Hydrogrow NFT Blog
Welcome to the Hydrogrow NFT Blog...
A few weeks ago we have planted sweet peppers and tomatoes in the Hydrogrow NFT.You will be able to see the progress the plants make week-by-week and we will be sharing tips along the way. You will also be able to see how much you can expect to harvest using one of our Hydrogrow NFT kits.
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Entry 1- 10/05/2010- 17/05/2010 Tallest Plant- 237 (Country Tate Toms) The tomato plants are really beginning to bloom now, with the Sungold just setting its sixth truss, the Country Taste setting its fifth truss and the Floridity setting its 4th Truss. There first tiny fruits are even beginning to ripen on the Sungold plant. The peppers are also looking great, showing 12 flowers and the first tiny fruits beginning to show. |
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Entry 2- 17/05/2010- 25/05/2010 Tallest Plant- 258cm (Country Taste) Well what a change in the weather we have had this week. With it getting a lot warmer we have had to top up our systems a lot more than usual as everything is growing quick and using a lot of water. The Floridity Tomato plant is showing 4 ripe tomatoes and its 7th truss, whilst the Sun Gold tomato plant has a whopping 26 ripe fruits and is setting its 6th truss. Also, the regrown side shoot on the Floridity Tomato plant is performing well as the new main stem. Although we are seeing no fruit on the sweet pepper plant yet, there are 40 flowers so we should be expecting some fruit setting in the next couple of weeks. |
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Entry 3- 25/05/2010- 03/06/2010 Tallest Plant- 282 (Country Taste) It’s been a pleasure to grow this week with the weather being lovely and giving us plenty of sunshine, which has lead to a rapid growth of our all our plants. However, it is important in weather this warm to make sure your systems are topped up regularly as they seem to use a lot more water in these warmer climes. You might also want to think about shading your greenhouse to avoid overheating your plants, depending on the position of your greenhouse. Our tomato plants have shot up this week in our Hydrogrows, with the Sungold plant growing 32cm in just one week! The Floridity variety now has 9 fruits ready for the picking and the sungold has 20! Going to be delicious in our salads and pastas. The pepper plants in the Hydrogrow are also blooming at 126cm, with lots of flowers showing and the first fruits starting to set.
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Entry 3- 03/06/2010-11/06/2010 Tallest Plant- 294cm (Country Taste) The fruit in the pepper plants in the Hydrogrow are really starting to form now as you can see from the picture. We have four small fruit formed so far and are expecting many more in the next couple of weeks. The tomato plants in the Hydrogrow are also fruiting nicely, with a huge 38 fruits harvested from the three plants so far. The flowers are now opening on the 11th truss so we also have plenty more delicious fruit to come.
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Entry 4- 11/06/2010-20/06/2010 Tallest Plant- 318cm Country Taste Tomato The tomato plants in the Hydrogrow are now producing heaps of fruit; we harvested 18 fruits from the Sungold Variety this week! Flowers are also beginning to show on the twelfth truss. |
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Entry 5- 30.06.2010 Tallest Plant- 340 Country Taste The tomatoes in the Hydrogrow are continuing to develop on one new truss each week with up to 38 tasty fruits being harvested each week. It is also essential that you keep on top of side shooting at this time to ensure your plant receives all the nutrients possible. It is also important to remove lower leaves to allow light to lower fruit. The sweet peppers are now swelling up nicely up to about 12cm long, with the tallest plant at 171cm. See picture > |
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Entry 6- 08.07.2010 Tallest Plant- 360cm Floridity The tomato plants in our Hydrogrow have grown up to 20cm this week and are still growing strong producing lots of tasty fruits. The sweet pepper plant is also no filling out with fruit and the young sweet peppers are up to 15cm long.
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Entry 7- 16.07.2010 Tallest Plant- 368cm Floridity The tomato plants in our Hydrogrow are now starting to settle at the height they are at. This means that all the plants energies are concentrating on creating tasty fruit, which we can not wait to harvest and eat. We are continuing to tie up the plants to support them and side shoot to keep the plants energy and nutrients in the main stem. The sweet peppers are also swelling up to 16cm and starting to ripen into tasty looking fruits.
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Entry 8- 23.07.2010 Tallest Plant- 398cm Floridity The tomato plants growing in the Hydrogrow are now up to their 16th truss and we are still harvesting some delicious fruits. We continue to side shoot and tie in the plants as they grow to keep them strong and healthy. The sweet peppers are also continuing to grow nicely with the fruits not far off from ripening now, and the biggest pepper at 17cm long.
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Entry 9- 02.08.2010 All three of our tomatoes (Floridity, Country Taste and Sungold) are ripening every day, whilst the massive fruit of the sweet peppers continue to slowly ripen. You can see it slowly turning red in the photo. A few days of sun and they will be perfectly ripe |
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