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August 11, 2023

Harvest season

The tomatoes are slowly losing a battle with the dreaded leaf spot. Over the last few weeks I have lost a lot of leaves but the fruit has not been…

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July 27, 2023

Fight the blight

I have been growing hydroponically for a few years now but I am far from and expert or a botanist. I have been battling something that I believe is "early…

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July 20, 2023

First batch of tomato harvest

The headline of this is sort of a lie. I have picked a few cherry tomatoes as they ripened but they never made it indoors. I ate them right in…

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July 5, 2023

Pollination Trick

I saw a thing online that I thought looked interesting. Basically you encourage pollination with an electric toothbrush. The story goes that the pollen produced in tomato flowers is unsavory…

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June 25, 2023

Tomato and Peppers on the vine.

After just a few days on the "bloom" nutrient mix peppers and tomatoes are starting to show up. Bell Peppers Yellow bell peppers tomatoes another tomato variety

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June 23, 2023

Happy plants after nutrient switch

I start my plants using a simple dry nutrient mix from General Hydroponics called Maxi-Grow. The mix is high in nitrogen so it really rocks in the growth stage of…

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June 7, 2023

All plants are now outdoors

It's been a crazy couple of weeks for me personally so I got behind on my plant work. In hindsight, this year I started everything about a month earlier than…

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June 1, 2023

Multiple plants in the same container.

If you want to do the absolute best possible results with maximum efficiency you should probably develop a nutrient mix specifically formulated for each plant species. For example have a…

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May 30, 2023

Moving to outside planters

If you have been following along I've been describing the steps from planting through germination and into the beginning stages of growth. My plants have been growing steadily and that…

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