His whiteboard video, scanning his videos you will see one with a whiteboard and fertilizer. The main difference between me and Bobby is I do not use a greenhouse. My name on Youtube is Quietwoods2 and I see you have found my blog I would point you to Bobby’s online videos or my own, and there are many others. We gardeners just want something that works and don’t need to know the extreme details. My eyes roll back in my head when I get into a video explaining the details of science of hydroponics. Bobby grew lettuce in a Kratky setup, also hydroponic, but static no pump, grow lettuce and harvest then start over. It is Masterblend Tomato Formula and it has micronutrients that are water soluable specifically formulated for tomato, but will grow other vegetables as well. Bobby used a particular hydroponic fertilizer, I use the same. PPM yeah I know the term but it has no meaning other than I know it exists. He did a whiteboard presentation in a video and that is what my nutrients are based upon. Cheers, BruceĪ guy named MHPgardner is on youtube. I tried growing tomatoes on my deck and had the same result about four years ago, and figured out the missing component was Plenty of Sunshine. Sorry I don’t have better news, and it is just my best guess as to what is happening with your skinny tomatoes. Plenty of growth time to get good production this year. I recommend grabbing some new tomato plants and get them going in a new sunny spot. So I elected my sunniest spot where I used to park my F150 Pickup. I did not have money or place for a greenhouse that extends the growing season and if heated, can become a year round endeavor. To salvage the hydroponic setup, it would likely need to be moved to a sunny spot. By example I had a super 100 last year that set 42 tomatoes on a single bloom stem, 1 inch fruit of course. This gives the plant the thin spindly appearance and yes, it may not even bloom or if it does it may not set fruit as it would require more of the plant than it can support. When they are deprived, they seek more light, naturally, causing the plants to grow heavenward as your photos depict. Sadly the hydroponic setup with the same tomatoes you raised from seed appear light-deprived. The ones in the soil look normal and should give ample fruit. Tara, thanks for emailing the photos of your tomatoes. Enough for a five gallon bucket full of nutrient solution. It is 15.5-0-0, lots of nitrogen, nothing else. 25 pounds with shipping ran me $40 to Arkansas.Ĭalcium Nitrate should be available at any farm supply or garden center, you will recognize the white pellets from seeing it in fertilizer mix, same stuff you see in lawn fertilizer. I got Master Blend Tomato Formula Fertilizer at Morgan County Seeds in Missouri. Aaron Brands Laxative & Epsom Salt, 4 lb (Pack of 2) at I just found a two pack of Epsom Salt at Walmart for under six bucks, 4 x 2 is 8 pounds. So, I now have twenty or twenty-five gallons of nutrient solution in my 27 gallon reservoir. See the next article: Setting Up the Reservoir. I seal the envelope, just to keep from spilling it, and rip it open to use. I like adding each to a small lid, zeroed out on the scale, then added to the envelope until needed. I used envelopes to contain the material until needed. I mixed nutrients for six five gallon buckets and it was a breeze. It cost about seventeen bucks, and it was a Taylor “biggest loser” digital scale, #3831BL. My scale came from Walmart, ordered it in for free store delivery. So, Bobby insists on using a gram scale, like you find in the kitchen for weighing small portions of food for dieters. See a tiny container lid for holding each of the ingredients in turn. See the plastic tub storage, the gram scale, I tried measuring spoons but a regular teaspoon worked best. I use envelopes temporarily for pouch of nutrients to a five gallon bucket of water. Basically here is what you need to measure out nutrients for Dutch buckets.
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