Grow log by Sher · Original thread
What you can learnA useful micro-tomato comparison showing compact growth, differing productivity, ripeness recognition, nutrient timing, flavour, and final harvest.
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I made BLT's the other day, the T being store-bought. So, Mikey asked if he could have 8-10 of the AG cherry tomatoes to go with it! Enjoy your tomatoes! They are beautiful!
They look so good and I am not a tomato person (except in sauces)
Thank you, campingcorgis and Shawn. I was really tickled with the tomato taste. I eased off on the heavy nutrients I had been using, so they were sweeter, but still had a satisfying tomato taste. I like the small varieties that I can grow in a Harvest and save the Bountys for bigger projects.
Being ripe is a nice surprise! How do you feel about having more of the same? I'm imagining that if they are tasty, you're not too worried? They look lovely!
If we have too many to use fresh, I'll use them in cooking. I don't feel like drying them with summer ahead. And you can use up a lot of tomatoes fast in cooking. And we love tomatoes! If they get too far ahead of us though, I'll break oit the dehydrator. But that's a slim possibility!
I can not tell one from the other but you will have a lot of tomatoes
Have you ever grown two tomato plants in an AG Harvest before? Is there enough room to do this? I am guessing that you have to really prune the plants so that they don't get too tall and grow into the lights.
gsaxon , i can grow one of AG's heirloom tomatoes in a Harvest with careful pruning.The Orange Hat and Venus tomatoes are micro minis fom Renaissance Farms. They are tiny plants. But two grow well in a Harvest. I have about 4" above the top of the plants and the fully extended light.
Wow! Beautiful as well as plentiful!
They doubled
They are bigger than the last ones I grew. I'm not sure why. Maybe the extra light from the surrounding units.
Yum, yum, they'll be there soon!
Another plant with a lot of flowers!
Love the fuzzies
I am looking forward to the progress on both of these varieties. They look happy so far!
Thanks! They won't produce a lot of tomatoes, but are a wonderful novelty project.
Wish Renaissance Farms had seeds in stock.
Do a Google search and see if anyone else is listing them. I have found out of stock seeds that way before. No guarantees, of course!
Baker Seeds has the Orange Hat seeds. That's where I got them.
I am looking forward to seeing these progress
Woo hoo! I have some Orange Hat seeds, so I am enjoying this project!