeannray5093 Same plant
The reason Hydroponic Tomato's don't split open is because they always have all the water they need and don't get a rush of water, like from a heavy rain storm. Great video and good looking Tomato's! God bless and keep on growing & making more videos to teach the rest of us!
Thanks Richard, always appreciate you man!
@@KeepOnGrowinHey Mike, y'll need some water? We got a few inches up here over the past few days that we are willing to send to ya! . . . LOL
@@KODArunnerNo, enjoying the clear skies and mild temps for now. We get our fair share of the wet stuff down here, lol.
correct the reason why they split is the get surplus water then drier condition then water again , as long as the water supply is consistent and don't get a sudden surplus they will not split, also leaving as you do the space so air roots form helps in the overall ability of the plant to regulate itself
the hole at the bottom of the netpot is smart, thanks for the tip.
Love the super loud cardinal!!! One of my favorite birds!
Great suggestions about drilling the hole in the bucket so if it rains, the oxygen roots will not drown. .
I found out the hard way, lol. Thanks for watching!
Smart ideas. You’ve figured out solutions to problems I’ve been having.
I spent the holiday doing my gardening from under a patio umbrella. It was great sitting in a chair, filling nutrient buckets, cutting noodles, and inserting plants. Hydroponic gardening is awesome. Fast forward to today, and I would like to pass on an observation. I have been bringing home red, and blue coffee containers from work. I have hundreds of them. Some I have painted, or covered with tape. Others I have left plain. My observation today was that the red containers have long strings of algae growing from the bottom of the roots. The blue containers are still clean, and clear. My priority will now be to get the reds covered, and then move on to the blues. I hope this helps somebody.
That sounds so cool, shoot me some pictures sometime. That is pretty interesting with the red and blue cans, let me know how it turns out. Hydroponics is awesome. I too, find it relaxing. Thanks much.
Awesome tomatoes and tomato plants. I have to try this.
Another awesome video ya done here buddy! Always a pleasure watching how you grow such amazing things with such a simple system. You inspire so many folks! Those maters looked every so tasty brother! Thanks for all work you do to help others learn how to grow them some veggies. Hope you two have a great rest of the week!
Thanks much CB, yeah those maters were awesome. Can't wait to see your whole greenhouse come in, going to be great! You and Rene have an awesome week too!
Great tip on the hole drilled. +1!
Brilliant. I did work that out though. Thanks. A lot of people aren’t practical
Perfect just what I was looking for. Love ❤️ your channel.
Cool deal Dave! Glad it helps!
Thanks for posting the whole growing process
😎🖒🌱Have an awesome day!
Your videos are inspiring. Thanks Mike.
Really appreciate it James! Have a great weekend!
Another great video, love the Zen and music of all your Vids, o yeah and the hydro information is great too. :)
Thanks John. You don't know how much I enjoy reading comments like this. 😎🖒🌱🌱
Great video Mike got me inspired to give it a go. All the best from UK
Awesome, so happy to hear that! Greetings from the US!
We just bought a house and the yard and gardens are amazing. I want to add some things so I am going to do this. I have a space in the garage loft to grow in the winter. Thanks man!
So awesome, keep me posted. Happy gardening.
Very cool thank you Mike
Thank you I grew cherry tomatoes last year for first time and this year will be first time hydroponically
Excited 🌿
Aeesome, so glad to hear that! 😎🖒
Great video.
Keep on growing, this is nice philosophy.
Thank you, I live by it. 😎🖒🌱
Nice to see you growing tomatoes Mike. Burpee seed company says the Roma VF has around an 18" spread. I find with Kratky hydroponics, the plants get a bit larger. Cool to see you start with one plant, root daughter plants, and keep that cycle of tomatoes producing.
Thanks Matt! Yeah, I got about 6 producing plants off that one pot. Pretty wild, will check out Burpee. Let me know if you would like to be on a live stream one day.
I'm just getting into this. I stoked and nervous at the same time. I'm gonna grow mine in grow tents in my basement. I hope they come out as beautiful as yours did. Great job!👊😃
Thank you!! Good luck! 😎🖒🌱🍅
To reduce pests.
I use a mini shop or car vacuum with hose connection I put a fishnet sock over vac hose & sucks all the insect & catapillers off my veggie plants with the netting it's gentle on plants just sucks bugs a few dead leaves. Quick & simple to do 1 or 2 twice a week. It's amazing how many bugs come off purchased plants from retail stores or plant nurseries. If you use a piece of sticky tape/ fly tape in you collection cup easy to rid your garden of pests.
Try this method mini vacuum cost less than $12 & have used it for 10+ years. Let me know if this helps any other tomatoes growers.
Awesome! Thanks for the tips!
Thanks for the tip
Welcome! Thanks for watching!
Beautiful tomato's
Thank you 😎🖒🌱
Bravo brother!
Thank you Brendan😎🖒🌱
Great video!
Thanks Winni!
Very nice! I have to try those nice big net cups. I have been doing everything in 3 inch net cups but the ones you had seemed great for Tomatoes.
They are great for tomatoes, I also use it for chard sometimes. Appreciate you stopping by david!
you can save even more environment with no netcups and 25cm spacing.... ill send pic. photos.app.goo.gl/GFkZLNCVWbuK19Bb8
Great video, glad I saw it. Forgot about that airspace
Cool. Yeah, that's important.
Thank you
Greetings, thanks very much for your visit, awesome content you have here. I wish I had place where I could plant but in the big city is difficult to do. I'll visit here and check out your other work as well
Appreciate that bri. Being a creator, The Creator Spotlight Show might be a better fit. Going live tomorrow night at 8pm if you want to hook up with great creators.
@artemorbid, just try using his method and buy an led grow light, Haven't tried tomatoes yet, but it sure works for different lettuces! I have mine sitting on a counter in the kitchen. Going to try tomatoes as soon as I get some food grade buckets.
Hi Mike, Love what you are doing here. I trying to grow tomatoes, Zukes and peppers, Kratky method to start. I have the master blend kit with calcium and epsom salts. For a 5 gal home depot bucket, what measurement of water and nutrients are you using. Also, do you use a PPM meter? I find I have some fruit and flowers but they don't seem to be progressing. Do you change out your water at all?
This is great thanks
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Great video ✌️
Thank you 😎🖒🌱🌱🌱🌱
Another awesome video!! Deciding what I will have in Hydroponics outdoors this year. I think tomatoes crack due to the fact that they dry out then get watered a number of times during their life cycle. I have heard when they dry out and then get watered they basically try to make up for the lack of water and pull in to much. similar to a watermelon when you cut one open and it has a crack inside, they say that is the same reason drying out then pulling to much water at one time to make up for it. Maybe not so, but I read that somewhere. Keep the videos coming always good information!
Thanks much, that makes sense. Good luck on your grow, looking awesome indoors, can't wait to see what you do outside.
Oh those two cute as a bug puppies... I call all dogs puppy! Keeps them young at heart.. :)
Keeps us young at heart too😃
The reason soil based tomatoes split is from a large influx of water and a change in the amount of water the plant is getting. Hydroponic tomatoes have a constant water supply so they don’t over compensate and split the fruit.
Cool I've been thinken bout putting a hole LOL guess my dought was comen from lazyness of moving plants to bigger pots LOL ok good I'll add the hole cuz the air roots REALLY don't like getting wet AT ALL
I'm finding it interesting how these plants go from dirt to hydroponics BUT NOT so much do the plants like going from the hydroponics into dirt SO FUNNY playing back & forth this way thought me another self watering system I'm testing out LOL ya I have dirt in a tuna can with a clothish rope going 1 end in the dirt other end in a masterblend container IT'S WORKING really nice especially for starting the difficult plants like celery = the rope drinks the water and the dirt sucks it up keeping the seed at a steady dampness threw germination into ready for transfer into hydro or dirt = this stuff is so cool thank you for figuring it out & sharing it on you tube - I'm really grateful thank you
No problem, I am so grateful for all of you! I love that you are experimenting with different ways to grow. Let me know how it turns out, sounds like it is going well so far. Thanks much!!
Do you have a video of what size sucker you remove from the tomato plant, what you do with it next, step by step to grow it into its own plant?
from what ive read, the reason tomatoes split open is after a dry spell, their skins thicken to retain moisture, then when it rains and they get abundant moisture, it ruptures the skin. i.e. they need regulated moisture to not split. love your vids. im starting some static hydroponics this weekend and most of the ideas are from you. thank you very much.
Thank you! Happy gardening and Keep on Growin'!
I am new at this. Just got bunches of rain. Need to drill the holes. Thanks! They look yummy.😋🍅
You're welcome. Sorry I forgot to mention it in the first video. Happy Gardening!
Mike VanDuzee No worries. It was a no brainer after a weeks worth of rain to do something. Good to know where exactly you refill to and therefore drill; so as to allow the airspace. I am using some old Thermolite pots. They are pretty, thickly insulated, and light weight. Got to mention though that the Dollar Tree people look at me strangely when I tell them I am buying certain items for growing my own food.
@@teller007 They give me the same look when I go to the register with an armful of pool noodles and they say, "Oh, gonna have a pool party." and I go "Nope, for my garden." Lol.
❤️ Thank you!!!
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Freaking AWESOME!!!! ❤❤❤
Thanks much!!!😎👍
thanks for sharing this. I have two questions, how much(kg) tomatoes can will you get from this single plant? And how long does it live? Does it live as long as you refill the reservoir?
Hey Mike
Love the video's and all sorts of great information. My question is this. With your tomatoes do you change the nutrient level once they start to flower or do you leave it the same during the entire growing cycle
Keep up the fantastic information and video's
Kevin
Hey Kevin, for these fast growing Roma tomatoes, I keep it the same. If you are growing a latger variety, you may want to drop the nitrogen a little.
How do you maintain a good temperature in your solution in the utter system? I am having issues currently with the gutters as well as the big tubs getting way to hot? I’m thinking I may have to cover them aka shade because the west Texas heat is making the water solution wayyyy to hot? Any suggestions would be great. Thanks
When rooting the suckers do you use regular nutrient solution, weaker solution or just water?
Found your channel and I’m glad I did. I’m total newbie on hydroponics. I want to try tomatoes and saw the one you did from side holes in the bucket. My question is you said you top off with water and ideally keep the water at 3/4 how do you know when to add more nutrients not just plan water? Thanks for what you do!
Thanks, here you go. facebook.com/reel/2864343007038849
the splitting in a garden is caused from uneven watering unlike in hydroponics where they always have the same amount of water.
Cool, thanls. That makes sense.
Heavy rain, especially when preceded by dry weather, is the leading cause of fruit cracking and splitting in tomatoes. ... Cracking and splitting occur when rapid changes in soil moisture levels cause fruits to expand quicker than the tomato skin can grow.
Good to know, thank you 😎🖒🌱
Like your videos & dogs. Show your wife once in a while! Like her smile!
Please mention sizes of containers, even downspout!
Could you show pool noodle growing (floating vs supported) in open containers (even $1 window boxes) or plastic (styrofoam) cups? Explain the air root concerns between supported stationary noodles in 9oz cups, vs floating noodles in 16-20 oz cups or opern containers?.
@@KeepOnGrowin I'm sure you understand hydroponics is constant water so no rapid changes in water avaiable to stretch skin.
I know this is an elementary question, but I know in some applications it is suggested to just add water to the reservoir unless you completely change out the nutrient solution. In this setup, are you continually filling the bucket to the designated level with full strength nutrient solution?
Yes. That's why the best crops are fast maturing leafy greens. You will not have to refill much. I believe I only refilled these about 5 times with 1 to 2 gallons of solution. If you want to, it is best to get a meter and measure the ppm but I am trying to make things easy for beginners.
How and when do you get the suckers from the plant and to get them to root?
Those tomatoes look perfect. About how tall do the plants grow? And about how many tomatoes did you yield per plant? I have two 2×4 tents that are 5ft high...I'm excited!😃
Here's to a plentiful harvest. Mine were about 3' tall. Never count my tomatoes tho.
Mike: Thanks for sharing this interesting and great video. Could you help me by answering the following three questions? (1) During initial transplant, can you tell what is the air/water roots when it just came from soil, and how much gap of air space from the bottom of the net cup needs to be reserved for the air initially? (2) You have to add water and nutrients several times by using 5 gallons tank. If I use a bigger tank to avoid adding water for the complete life cycle of a tomato plant, what should be the size, is 15 gallons tank sufficient? Will the water requirement has a difference between the sizes of tomato(3) If I cover the top of net cup with plastics to avoid rain water getting in, will it cause insufficient oxygen inside the air space for the plant?
!) I don't try to differentiate, I just fill the solution up so it touches the bottom of the net pot (maybe 1/4"). The right roots will find their way down. 2) For tomatoes, the bigger, the better. They grow many roots and get quite long. I have pulled out some roots that were over 4' long. Don't know if it affects the size. 3) You can cover it, there is no way you will stop oxygen from getting in.
Thanks!
@@tdlin1721Welcome!
I'm sure Tommy's looking down from the big Garden in the sky and he is very very proud of y'all)
Tommy is smiling and so am I. Thanks Sean!
Would you believe it only cylinder down pipes in Poland had I known I would have brought a few feet from England
Its more like kratky method so no air stone.is it still considered dwc?
Awesome, as usual! Were those Roma tomatoes on the plate? I have a bunch of sun gold tomatoes that I am rooting for a hydroponic grow. This winter I grew some dwarf varieties in my window- the Tasmanian Chocolate variety won me over. Yowzer! It is SO delicious!
Yes, they are Roma! Let me know how yours turn out. I have never tried the Tasmanian Choclate. So awesome to have fresh tomatoes.
Mike VanDuzee I ought to send you some Tasmanian Chocolate seeds! I am thinking surrounding my buckets with sheet styrofoam that has fabric dipped in cement covering it. That way it would give the buckets more of a sun guard and insulation, plus it could be more attractive. I love growing like this!
That sounds cool, I love people who experiment.
Mike VanDuzee gardening is good for the brain... you are always solving problems... or at least trying to figure out ways to grow better or easier!
beautiful i want start hydrponics
Thanks, it really is a cool way to grow.
do you have any problem with leaf miners on your tomato plants. I'm experiencing a problem
Good morning my friend!! Im back. Long month finally behind me.
Hope your well.
B
Hey, welcome back! Hope all is well with you too.
@@KeepOnGrowin Better! Glad spring is here. 😁😀🤩
How often do you have to add fertilizer to the bucket.
Plz make another video , how do measure or add nutrients with water, it’s would be very helpful for new beginner likes me, tnx
I used the same formula throughout the grow cycle.
th-cam.com/video/SaN6Dlf2hCg/w-d-xo.html
Music is really distracting. I like hearing your voice mate. Better than whoever is singing.
do you put the suckers in nutrient solution like you would a full grown plant or just in water until it roots THEN do solution?
I put them right into nutrients
Nice vid. Would you say that Kratky method produce smaller tomatoes?
Thank you. No, not really, these are Roma Tomatoes. 😎🖒🍅
could you tell us what that red round stuff is you packed in around the tomatoes? Maybe you did already, but scrolling down, I couldn't find that question. Thanks
clay pebbles, hydroton
Thanks for sharing another great video. A couple questions. How hot has it been in your area? Just wondering because if the water gets to hot it will kill the plants. Are you worried that the root system of the tomato’s in pvc pipe will clog it up?
Sorry your comment got lost George. It has been in the upper 80's to lower 90's. They will clog up the pipe sooner or later. If I get time, I pull them out and trim the roots. They are full of tomatoes now, just waiting on them to ripen and was contemplating harvesting the entire NFT system, breaking it down, cleaning and showing viewers me putting it back together. I usually don't grow tomatoes, everyone was asking to see them.
Mike VanDuzee I have watched videos of hydro farms using pipes to grow tomatoes. Not sure if different breeds have less roots. Can’t wait to see the update video.
Hi, I live in Tampa and have been using the Dutch Bucket system for 2 years with great results. Do you believe that you get just as good results using only the bucket, net pot and clay pebbles, without the circulation of the Dutch Bucket system.
No, not at all. The Dutch Buckets are better as are traditional hydro and aquaponics. This is good for beginners or people that do not want the added attention you have to pay to those systems. I am on the road a lot with no back up. If my pump fails in 90 degree weather, my crop is toast in an NFT system. With the non circulating you don't have to worry about that or anything getting clogged up.
Hello Mike! Great vid! I would just like to ask if how often you refill the buckets and how much you water you refill it with. Also, how long did it take for your 1st harvest?
Try to keep it between half to three quarters full at all times. I wpuld say ot took about 6 weeks to harvest.
Thanks Mike. Keep on inspiring!
Ilike it
This is so cool but I wonder if I could actually pull it off. I will have to go back to the original video and see if a moron like me could try this out! You make everything look so easy Mr VanDuzee! Hope you good buddy :) p.s love seeing the waaa waaaaas! (hua huas)
You can do it! The doggies said "Hi" and "Thank you", You little puppy is looking awfully cute!
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Mike - I have air roots beneath where you have the hole (at net cup bottom level). Sounds like I need to NOT keep my 5 gallon 3/4 full? I had to do some heavy watering as two of my containers took off outside and had significant growth practically emptying the bucket!!!!!! Hoping they make it :)
btw, yes that is me asking 2 wks ago what is up no flowers. Lots of flowers now and one tiny tomato...I moved them outside and they got dark green, sturdy branches and leaves, etc. What a difference that made even though I had grow lights full spectrum.
Sorry, the 3/4 full was for the downspouts. Yeah, tomatoes are heavy drinkers when they get big.
Omg I love your Channel you inspired me to start doing hydroponics and I love it. Thank you so much! I just started so I have a lot to learn still. 😬
Awesome! I love when people give it a try! Happy gardening.
Hi, so I'm new to gardening and currently I am doing it the traditional way but I would like to slowly transition into Hydroponic gardening and I have a tomato plant with some decent sized suckers and I want to grow them the way you did and I was wondering, do I just put the suckers straight into the nutrient solution, or do I do something else to wait for the roots to grow because currently they don't have any roots
PS. I just cut them off and they are sitting in a cup of water right now
Yes, they will root in just water but you want to get them into nutrients soon after that. 😎🖒
Great! Noticed that you "wet" the clay pebbels before putting them in the pot?
Yes, I think it's good for the fresh roots, also I did not rinse them. They come covered with clay dust that should be washed off.
Be a nice little experiment to see how big a harvest is in containers ranging from very small all to large. Sure the roots will look like an 80s hair spray commercial but would be great to see.
Excuse me, I didn't understand why you did a little hole, it's because we need to allow the oxigen enter into the container or, it's just to add nutrients, and, it's necessary to do the hole in all our containers?, Thanks for your videos, I like it so much!
It is so that when it rains it does not fill all the way back up and drown the roots. This non circulating system needs a small amount of empty space gor tge roots to take in oxygen.
When you added the plant into the net pot--did you have to thread the roots through the openings? I have small 4-inch plants and want to put them into a 5-gallon container. Lastly, where did you get that black lid for the net pot? Thank you!
No, if some can fit through, it is cool. Just make sure the nutrient level touches some of the roots.
I would drill a 1" center hole in the middle of the netcup to ensure the roots has access to the water. This helps to encourage more roots to grow towards the nutes and sustain the plant. You can find 6" netcup bucket lids on amazon or ebay.
Do you prune your tomato plants? I followed your videos and grew some last year. The plants grew great but were very leggy and didn't produce a lot of tomatoes.
Get a determinate variety, they get bushy. Indeterminate grows like a vine.
Can you give me the link to your NFT system video? I have been using your techniques and have a very nice small garden going now!!! Thank you so much for your videos!!
I have spent the last year teaching ppl off grid hydroponics. I am just now recently started to show them my NFT even though I had it all along. I am shooting one now, it will be out in a few weeks. 😃
I've managed to grow 4 tomato plants using hydroponics (kratky method) and all of them grew to 6ft by now. I was able to see good growth in all 4 until recently i notice that 1 of the tomato plant is having serious issue. All its leaves wilted all of a sudden. Rest 3 are growing good. Appreciate any solution to save the tomato plant with wilted leaves
Sorry to hear that. Hard to say since only one is affected.
What do you place around the tomato plants in the 5 gal net pots? And what size net pots 6in.?
That was clay pebbles, hydroton. Yes, 6".😎🤘
What nutrients do you use? Those tomatoes look amazing
Masterblend tomato fertilizer 4-18-38, calcium nitrate and epsom salt. 😎🖒🌱
What do used to stick them up? I have some growing and they’re falling over.
tomato cage
Do you have a video of starting seeds from a tomato ?
No, but I grow them just like my microgreens.
Nice job....!!!
Helloo, How much Litter's water soluble nutrients need for one plant's end of harvesting by Dutch bucket systems....??? And how much Litter's water soluble nutrients need for one plant's end of harvesting by NFT systems.....???? ( Tomatoes, Bell peppers etc. Plant's ) plz answer me...
Thanks...
Don't know exactly, I never keep track. The tomatoes took about 15 US gallons total. That is in the non circulating system, not a Dutch bucket.
where did you purchase the net cup lids? I am having a heck of a time sourcing
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I assume you have to use all determinate or dwarf varieties. I can’t imagine trying to grow indeterminate to
Aries this way. Correct?
They do work better but I have grown both.
Just like growing cherries when ripe and it rains, the water puddles at the stem it gets absorbed then the sun comes out and dries it the skin shrinks causing it to split. That is why we hired a helicopter to come and hover over the trees to blow the water off.
How much fertiliser do you use in the bucket and what kind of fertiliser.
My newest video shows the nutrients. Masterblend, calcium nitrate and Epson salt.
You mentioned nutrients what kind do you put in? And what soil pebbles did you use?
I use Masterblend tomato fertilizer , calcium nitrate and epsom salt. Those are Hydroton.
@@KeepOnGrowin this video was helpful would you think of doing a how you set up w/ tips and tricks video?
you asked why if a in ground tomato getting to much water from rain splits open why doesn't a hydroponic tomato the answer is a in ground tomato is suddenly getting extra water a hydroponic tomato is getting consistent access to water somebody described it like people if you suddenly gain weight you get stretchmarks (splitting tomato) but if you slowly and consistently gain weight you wont get stretchmarks (hydroponic tomato with consistent access to water)
Mike how can I grow plants outside in Florida in the summer w/o a circulating pump?
I am in north Florida. The small, 20 hole, NFT system I have up is the only pump. Everything else you see in my videos is off grid and non circulating. You have to situate things to get morning sun and afternoon shade. Keep the solution from getting hot, shade the container and use larger sizes so it takes longer to heat up. It is a challenge, but not impossible.
Mike, so are you saying in general any plant growing in water should or could be in a less intense sun space as to not heat water too much. More shade space? And less sun is not an issue for growth/production of the plant? Do you ever take a temp of the H20? Sm. containers I would imagine could get very warm...Thank You!
@@walkingwater893 Yes, the bigger, the better. I never measure the temp, I stick my finger in the water, lol. Sun is important. Sometimes I just shade the container while the plant gets sun. You can do this with wood, insulation, etc. You could keep it in mostly shade but as you know, it will be slow growing and probably leggy. Not much choice when you get up over 90F.
@@walkingwater893 Yes, the bigger, the better. I never measure the temp, I stick my finger in the water, lol. Sun is important. Sometimes I just shade the container while the plant gets sun. You can do this with wood, insulation, etc. You could keep it in mostly shade but as you know, it will be slow growing and probably leggy. Not much choice when you get up over 90F.
Soil Tomatoes split open, after it has NOT been watered for some time and then when it gets sudden flooded by rain or over watering. This is caused by the sudden shock in water levels. Hydrophonics tomatoes are NOT shocked by constant water supply because it is always in the water.
Thank you.😎👍
how do they kratky tomatoes compare to ones grown in soil (with respect to flavor)?
I like them, not the best, but good.
Do you have a link to those 5 gallon lids…or were they custom made?
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The reason Hydroponic tomatoes do not split, is because they do not get thirsty, like the ones in the ground. Hydroponics always have water, in the ground, they do not, so in their thirst, they take in a lot of water when it is available, which causes the tomato to burst.