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Two Red Robin Tomato Plants in an AeroGarden Bounty

Grow log by cheddachasa · Original thread

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CropTomato
VarietyRed Robin
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AudienceBeginners

What you can learnA concise long-running Red Robin diary showing density, pruning, first harvest, minor tip burn, and competition between two plants.

Actions:2 Pruning1 Harvest
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*The days were calculated automatically and approximately.

Day 216
UPDATE#5
Grower update

Update #5

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PruningTrimmed the long-running plants and discovered one had dominated the other.

C By cheddachasa

Long time no update! The plants are 246 days old and I didn’t realize one was dominating the other until I started trimming. Oops!
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Sher

The big one looks like a whopping success.So good to hear from you again!

Day 68
UPDATE#4
Grower update

Update #4

Actions taken

HarvestCollected a decent first harvest of Red Robin tomatoes.

C By cheddachasa

Time for an update. The plants are doing well though I am seeing a bit of tip burn on some of the younger leaves. Got a decent amount of tomatoes from the first harvest!
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Shawn

Plants and tomatoes look wonderful

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Sher

They look fantastic! Picture perfect!

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wmwelch

What a great tomato harvest.Wendy

Day 38
UPDATE#3
Grower update

Update #3

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PruningTrimmed the tomato plants before the day-68 photo.

C By cheddachasa

Day 68 and we have plenty of tomatoes and a bit of a growth spurt. Photo was taken after a good trimming.
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Shawn

I see a lot of tomatoes.

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Sher

They are looking great, cheddachasa! Thanks for the update.

Day 19
UPDATE#2
Grower update

Update #2

C By cheddachasa

These are Red Robin seeds I received from Bunny Hop Seeds. Not sure if they’re any different from the AG seeds. The plants are very dense so the lowest leaves are starting to yellow. We do have some fruit buried among the leaves.
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Sher

cheddachasa, try cutting off those yellowing lower leaves back to the stem. It will improve air circulation and should stimulate more fruit production. The plants look healthy.

Day 1
UPDATE#1
Grower update

Update #1

C By cheddachasa

My babies are growing! Hopefully they can survive my son who keeps taking the plants out of the garden!
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Shawn

How old is your son that he is that inquisitive?

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cheddachasa

My son is seven. I have started bringing him over to the garden and explaining what’s going on so hopefully he’ll get the urge not to touch the plants.

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Sher

Your tomatoes look beautiful, cheddachasa. I know what you mean about decks used for long term projects becoming unusable. I have had some luck soaking them in vinegar a couple of days, then scrubbing with a pot scourer. @cornne was successful with Lime-Away. Here's her post.

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Shawn

That is great. It is nice to teach our little ones to care for things like plants and stuff.

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