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re: The 2021 Garden Thread
Posted on 2/4/21 at 3:28 pm to bluemoons
Posted on 2/4/21 at 3:28 pm to bluemoons
I'm wondering what the board thinks I should do with my hydroponic tomato plant. It's a bush goliath plant that I started last fall. I harvested a decent number of tomatoes already, but it's still producing. Right now I have over a dozen green tomatoes on the plant, and it is still making new flowers. The thing is, this is a determinate variety and I thought they were supposed to produce all the fruit in a short span, then nothing.
Should I harvest the current crop when they're ready and then pull the plant, or keep it as long as it seems to be going strong? It takes up a lot of space, so I'd hate to not be able to utilize that space if the plant isn't likely to produce any more.
Should I harvest the current crop when they're ready and then pull the plant, or keep it as long as it seems to be going strong? It takes up a lot of space, so I'd hate to not be able to utilize that space if the plant isn't likely to produce any more.
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Posted on 2/4/21 at 3:40 pm to RC
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Should I harvest the current crop when they're ready and then pull the plant, or keep it as long as it seems to be going strong? It takes up a lot of space, so I'd hate to not be able to utilize that space if the plant isn't likely to produce any more.
Sometimes you get a freak tomato plant that produces like crazy, well beyond the norm. I had one back in college that was still producing in January. I lived further south and the fall was still pretty hot, up into the 80s most days, and the winters were pretty mild too. Felt kind of odd picking a fresh Tomato for a BLT the week of Christmas, but I just let it go until some frost finally got it. And this was just in a pot with some old potting soil, not hydro. Might as well see how long it goes.
Posted on 2/4/21 at 4:06 pm to RC
If it ain't broke...
Posted on 2/4/21 at 4:46 pm to RC
It's not too late to go seeds is it?
Posted on 2/5/21 at 6:49 am to RC
Save the seeds
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