Almost a month over after the greenhouse is completed and the plants were put in place. I had the Beefsteak tomato plants just started flowering when I kept them inside the greenhouse and it looks like they like the greenhouse environment.
The varieties of tomatoes, I have growing my greenhouse are
“Marmande” – A beef steak variety.
“Pink of Berne” – A pink beef steak variety
These tomatoes are grown Hydroponically using Cocopeat as the medium.
Take a look at this flower, its actually two flowers conjoined( called a Mutant). When you get a flower like this, you are in for a big surprise. You will get a huge tomato. In the coming pictures you will see what I meant by huge.
A few days later, you see this beauty, ( rather boaty). This is Marmande. A variety from France.
Few more days later….look at the sepals
This is how it looks now. Its a handful. I am just waiting for it to ripe and it is taking too long(may be it is still growing).
The plant is not done yet, it has multiple trusses all with big sizes like this. The plant had to be staked properly as it has to hold the fruits in addition.
Here comes the variety called Pink of Berne.
Checkout the fruit cluster below.
Here is Banana Early Pepper plant, yielding like crazy in 6×6x6 inches bag filled with Cocopeat.
Here is another set of transplants growing in trays..
Its not just tomatoes and peppers in the greenhouse. There is beans, Cauliflower, Lettuce, Spinach, Chow-Chow( Chayote) and Chillies, I will post more pics as and when they are ready for a pose.
Till then,
Grow some veggies
gg
ayaan said,
February 8, 2010 at 10:05 am
wow awesome!!!! please let us know when you decide to give classes for budding gardeners. i will be the first in line for sure!
Chandramouli.S said,
February 8, 2010 at 10:18 am
Those ‘matoes are humungous!!! The plant seems like it’d yield you forever! Good luck, GG!
BTW, I sent you an email requesting for some seeds.
Jeanne said,
February 8, 2010 at 12:10 pm
Stupendous! I’m amazed and envious. Look forward to more pics
Satheesh said,
February 8, 2010 at 2:29 pm
gg, Looks great! Very inspiring…some questions….
1. what nutrient do you use for u’r hydroponic plants? the one from ISH or something else?
2. Do you use the same nutrient (with the same composition) through out the life cycle of the plant or change it according to the stage the plant is in?
3. What fertilizer do you use for seed starting? Plain NPK 19-19-19 or NPK with micro nutrients? What brand do u use?
geekgardener said,
February 15, 2010 at 1:23 pm
Thanks Satheesh,
I use the one from http://www.howardresh.com/
I use the same nutrient thru out the lifecycle of the plant. I use 1/2 strength hydroponic nutrients at seedling stage.
gg
Revathi said,
February 8, 2010 at 2:53 pm
Gg
Fabulous tomatoes!! You are tempting me more and more to grow veggies, esp. tomatoes – that means more questions from me !!!!!!
geekgardener said,
February 8, 2010 at 3:31 pm
Hello Revathi,
Thanks. There are some more beefsteak toms ripening and will post their pics soon.
keep us posted of your progress
thanks
gg
Revathi said,
February 8, 2010 at 7:29 pm
Hi Gg
Well, as for my garden I have so far been a flower gardener, growing all kinds from Parijatham, Jasmine, Jathi malli roses, various colours of chrysanthemums and annuals in winters. Only now have I started growing toms, after being inspired by this blog.
Since the winter was very severe this year, with the min. temp as low as 4C and a long cold spell when there was no sunshine, the tomatoes that I transplanted in the 2nd week of Jan have just set buds. Hoping to get at least a few tomatoes in the next month.
Revathi
Milind N Patil said,
February 8, 2010 at 6:23 pm
Hi GG
First of all congrats for ur greenhouse. Iam also planning to start my experiments in hydroponics, can u please help guide me who supplies hydroponic material (especially cocopeat) in mumbai.
Regards
Milind Patil
geekgardener said,
February 19, 2010 at 12:57 pm
Hi Milind,
Good to hear that you are staring in hydroponics. I am not sure where you get cocopeat in mumbai. You can try contact Ratanshi Agro Hortitech. They seem to be having garden supplies
Thanks
gg
sarita said,
February 9, 2010 at 10:05 am
hai
tomatoes are really huge…..what are the fertilisers you add and what is the frequency…i have some tomatoes..local breed,not giving much yield..what potting mixture you are using…
sarita
Asha said,
February 9, 2010 at 10:47 am
Those Beef steak Tomatoes are so huge! Reminds me of when I follow a recipe written by anyone in the West, I should not forget to consider what they say as 1 tomato or onion or lemon should be converted as 4 in Indian sizes!
I’m also enjoying Lettuce, tomatoes, palak and cauliflower.
Nice to follow the progress on your garden. And like many others said, looking forward to any classes or workshops you might plan.