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My indoor tomatoes

Posted by CaraRose 5b Chicago (My Page) on
Thu, Oct 23, 14 at 11:55

Sorry for crappy cell phone pictures. These are my four red robins, starting to ripen. Grown in my basement 100% artificial lights (Currently under HO T5s with one 100w CFL in a clamp on brooder giving side lighting. I just have them in solo cups.

Didn't get shots of the minibels, but all of them are healthy and have had tons of fruit set.

I'm thinking of trying a small determinant tom, like a megabite or bushsteak and see how they do.


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RE: My indoor tomatoes

Good work........looks like they are setting fruit very well.
Last winter I grew on three different occasions three different strains and had real trouble getting them to set fruit. Big luscious plants but very few tomatoes.


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RE: My indoor tomatoes

Your tomatoes look wonderful. You should be proud!

I'm just getting set up to grow greens and tomatoes under CFL lights. I'm hoping you can answer two burning questions I have.

My fantasy is that I can grow successions of tomatoes so that I have a more or less continual supply of tomatoes year round. I'd be more than happy with just a few ripe toms a week. Is that reasonable and how often would I need to start new plants to replace the dying determinates?

How is the flavor of toms grown indoors? Is there a way to assure good flavor over blandness?

Thanks for your post and keep posting photos for gawkers like me.


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