I love the Gardyn enough to buy 3 of them, but I also have several reasons why I hate it. I take them as they are and I just modify them to suit my growing needs...:D These tomatoes were started from cuttings back in mid April 2022. I generally toss the older plants once they start producing less and I replace them with 6-8 inches young stem cuttings. With these type of dwarf cherry tomatoes, they start to flower after a month(from cuttings) and then another month or so for tomatoes to grow+ripen...
I am looking at this garden. What other flowering fruits and vegetables have you grown? What is the success of them? Any tips on growing other types? Lastly once a plant starts producing how long does it last until it stops or slows down and needs to be replaced? Thanks in advance.
I've grown peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, bush beans/yardlong beans, cabbage, edible flowers, cucumber, & herbs. To be successful in hydro, you need to cater to what the plant needs. It's a set it & forget it if you're only growing green leafy lettuces. For other plants that fruit and need higher nutrient concentration, that is totally not the case. You can buy plant seeds that are dwarf or micro in size. They will still need some pruning, but they won't get as big as the regular sized varieties. Also, you can join hydroponic fbgroups and see what other people have successfully grown in hydro. There's no big list of what grows well in hydro, it's a russian roulette kinda thing... I find that everybody just plant the seed and see if it will grow. There's no way of knowing how long a plant will last until it stops producing/slowing down. You have to keep an eye on the plant itself. This is why when you google search that, you won't get a direct answer. There are too many factors to consider. A plant could have bad genes, get nutrient lock-up/shock/deficient/.. etc..so many factors, results always vary when it comes to growing in hydro. For me, I stopped thinking about plants that way, the plant will do what it wants to do. I combat that with proactively replacing them regularly by taking cuttings/saving the seeds of the best plant performers. I keep an eye on how they perform and toss the ones that look raggedy/mangled/bad roots/give bad harvest/etc...
How are you liking your Gardyn? How long did it take for the tomatoes to get to the point in the video?
I love the Gardyn enough to buy 3 of them, but I also have several reasons why I hate it. I take them as they are and I just modify them to suit my growing needs...:D These tomatoes were started from cuttings back in mid April 2022. I generally toss the older plants once they start producing less and I replace them with 6-8 inches young stem cuttings. With these type of dwarf cherry tomatoes, they start to flower after a month(from cuttings) and then another month or so for tomatoes to grow+ripen...
I am looking at this garden. What other flowering fruits and vegetables have you grown? What is the success of them? Any tips on growing other types? Lastly once a plant starts producing how long does it last until it stops or slows down and needs to be replaced?
Thanks in advance.
I've grown peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, bush beans/yardlong beans, cabbage, edible flowers, cucumber, & herbs. To be successful in hydro, you need to cater to what the plant needs. It's a set it & forget it if you're only growing green leafy lettuces. For other plants that fruit and need higher nutrient concentration, that is totally not the case. You can buy plant seeds that are dwarf or micro in size. They will still need some pruning, but they won't get as big as the regular sized varieties. Also, you can join hydroponic fbgroups and see what other people have successfully grown in hydro. There's no big list of what grows well in hydro, it's a russian roulette kinda thing... I find that everybody just plant the seed and see if it will grow. There's no way of knowing how long a plant will last until it stops producing/slowing down. You have to keep an eye on the plant itself. This is why when you google search that, you won't get a direct answer. There are too many factors to consider. A plant could have bad genes, get nutrient lock-up/shock/deficient/.. etc..so many factors, results always vary when it comes to growing in hydro. For me, I stopped thinking about plants that way, the plant will do what it wants to do. I combat that with proactively replacing them regularly by taking cuttings/saving the seeds of the best plant performers. I keep an eye on how they perform and toss the ones that look raggedy/mangled/bad roots/give bad harvest/etc...