Tomato Expectations
Apr. 24th, 2022 11:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
greenstormSo.
I grew some micro-mini tomatoes this year. I planted Moment and Fat Frog. I took a cutting from each and put it in the aerogarden. Tomatoes from moment (aerogarden), moment (pot on the lighted windowsill) and fat frog (pot on the lighted windowsill) ripened all at once, so of course I did a taste test (fat frog in the aerogarden is well behind, I think it didn't pollinate its first cluster).
I scraped out the seeds, put them to ferment, and then did a taste test. Now, every time you buy micro tomatoes they say "don't overwater them, they won't taste good" so I was expecting the hydroponic ones to taste watery and the potted ones to taste good.
In fact, the opposite was true. The aerogarden ones were sweet (very little acid though) and the windowsill moments were bland. The fat frog had one good one, two ok ones, and one really bland one.
So that's maybe good news for growing tomatoes inside in hydroponics, but also just really interesting. I wonder if shifting the kinds of nutrients I used in the hydroponics owuld make a difference? I definitely grew the windowsill ones a little dry.
On the other hand, the windowsill ones were also cooler, and got longer but less-intense light.
Anyhow, the seeds are fermenting and that was neat.
I also have a Sweet Baby Jade that I pollinated with Hardin's Mini, generic aerogarden "heirloom" micro, fat frog, and moment pollen. It has two tomatoes growing from the crosses, I'm very excited. Plus, I have a generic aerogarden "heirloom" micro I pollinated with sweet baby jade that has a fruit growing on it. Eeeeeeee!
Still waiting on my matchbox x black hungarian F1 to germinate, and my black hungarian x matchbox fruit to ripen.
I grew some micro-mini tomatoes this year. I planted Moment and Fat Frog. I took a cutting from each and put it in the aerogarden. Tomatoes from moment (aerogarden), moment (pot on the lighted windowsill) and fat frog (pot on the lighted windowsill) ripened all at once, so of course I did a taste test (fat frog in the aerogarden is well behind, I think it didn't pollinate its first cluster).
I scraped out the seeds, put them to ferment, and then did a taste test. Now, every time you buy micro tomatoes they say "don't overwater them, they won't taste good" so I was expecting the hydroponic ones to taste watery and the potted ones to taste good.
In fact, the opposite was true. The aerogarden ones were sweet (very little acid though) and the windowsill moments were bland. The fat frog had one good one, two ok ones, and one really bland one.
So that's maybe good news for growing tomatoes inside in hydroponics, but also just really interesting. I wonder if shifting the kinds of nutrients I used in the hydroponics owuld make a difference? I definitely grew the windowsill ones a little dry.
On the other hand, the windowsill ones were also cooler, and got longer but less-intense light.
Anyhow, the seeds are fermenting and that was neat.
I also have a Sweet Baby Jade that I pollinated with Hardin's Mini, generic aerogarden "heirloom" micro, fat frog, and moment pollen. It has two tomatoes growing from the crosses, I'm very excited. Plus, I have a generic aerogarden "heirloom" micro I pollinated with sweet baby jade that has a fruit growing on it. Eeeeeeee!
Still waiting on my matchbox x black hungarian F1 to germinate, and my black hungarian x matchbox fruit to ripen.
