How to Grow Tomatoes – Hydroponic Beefsteak Tomatoes

by on 29/06/10 at 11:51 am


This video shows how to grow hydroponic tomatoes in a greenhouse. Seven weeks from the time tomatoes were planted you can see all stages of fruits up to the flowers and the main crop work tasks are explained.

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8 Comments

Quite1walksalone

Jun 29th, 2010

Enjoyed your video, Thank You for all your effort in providing information for us who enjoys gardening!

ThePlantDoctor1

Jun 29th, 2010

@HackerGuitarist Shoot me email through my website and I will send you a list of varieties that we found fit good in our area.

HackerGuitarist

Jun 29th, 2010

The category “beefsteak tomato” covers hundreds,,,mabey thousands of varietys…what variety(s) are you growing here?

ThePlantDoctor1

Jun 29th, 2010

@GrowsmartHydroponics Also when bees pollinate flower they get the pollen the same ways you get that pollen out of flowers with vibration. They vibrate flowers with their wings and you would be surprised how much pollen they carry on their legs sometimes. They are very smart creatures.

ThePlantDoctor1

Jun 29th, 2010

@GrowsmartHydroponics Yes, you are correct. Vibration is one of the methods to pollinate tomatoes.But when we grow them in 3,5, or 11 acres blocks, it is very time consuming (you would have to do it by hand with sticks shacking support wires). So, bumble bees are much cheaper option.

GrowsmartHydroponics

Jun 29th, 2010

I grow tomatoes indoors all the time and never use insects. I rely on vibration from oscillating fans to set fruit and I have a near 100% germination rate on tomato flowers. How do bees get the pollen out of your flowers…I thought all tomato stamens were closed?

ThePlantDoctor1

Jun 29th, 2010

@SleestaksRule Thanks for your comment. No, this plants require pollination. For this purpose we use bumble bees. One of my videos shows how I release bees in the pepper greenhouse. The same we do in tomatoes, but every week. We have to introduce bees in tomatoes constantly from the time they start blooming.

SleestaksRule

Jun 29th, 2010

They look great. Do they self pollinate? It looks like great care is taken on each plant to support it properly. It must take lots of labor. Nice video.

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