Caro Rich… very juicy and meaty, has a mild flavor..
As it’s an early variety it matures in 50-60 days after transplant
its a heavy produce compared to other varieties I’ve grown.
Some Tomatoes had cracks though the packet from Annadana says it’s crack resistant, another issue was blossom-end rot one plant fell victim to that had to remove those tomatoes early, but none had curly leave virus issues 🙂
Just want to share some pictures of the NFT tomato setup which has started to set fruits..
It’s a determinate variety so I’ve not pruned the plants, just removed some suckers from the bottom.. Seeds were brought from Annadana, cultivar name Meghali
22nd Jan 2013
This was after 1 week of transplant..
after 3 weeks of transplant..
Below is the latest picture, taken 2 days ago..
These plants are 5 week after transplant..
The root have grown up to 2 feets, I couldn’t remove them out of the pipe.
One of my friend is growing the same variety in this DWC setup-
More later..
Ever wondered, why so many people grow tomatoes.. reason is simple they are tasty & fun-to-grow vegetable it’s exciting to see small buds forming then becoming flowers & fruits, then you wait for them to ripe, growing tomatoes is a wonderful experience. All this doesn’t comes in easy for many of us, as tomato needs lot of care, they need the right amount & kind of fertilizer at the right time, good amount of sunlight & the right climate for optimum results. I guess giving them the best conditions & care is only possible is a controlled green house environment, but for us we can just hope & try to ensure that our conditions are closest to the best for our tomatoes. My first experiment with tomatoes was horrible, I thought they are the most difficult kind of plants to grow & I decided not to grow tomatoes ever, later changed my mind, once failed I did my homework well & this season changed my views about tomatoes for ever. I’ve always dreamed of having wonderful tomatoes growing on my terrace & have bountiful harvests, which is yet not a reality, but looks like a pretty close one ;).
These cherry tomatoes are definitely going to give a mega harvest–Cherry Tomatoes almost ready for harvest
Other than this I’ve got many different varieties coming up in on my terrace– a glimpse on their growth starting from the beginning till now…
I took a few out of the seeding tray for transplanting into grow bags.
Caro Rich seedlings on 2nd Dec 2012
Into the grow bags, these plants were transplanted at the right time so they did not exhibit any transplant stress and kept on growing at the right pace. In the picture these are Caro Rich, Stripped Abundant & Poland Pink cultivars of tomato.
In the Growbags.. 6th Dec 2012
After a while I moved them into their final spot along with several other bags growing tomatoes, other varieties that I am growing along are Golden Delight & Arka Vikas, Golden delight is a medium sized yellow plant, determinate & Arka vikas is a medium sized hybrid of semi-determinate type.
These plants are manually fed as of now, my drip supply is missing some components, which I’ve ordered & I am waiting on the delivery, as soon as they come I will setup the drip for these plants, makes life very easy.
As of 12 Dec 2012
The plants are thriving up the sky, pretty soon they need some kind of support tied on to the top.
As of 17 Dec 2012
You can see the drip is almost ready, just waiting on the 2mm feeder pipe..
17th Dec 2012
I already see many plants have blossoms, those at the right size will be able to contain them others I am afraid will loose these flowers.
Blossoms.. As of 17th Dec 2012 (Caro Rich)
Drip & Support threads attached..
As of 20th Dec 2012
19th – Dec 2012
19th dec 2012
Some plants have formed tiny fruits, but it’s difficult to get a picture with my bad camera ;)..
more later..
Manu
Some update & Pictures of Tomatoes.
When i started my seeds in September 2012, I planted some tomatoes as well. I had two varieties of tomatoes–
PMLS Round & Cherries.
PMLS round did not germinate at all . I didn’t do any labeling so I wasn’t sure what’s what.. so I was hoping that out of the 9 seedlings some might be cherry & some PMLS round. Now I know all those were cherry tomatoes only. Out of the 9 I just transplanted 6, the seedlings were not looking great so I was a little unsure whether to transplant all of them or not.
They were in the tray only for a month, I transplanted them into some waste PVC pipes until my grow bags arrived..
These already had some buds on them, they flowered in another 1 week and a few had small fruits as well, but I removed all the flowers & fuits hoping to promote more growth, these plants were stunt for a long time, I was feeding HR1 initially and HR2 later.
I had some in small plastic pots, I didn’t wanted to disturb their roots so I transplanted them into the bags along with the pot, just had to cut out the base of the pot without cutting the roots, it was a easy job.
Around Oct 20th 2012 these were transplanted into grow bags, looked stunt for some time. They looked very ugly in the beginning so i wasn’t sure if they would yield anything.
Now they are in full bloom and looking good, i see some fruits as well.
Full bloom cherry tomatoe
Small tiny tomato ..looks promising..
10 days after the transplant–
This picture was taken at night..
trying to set up drip..
Some more shots…
29th Oct 2012…
I started with stage2 nutrient… which forced some blossoms.. but i don’t want them wasting energy to produce fruits so early.. so a i am back to stage 1..
26 OCT 2012
You see some tomatos, which i started along with eggplants, they had problems initially but now they are growing well..some patience paid off..
30 Oct 2012
30 OCT 2012
My Hydroponics Journal 