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I have started 2 new crops of tomatoes in the Upgraded Classic Machine and also in the AG3 Mini using custom seeds called ' Tiny Tims'.
These crops were planted on Sept 14, 2009 .

All plants in the Classic are getting flowers as you can see :

However, the AG3 is much slower to mature and is just beginning to show a sign of
budding.

I am using the UltraGrow Liquid Nutrients for this crop of tomatoes as well as the
Zinnias which you can follow over on the flower blog.

Come check out my new blog Cascading Petunias started July 18th!
Follow my journal as I grow the Cascading Petunias Kit in the 7 pod Classic
AeroGarden Machine.

Update March 22, 2009

It's been a long time since I updated the progress of these plants.
Since I last posted, I have trimmed down my last surviving plant to almost nothing as an experiment to see if it would regrow and produce another crop.



Thanks for visiting.

Time For Drain/Refill

Every 2 weeks or so ..more like once a month...I try to do a complete draining of the reservoir and refill with New Distilled water and fresh nutrient tabs.

It is surprising how much junk/sediment accumulates at the bottom of the tank.

Tonight we will have more of the red toms and I think that will use up all that are ready for eating. Not too sweet, though. I think I will let the next batch...especially the yellows ..to remain on the plants much longer to see if they will sweeten up.

First Harvest

Tomorrow , I think, will be the first harvest at week 18.





The 3rd plant which is so slow to grow only has a few that are 'ready for the pickin'.

Week 17

Here are my toms at week 17. Nice and Red, Nice and Yellow!
As it turns out, the yellow plant is the most fruitful. Below are 2 views of that plant.

One red plant has lots of ripening tomatoes and I am waiting and deciding when to pick them....
....But my poor little red tom in the right pod has less than 10 tomatoes and out of those only 2 or 3 are turning red.The others are large, but green. It was the slowest to grow and I am seriously thinking of cutting it way, way down after those 2 ripen , not waiting for the others to turn red..just to see what will happen..if the extreme pruning in this stage will help.

Three Days Later

In just 3 days my toms have ripened so much more..both the yellow and red varieties are doing well:







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