As a tomato grower (hobby ofc) I can only recommend: Don't be impatient in the end. I know we all want to harvest the tomatoes and then we trick ourselfes to believe that its ready for harvest. But no - it should be red. Why? Because otherwise it tastes like in the supermarket. The amazing thing about home grown tomatos, is that you can let them on the plant until they are really ripe and oh my gosh, the taste is divine. My brother and me both had tomato plants. He picked his quite early and he was very surprised, how sweet and fruity mine were. Often he told me "but they are ready, why don't you pick them?" "No" I said, "they need to be red". I left them easily 3 extra weeks. So worth it :).
@@christrickett3291 just google a bit about the plants needs and it will make u happy. What ph level do they need, do they sproud in the dark or light? How much nutrients do they need? Generally plants need Nitrogen as long as they grow green and stick material. When they start to get flowers and then fruits: Potassium and Phosphorus (its called NPK system).
@@Nick4b11 so the bland supermarket kind are picked in the mature green stage (taste profile not fully developed), hard and don't bruise during shipping...then when reached the sale destination they are gassed with ethylene to make them turn red...tomatoes should be picked when the reach breaker stage...at this point the tomato fruit is sealed off from the stem and has turned more than 50% red (tomatoes ripen from bottom of fruit to the stem)...pick them at this stage and place them in a cool semi-dark area away from direct sunlight. they will produce their own ethylene gas for ripening...and you will have a wonderful tasting tomato...AVOID TOMATOES GROUPS AT THE STORE STILL ON THE VINE AND BRIGHT RED...THESE TOMATO "VINES" ARE CUT IN THE MATURE GREEN STATE, FLAVOR PROFILE IS NOT FULLY DEVELOPED AND GASSED TO TURN RED...HENCE BLAND TOMATO...
If you plan to grow fruit bearing plants indoors dont forget to manually polinate. I see these videos and always see amateur gardeners comment their opinions about why they dont reach full fruit production indoors when the answer usually boils down to a lack of pollination. There are no pollinators indoors so obviously its a process that needs done by hand. Fortunately tomato plants are double sex plants. They produce male and female flowers so it can pollinate itself. To manually pollinate a tomato plant wait for the flowers to reach peak growth than give your plant a gentle shake (before watering not after). This will release the pollin into the air and increase the likelihood of self pollination. Do this a few times as new flowers form. Pollination is very important in fruit production and significantly increases yield. Otherwise your plant will only produce parthenocarpic fruit. Happy gardening.
I’m starting my own garden. I think it’s many of our purposes in life instead of chasing things that won’t last like money and sticking to the system that man made and not gods system! Thank you and God for this awakening on my life
That's true, the whole concept of mass farming relying on chemicals and genetically modified organisms is just man trying to make things better than God. @@trentonwhite1814
@@rapidlapse or i think you can cut a leaf or a branch and replant it to a new pot and it will grow Edit:i think its called natural vegetative propagation its grade 6 science sorry i forgot the name
As a home grower I've found this video is amazing! Thank you very much for doing this :) I'm growing tomatoes as well, S. Marzano, but it's nor heirloom, it saved the seeds from supermarket's tomatoes! Probably it's a hybrid, let's see! Seedlings germinated in 4-5 days and now they're 5cms tall. Finger crossed :) To have more tomatoes it's probably better to switch the fertilizer which is higher in potassium than nitrogen, so the plant can concentrate on producing fruits. Also to fruit they need a little bit higher temp (24-28) and also a huge amount of light! (21 DLI)
Great to hear, all the best! Keep me updated :) I grow just for fun, to record timelapse of their evolution. I used fertilizers and also had plant lights but at one point I over-watered and it took a few days just to recover from it. In the end it had a few fruits and many flowers so it was all worth the wait I guess.
Hope this dispels some myths; 1.) heirloom seeds are open-pollinated varieties that have tested true to type through time by growing successfully in a region for many generations. They also have cultural relevance and importance. As time passes, more varieties will fall into the “heirloom category.” Heirloom seeds are not always the best choice for growing in difficult conditions like extreme weather or short seasons. 2.) Open-pollinated seeds naturally cross with forces of nature like pollinators, insects, and wind. Their offspring tends to be true to type (similar to parents) and stable. All HEIRLOOM seeds are open-pollinated. Interestingly (and somewhat confusingly), not all open-pollinated seeds are recognized as heirlooms because they are new offspring of plants. But with time, they can be considered heirloom. 3.) hybrids are “cultivars that are produced by human interaction and manipulation.” A hybrid is a cross between two or more unrelated inbred plants that produce an unstable offspring, which means that in nature, these two plants could breed together but typically do not, and human involvement helps this process along. Hybrids are not genetically modified and pose no environmental or health issues. Modern agriculture is built on the use of hybrids for their uniformity and productivity.
your comment about switching to a fertilizer higher in potassium...you should have a good understanding of the difference between NPK and NPK RATIO TO DETERMINE % BY WEIGHT OF THE NPK...The following will help you convert to % P and % K: Commercial fertilizer usually have PK in the following forms: Phosphorus Pentaoxide P2O5 consists of 56.4% oxygen and 43.6% phosphorus by weight. To get the % P value, multiply the reported NPK value by 0.436, or approximately half of the reported value. K2O consists of 17% oxygen and 83% potassium by weight. To get the % K value, multiply the reported NPK value by 0.83. Using this information you can see that a fertilizer NPK number of 10-10-10 contains 10% nitrogen, 4.36% phosphorus, and 8.3% potassium. These conversion numbers will help you determine the correct amount of fertilizer to add to your garden so that you meet the soil test requirements. PLANTS USE NPK NUTRIENTS IN THE FOLLOWING CONCENTRATIONS FOR OPTIMAL GROWTH 3-1-2...
Hahaha i was dying laughing at this. One fruit! And you were pumped about it. Good on you!! Soooo in order for you to get a much better harvest i would cut more suckers off the crotch of the branches so it doesnt spend all its energy on leaves vs fruit. Also one BIG thing to help you is that tomatos have male and female in the flowers so can self start the tomatoes, however they require movement. When planted outside in the wind thats what happens. But since you did this indoors you will need to simulate wind or a bumble bee. I use an electric toothbrush to shake the flowers and boom much more fruit. Good luck.
Thanks, I know this might be the lowest ROI as far as harvesting goes 😁 but it was a fun project! I did use paint brush to manually pollinate the flowers. It’s not shown in the video. I’m working on more plants right now. Hopefully you’ll get to see better harvests in the upcoming videos :)
Its a determinate plant. U dont cut off any branches. But the fertilizer had to be higher in potassium instead of nitrogen to get more fruits. And definitely more light
@Brian Corea ah yes. I didnt see that, im so used to cherry tomato plants being indeterminate nice catch. Never grown tiny tim before. I usually grow sunsugars and sungolds and of course the classic supersweet 100s.
The mission of getting a time lapse (which has to be indoor in a controlled environment) is at odds with the mission of getting a lot of tomatoes. And of course you only need one to show how a tomato fruit develops.
How relaxing is this?! I'm doing plum style San marzanos going traditional with some tomato sauce olive oil and crush garlic,basil rao"s can suck it. At least until I run out of my sauce. 😎
Tomatoes are not as easy to grow from seed as many people think i grew it from seed this year and many leaves died because of overwatering. Luckily when i noticed the reason it came back
I have to water mine everyday because they are left outside in blazing heat and get dry everyday They are growing exponentially and impressed a couple people who want me to grow some for them, I warned them it’s a little late in the season and you may have to buy a grow light and take them inside when it starts getting cold and snowing Plants are Atleast 5 feet tall have like 20 of them all grown from seed. Very easy and fun for beginners
I’m currently growing tomatoes,after 71 days I have around 14 tomatoes per seed , i focus on the plants a lot to get more yield , I guess the main thing was to take of the (legs) so between the stem and the main leaves I pluck the legs that grow out the stem so the the plant can focused more on the tomatoes and also helps the plant to grow up instead of outwards.
What you are taking off are called the "suckers" and you should only pluck it the first feet of the tomato plant, the suckers can turn into flower stems and therefore you would get more tomatoes. Dont pluck them unless the plant gets out of control.
@@WilliamGA yea they are called suckers , I pluck them of as I want my plants to grow up tall and not out they are about 6 ft now with about 24 tomatoes was h plant , doing really well
Life is so beautiful. Emerging almost from nothing.... Can you please tell us what lights U have used especially in the flowering and fruit-making stage? Thank you very much!
For this video I used a generic LED light strip. Temperature 5000K and power 60W if that helps. I have now upgraded my setup to Spider Farmer LED grow lights for my current projects and the plants have been growing very well so far. Will post timelapse videos once they reach harvesting stages. 🤞
@@rapidlapse thank you for your answer. So ypu say that a plant can make flowers under a 5k led? I ask because on internet is so much contradiction. ..
It might depend on the type of LED used. If you see my marigold and zinnia flower timelapse videos, they were grown under the 5000K LED. But I also had another LED light a long time ago that didn’t work. To find which one works is a bit of trial and error. If you are looking for guarantee just get a plant grow LED instead. They are certified to grow plants.
I did not remove anything in this timelapse project. Everything is intact until the end. My goal was to film tomato seed turning into fruit and tell a story via timelapse. I wasn’t planning on maximizing harvest as you can see in the end - I was beyond excited to harvest just one tiny tomato. 😊
I bet that tomato was delicious! We had 2 tomato plants in our back yard and they put out 113 tomatoes between the two of them in one season! 113! I counted only the ones that were good enough to eat!
Just needs more sunlight, probably some fertilizer and a bigger container. I think Tiny Tim is indeterminate tomato plant which needs the suckers plucked off to place more energy on the flower/fruit energy as opposed to the leaves. You’re doing an amazing thing and got me interested in trying this strain! Currently I am Growing Roma, Black Cherry, Cherry Falls, and another one I can’t seem to remember along with my jalapeño plant. Thanks again for sharing these!
Tiny Tim is a determinant dwarft tomato, so pruning suckers wouldn't have done anything. If I had to guess, it's that growing indoors without a lot of airflow means that some flowers don't pollinate. In the video it shows quite a few flowers that didn't become fruit
Tomatoes have to be the number 1 easiest thing in the world to grow. And for those of you wondering don't ever think you can't grow tomatoes in pots because you absolutely definitely can. I grow them in pots every year and have Giga harvests =)
Soil should be moist but not drenched/soaking wet. Under watering is better than over watering. If you under water, the soil will look dry and leaves will start drooping. You should water more if you notice that. On the contrary leaves will go yellow and fall off if over watered continuously. That is due to root rot. My suggestion would be to water little by little and observe what happens. It’s a balancing act but not too difficult.
Watering depends on many factors. If the plant is in garden (not container) where it gets plenty of sun you can water daily without problem. If it is in a container, take caution do not overwater. It can cause root rot. That’s what happened in my case. Only water when the soil looks dry.
That's a great idea! I might try in future. My goal was to capture the plant and transformation in best detail possible. Putting a plastic bottle would create reflection and uneven lighting for the camera.
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If you want your indoor flowers to bear fruit with a similar probability to natural ones, you need to replace the bees in the flowering process. It is very simple - you need to transfer the pollen from flower to flower with a (very delicate) brush. Do it slowly and carefully, and your fruit will not fail 86% of the time.
I watered every other day and just enough to keep the soil moist but not too much that it is wetland. Note that overwatering does more harm than under watering.
To all fellow tomatao planters. Help me out. I've recently planted a tomato seeds in my pot, and after day 3 it has started to shoot of ground like 1 cm. I'm super happy😊. What I wanted to ask was, after the plant has grown big enough(tell me the size too) what do I need to maximize tomato production. I read in few comments to cut branches, but I don't know which ones and how many? To please help about that. I'll keep updating this comment as my 🍅 grows ✨
I started tomatoes from seed way too late this year, but I found a purple cherry variety in an old seed pack and couldn't help myself. Still at seedling stage, hopefully a centipede doesn't get them and we have a mild winter...
I’m sure it will grow before the winter is here. In my case, I made a few mistakes which is why I believe it took so long to grow. If I had used a large pot with good soil and didn’t overwater it then it would have grown way faster and the yield would have been better too. Hindsight is always 20/20. 😊
@@rapidlapse Cherry tomato plants need at least a 10 gal pot at the minimum. Better be in the ground or a 20 gal pot for each plant. I grew tomato plants the previous years in the ground and I had too many tomatoes that I let them fell in the ground. This year I am having some big beefsteak and some cherry tomato plants that I bought from the stores are setting fruits now. But they are the ordinary varieties. The better varieties I bought seeds are still seedlings now, only about 5 weeks and just put in the ground. I am in California, so we don't have frost until after Thanks giving, so hopefully the better varieties can still make it. Your time lapse video is one of the best of this kind on YT, although your tomato production was very poor, due to small growing medium and not enough sunlight. Growing tomato plants to good production is not that hard, but making video clips like yours is. Keep up the good work.
Thanks, I am going to keep that in mind next time. Due to filming logistics and space constraints, I could not use 20gal pot and I film indoors in a light controlled environment to get good timelapse footage. I have recently upgraded my plant grow lights so I’m hoping for better harvests in future videos. 🤞
@@rapidlapse Getting some flowers and blooms. The random purple tomato seeds are growing up to look suspiciously like pepper plants. I think I got seed cucked. . 😆
Around 1 week after the flower has achieved full size you should expect honeybees or flies to pollinate it, or if you have it indoors you have to pollinate it using paint brush or electric toothbrush. Without pollination the flower will not turn into fruit; it will just wilt away. After pollination flower will wilt and start swelling into green sphere just like in my video. I used paint brush to pollinate.
You need to feed the plant or have rich soil if you want to grow good tomatoes, Yellow leaf is nutrition deficiency most of the time ... and good indoor light or sun time to have a decent harvest, tomatoes need a good amount of light to have a properly photosynthesis and development, those two things were the main mistakes, nutrition and light, all food plants need a good amount of those two
my cherry tomato is too tall with only two leaves now. am i doing something wrong? its still at a 2 leaf stage but its about 2-3 inches tall. Do i add more soil or do i adjust something? Note, its leaves are still small
They call it leggy when your starts stretch really tall because they are searching for a light source. This can be corrected easily by adding more dirt to your pot. You can add as much dirt as you want so long as you don't cover up those leaves, also keep leaves from touching soil to prevent diseases. The coolest thing about tomato plants is all the little hairs you see on the stem are potential roots so the more of the stem you bury the stronger the main stalk will become.
Another thing you can do to help your tomato is to take used egg shells, rinse them out, microwave for 2 minutes to kill any potential salmonella, then grind up the shells as fine as you can and use in your soil for extra calcium. Tossing a small handful of eggshells in the planting hole when you transplant it helps ensure you don't get blossom end rot when it fruits. Tomatoes are heavy feeders and need lots of nitrogen, but not too much. There's lots of organic ways you can feed your plant at home from kitchen scraps or you can buy at the store. The store bought is better only because you know how much of each nutrient is in it, whereas homemade is a crap shoot. Your best bet is to get an all purpose like a 10-10-10 and feed every couple of weeks. Follow the directions on the package also when they're younger go slow and low on amounts which you can easily do by diluting what you've already got. There's nothing wrong with synthetic fertilizers and they're more beneficial then organic because they're usually water soluble instant feeders whereas organic is a slow feeder, which is more for the soil then the plant.
It depends on the pot size. You should water just enough so that the soil is not too dry. Over-watering is worse than under-watering. For the pot I used, I was watering every other day i.e. 3-4 times per week.
