horribleherk
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the beefsteak has 3 flowers about to open up she is holding steady at 3 ft. & starting to branch a bit the homestead is a bushier plant but no blooms yet
Tidy- cat hydro tomato
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horribleherk
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we are getting hotter weather this week & first day over 100 degrees wilted them severely but next day they seem to be pulling out of it beefsteak is gonna produce first I'm getting a lot of enjoyment out of this family & friends alike marvel at them it's a lot less work than gardening in soil
horribleherk
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the blossom on the beefsteak is 3x the size of anything in my garden I'm thinking it's going to produce large tomatoes the homestead although shorter & stockier is starting to develop blooms as well getting a lot of fun out of this 
horribleherk
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blooms on both plants in spite of the sweltering heat 
farmerfischer
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Lmao!
I thought I was the only one.lol.. I've made top feed systems using a 3 gallon tidy cat bucket with lots of holes and placed it in the 5 Gallon with a small fountain pumpThen filled it with hydroton . bamb top feed , worked awesomely.
In fact here's a little one
made from a folgers can, well a cambo bubble bucket/top feed
I thought I was the only one.lol.. I've made top feed systems using a 3 gallon tidy cat bucket with lots of holes and placed it in the 5 Gallon with a small fountain pumpThen filled it with hydroton . bamb top feed , worked awesomely.In fact here's a little one
made from a folgers can, well a cambo bubble bucket/top feed
farmerfischer
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Your tomatoes are jamming and looking good
horribleherk
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Looking good I love little projects that have a happy outcome I save those folgers containers too just returned from a camping trip I'll update photos later todayLmao!
In fact here's a little one View attachment 3727192made from a folgers can, well a cambo bubble bucket/top feed
horribleherk
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plants are growing it seems to take forever for the blooms to turn into tomatoes 
horribleherk
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they seem slow to advance from bloom to growing fruit I started mixing them their own first run nutes instead of using leftovers maybe that will help
horribleherk
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they're about 5 ft. tall & im waiting for the yellow blooms to make tomatoes 
horribleherk
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I moved them to the patio in an effort to give them more direct sunlight they didn't take the move well but are starting recuperate finally I got my first tomato & have blooms everywhere 
farmerfischer
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NICE!!!
horribleherk
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now I have 6 little tomatoes kicking off
horribleherk
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it's funny I've grown tomatoes off & on most of my adult life but I've never fully understand their lifecycle it seems like they are auto flowers as I planted the homestead about 1 week behind the beefsteak from seed & true to form I've got my first homestead tomato about a week behind the beefsteak so now in hydro I've got 6 beefsteaks & 1 homestead I'm starting to enjoy this
horribleherk
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trimmed a lot of the damaged growth the beefsteak is producing more tomatoes than I can count somewhere close to a dozen & I keep finding more next year I'm gonna start seeds in early February 
horribleherk
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the tomatoes keep popping 
horribleherk
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still getting tomatoes as the season winds down
thewanderer718
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Great job !!!!!!!!
horribleherk
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it's a cool experience & I had a pot plant in the middle but chopped I will do this again in the spring