Hydroponic Tomatoes & Strawberries

[ForgetClassC]

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Store was closed.......it's a good 45 minutes away. Then when I get there, the sign says there is a sale and that the other store is only 25 minutes away. So I drove there because I was lead to believe that the other store is open, having a sale. Nope...... So I drive 1 1/4 hrs home. YAY......

Oh well, going to store Saterday......

-C

[Skihigh]

Hey...What a cowinkydinky!...I just repotted 3 'mater plants this morn. that I sprouted from seeds...Been going about it just like growin' MJ ...In the same room, same nutes, and the whole 9 yards ...Guess we're gonna see what happens!

[ForgetClassC]

That's amazing, can you tell me if you switch them into 12/12? Or seeing as they flower themselves during early summer, should I just get an MH/Fluorescent. I was going to get a 150 watt HPS(store special, $67.50 for complete light, ballast, bulb, reflector, cord) seeing as MJ does veg off of HPS so I thought tomatoes and strawberries would too, and then when they start flowering/fruiting, the HPS will just help that much more. Or should I just get my other option, a 2' 4-tube T5 fixture, which is about $25 more, but seems like a good deal.

Please get back to me, I'm going to the store tomorrow, I'm going to ask them also, but getting experience from an experienced person would be awesome. Thanks


-C

[ForgetClassC]

Going to the store today, getting 150 watt HPS, throwing in some daylight(6500k) CFL for some added spectrum. Take pics when set-up is set up.

-C

[mainegrown]

sounds good to me..
i am in for this and if you get it working i will DEF have to give the berries a try..
let me know if you can run em under 24 hr or if it needs some break..
i would have to run a separate grows..
though i have been thinking about setting up a cfl grow in the kitchen for herbs.. ya know the legal ones lol
i figure if i have the lights.. and a space.. and some spare time.. why not grow something
~MG

[ForgetClassC]

That's what I'm saying. Bored, know how to grow, so why not. I'm going to try and replicate nature more and do a 15/9 schedule, seeing as both plants fruit/flower in the beginning of the summer. Once they start flowering I will take out the CFL and then switch to flower nutes and see where it goes from there. I CAN'T WAIT!!!

-C

[mainegrown]

good thing i got a spare timer huh
btw i vote this is moved to Grow Logs.. never said they had to be MJ logs imp:
btw #666 lol
~MG

[ForgetClassC]

Doesn't matter to me where it's moved to as long as I know where it is, lol.

Here's the first pics. Still need 2 fans(1 exhaust, 1 to blow, lol), a timer, and a heatsink/fan combo for a CPU to cool off my light. And of course the plants, still to early to get them. I don't feel like starting strawberries from seed, they have to be winterized, so I'm just going to buy a live plant, transplant it to my hydro, then take some of it's runners for next year.

If anyone has another idea of how to cool off my light, spit it out, that's all I can think of other than just a fan pointed at it.

Just a pic of the set-up so far, and then to show how simple my DWC is.

-C

[carinia]

Hmm.. strawberries! Interesting experiment.
Tomatoes rock. I have them under a 600 watt hps, they just seem to like the super bright 12/12 light more. Be careful with your nitrogen! Itll get viney with few fruits if you overdo it.

As for strain of tomato, look for someting indeterminate (constant tomatoes, versus a boom of them) and crack resistant. Blossom end rot can be avoided by giving some calmag (or other source of calcium) when the flowers are setting.

DreadedHermie, Id like to hear more about peppers! Theres nothing I love more than a fresh jalapeno.

[ForgetClassC]

Do you have them on 12/12 or just 18/6 with the HPS? Yes, I have chosen "Sweet One Millions", they are indeterminate and crack resistant and very small fruits. Heard they produce a TON. Just need to wait till the plants be out there.