We have tomatoes on the hydroponic garden!

[Mike Nolan]

Today's tomato harvest. The thing about growing determinants is that a lot of them tend to ripen all at once.

They're all kind of small, not sure if that's due to the varieties grown or something to do with hydroponics. Defiant is supposed to produce 8 ounce fruits, I think Better Bush is supposed to produce around 5-6 ounce fruits, most of these are 2 ounces or less.

We may have to have BLT's this week to see how they are that way.

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[Joan Simpson]

Mike your tomatoes are beautiful!

[Mike Nolan]

They're small but tasty, we had BLT's for supper tonight.

[RiversideLen]

Those tomatoes look good. Small tomatoes can pack a lot of flavor.

[Mike Nolan]

I talked to one of the plant professors at Nebraska-Lincoln today (he did his PhD on tomatoes), he says I probably need to add potassium to my nutrient mix, as it is vital in the transfer of sugars to the fruit. Insufficient light may be a contributing factor as well.

I think the plants probably had too much nitrogen during the vegetative state, that causes them to get leggy, with overly long internodes. I will be switching to a different fertilizer mix for the next iteration of the tomato hydroponic garden and I think I'll probably reconfigure the lights as well.

But the first cycle was intended to be a learning process for me, that I'm getting some good tasting tomatoes, even if a bit small, is encouraging.

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