Jedisushi06 2014 Grow, Return of the JEDI

Devv · Jan 19, 2014

+1 on 140!

maximumcapsicum · Jan 19, 2014

Getting crowded. You'll be out of space soon!

jedisushi06 · Jan 20, 2014

maximumcapsicum said:
Getting crowded. You'll be out of space soon!

yeah i think another T8 light might be ordered in a few weeks or so. Wife might kill me though!

JJJessee · Jan 20, 2014

Solid looking grow, Jedi.
I also just ordered my tomato seeds, just to make sure the varieties were available. I'm holding off until April to drop seeds. Or trying to.
Tomatofest is a good spot, but I went to Baker Creek. It's so hard to find it all in one place.

jedisushi06 · Jan 20, 2014

JJJessee said:
Solid looking grow, Jedi.
I also just ordered my tomato seeds, just to make sure the varieties were available. I'm holding off until April to drop seeds. Or trying to.
Tomatofest is a good spot, but I went to Baker Creek. It's so hard to find it all in one place.

yeah i'm up and it's almost 5 am here, that's what i get for drinking early yesterday and passing out by 9 pm. I hear you on the tomatoes, might have to find a few more types.

what types did you order?
http://www.rareseeds.com/blue-berries-tomato/

these look amazing

http://www.rareseeds.com/michael-pollan-tomato/

http://www.rareseeds.com/costoluto-genovese-tomato/

i plan on growing these to make small pickles with.

http://www.rareseeds.com/parisian-pickling-cucumber/

stc3248 · Jan 20, 2014

My guess on those containers in 5"....If so they will fit perfectly 2 wide and 4 deep in your trays. Most (good) nurseries will carry them, but you may have to shop around. That is my final indoor size...unless I start way too early. Plants can get pretty darn big in those things. If you end up having to move up one more time 2# is the next size I use. 1# are not enough of an upsize to be worth doing.

Here are some of my starts last year in the 5" containers I use...

Great looking start thus far!!! I can't wait to see where this grow goes!

jedisushi06 · Jan 20, 2014

awesome shane. I plan on fitting a couple bigger super hot in big pots and moving them down stairs near my kitchen. Going to have to make room for tomatoes in late march early april. ANyone out there have any success topping tomato plants? It works well for cannabis so i'm assuming it should work for tomatoes.

romy6 · Jan 20, 2014

Mikey maters are easier to manage when you top them but I noticed I did not get the yield when I did it.

jedisushi06 · Jan 20, 2014

romy6 said:
Mikey maters are easier to manage when you top them but I noticed I did not get the yield when I did it.

I see. Maybe i will just leave them be. Just don;t want them lanky again this year when they go into the ground.

JJJessee · Jan 21, 2014

Hey,Mike
I got my tomatoe seeds today from Baker Creek,
I'm doing the Cosoluto. I thought about the Pollan but opted for the Aunt Ruby on my green,
I'm not a big fan of picking the little tomatoes, but I am doing the a Wild Boar Farm variety, The Blue Beauty, It looks like a bigger version of the Blueberry.

I'm am considering doing some tomato grafting,( as if I don't need another project) or at least looking into it more. We have lots of tomato health issues in this area.
Those grafting stock seeds are pricey though - 50cents a pop -ouch!

I looked over their cukes but I think I'll stick with the Boston Pickling left-over seeds another year.

jedisushi06 · Jan 22, 2014

Okay sweet, i didn't order any seeds from there yet, i ordered some fro somewhere else last week and almost forgot i did. I still plan on growing a bunch of cherry types too besides canning ones and heirlooms.

Spicegeist · Jan 22, 2014

JJJessee said:
I'm am considering doing some tomato grafting,( as if I don't need another project) or at least looking into it more. We have lots of tomato health issues in this area.

If we actually get more of these predicted single digit lows in our neck of the woods, we might have a more disease-free grow this year...

JJJessee · Jan 22, 2014

That would be great Charles, I could dig a year without a bunch of whiny tomatoes for a change.

jedisushi06 · Jan 22, 2014

Spicegeist said:
If we actually get more of these predicted single digit lows in our neck of the woods, we might have a more disease-free grow this year...

I took my tea and foliar sprayed with it last season on my tomatoes, didn;t have any issues with bugs or disease. I was also spraying cal-mag on them and epsom salt.

jedisushi06 · Jan 23, 2014

maximumcapsicum · Jan 23, 2014

Nice, strong looking starts! How old are those?

Devv · Jan 23, 2014

Do you ever bury down the tomato plants?

I have a few in wannabe 1 gal pots that are close to 1 foot tall. I intend on clipping leaves and burying the root ball and most of the stem. Then it all becomes roots; I've been afraid to top them..

jedisushi06 · Jan 23, 2014

Yeah I normally bury them because they get lanky after they sprout. I do the same with cannabis seeds that sprout because they get lanky too when they sprout. I would top them after they get big outside and keep cutting those bottom branches off too. It helps your tomato plants produce better fruit and keeps bugs from getting on them from the ground outside. I will find the link for you dev after I get home about pruning tomato plants that I read last year. It was very helpful.

JJJessee · Jan 23, 2014

On tomatoes (growing tomatoes is still legal in VA by the way), I bury in a trench laying down if they are pretty tall and would require a deep enough hole to put the root ball below the fertile zone. Just leave the top few leaves uncovered, maybe propped up a bit. Trim away all leaves going underground.

Devv · Jan 23, 2014

Exactly what I do JJJ, AND in the direction the rows go as I flood irrigate...