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BrediniGreeny 3/31/25
I put as an experiment some cherry tomatoe seeds from tomatoes that we ate to germinate. That was like 6 days ago.
Now they are in little pots with some BioBizz Light Mix soil mixed in more perlite.
They received some BioBizz nutes already but not to much.
At the moment they are in the grow tent with my cannabis ladies๐.
I am prepping them for the outdoors because last year i had a succes with 4 tomato plants.
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Germination Method
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Week 1. Vegetation
3mo ago
1/3
7 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
25 ยฐC
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
No Smell
Smell
40 %
Air Humidity
24 ยฐC
Night Air Temp
0.25 L
Pot Size
70 cm
Lamp Distance
BrediniGreeny 4/7/25
Week started very good๐๐๐ช
4/11/25
Today gave them a little drink with trace amounts of Bio Grow; Bio Heaven; Activera; Algamic; CalMag; Root Juice.
They are lookig very good, better then my cannabis ladies looked at the beginning.๐
Grow babiesssss, i want tomatoes ๐๐ ๐
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Week 2. Vegetation
3mo ago
1/7
9 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
27 ยฐC
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
Weak
Smell
55 %
Air Humidity
24 ยฐC
Solution Temp
24 ยฐC
Night Air Temp
0.25 L
Pot Size
70 cm
Lamp Distance
BrediniGreeny 4/10/25
Starting a new week. All looks good except some of them are showing signs of not enough nutrients.๐
Today, because i saw the things mentioned above, did a transplant in bigger pots.
BioBizz Light Mix soil with a little bit of Worm Hummus.
Also they received 1 l of water for all 6 plants with:
BioGrow 4 ml
Bio Heaven 4 ml
Algamic 5 ml
Activera 4 ml
RootJuice 5 ml
CalMag 1,5 ml
Grow me some beautiful tomatoes babieess๐๐๐ ๐ ๐คค
4/15/25
They also got sprayed with a little Neem Oil because they are still in the grow tent with the ladies๐.
After 8h they look good, no burns or such. Gotta feed them also next watering. ๐
They also got fancy butterfly yellow sticky traps ๐๐
Increased the light intensity a bit PAR around 320.
4/16/25
All 6 tomatoes doing very good. Today they got all of them 1,5 l water with:
RootJuice 3 ml
Activera 4 ml
Algamic 4 ml
CalMag 0,5 ml
Grow babieess๐๐ ๐๐
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Week 3. Vegetation
3mo ago
1/11
11 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
27 ยฐC
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
Normal
Smell
55 %
Air Humidity
24 ยฐC
Solution Temp
23 ยฐC
Substrate Temp
24 ยฐC
Night Air Temp
0.25 L
Pot Size
70 cm
Lamp Distance
BrediniGreeny 4/18/25
They started a new week now so to say๐.
They are all looking wonderful, between 11 and 12 cm tall. ๐๐ ๐ ๐
Grow babbbbiieess๐๐ ๐
4/21/25
So I transplanted them today in a soil mix with 70% tomatoes soil (store bought) and 30% old soil with perlite. Also on top of the soil i put some volcanic stone.
They got their spot on the balcony now and my "little balcony garden" concept is starting to take shape. Almost done but all the plants must now just grow๐๐ฑ๐
They got watered with plain water PHed down to about PH 6.๐ ๐ โค๏ธ๐๐ฑ
4/23/25
They are all super happy and bathing in the sun. They look strong, lush and growing. My balcony garden concept is coming slowly true. ๐๐
Grow babieees growwwwwww๐๐ ๐๐
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Week 4. Vegetation
3mo ago
1/9
20 cm
Height
14 hrs
Light Schedule
22 ยฐC
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
Normal
Smell
55 %
Air Humidity
24 ยฐC
Solution Temp
21 ยฐC
Substrate Temp
15 ยฐC
Night Air Temp
0.25 L
Pot Size
BrediniGreeny 4/25/25
Started a new week and looking wonderful. Almost used to their new home.
4/26/25
Today I saw they actually grew a little since i brought them outside. ๐
They range between 19 cm and 25 cm. They got some water today.
10l water with : Activera 25 ml ; BioHeaven 20 ml ; Algamic 20ml ; CalMag 10 ml.
Going in PH 6,1 ppm 245 temp 26 C.
Come on babies grow some tomatoes ๐๐๐๐
4/28/25
They are growing lush and vibrant๐๐
4/29/25
Growing very good ๐ the tallest is 30 cm and the smallest 22 cm.
5/1/25
Today I toped them because they are all good established in their new home and growing beautifully. Found some little flowers starting to form on 2 of them but toped them anyway๐๐
Now grow babies and make me some tomatoes๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐
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Week 5. Vegetation
3mo ago
1/3
40 cm
Height
14 hrs
Light Schedule
22 ยฐC
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
Normal
Smell
55 %
Air Humidity
24 ยฐC
Solution Temp
21 ยฐC
Substrate Temp
15 ยฐC
Night Air Temp
0.25 L
Pot Size
BrediniGreeny 5/2/25
Starting a new week very good. Already responded good to toping and are building new sites on almost each node.๐
5/4/25
They are growing very good๐ keep on going.
We have the first storms here and they are still very stable. Hope they remain like this๐
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Week 6. Vegetation
2mo ago
1/4
40 cm
Height
14 hrs
Light Schedule
22 ยฐC
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
Normal
Smell
55 %
Air Humidity
24 ยฐC
Solution Temp
21 ยฐC
Substrate Temp
15 ยฐC
Night Air Temp
0.25 L
Pot Size
BrediniGreeny 5/9/25
Starting a new week and looking better then ever. The stem is thickening up after toping and already started to work on some side branches from the nodes on the main stem. ๐๐๐ฑ
Thry also get the runoff water from the cannabis ladies in addition to what nutrients are in the tomatoe soil i bought.๐
Grow babieeess๐๐๐ ๐
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Week 7. Vegetation
2mo ago
1/5
40 cm
Height
14 hrs
Light Schedule
22 ยฐC
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
Normal
Smell
55 %
Air Humidity
24 ยฐC
Solution Temp
21 ยฐC
Substrate Temp
15 ยฐC
Night Air Temp
0.25 L
Pot Size
BrediniGreeny 5/16/25
Starting a new week and growing good. I don't know what kind of tomatoes they are and already toped them because i can't grow big tall tomatoe plants on my balcony๐
I think they waren't the bushy variety and am now interested to see how it will end up. Will i eat tomatoes this year from my balcony or will i have just some green plants that make a little shade in the summer and die when winter comes? Hmmmm ๐๐ we will see.
Watering them when the top 5 cm of soil feels dry. Just water PHed at about 6,5. They also receive the runoff from my cannabis ladies but not too often because they also have nutrients in the soil๐.
Today in the evening will spray some Neem Oil or something else i have also organic because little catterpillers started appering on them.
Last year also had the catterpillars ๐
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Week 8. Vegetation
2mo ago
1/3
40 cm
Height
14 hrs
Light Schedule
22 ยฐC
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
Normal
Smell
55 %
Air Humidity
24 ยฐC
Solution Temp
21 ยฐC
Substrate Temp
15 ยฐC
Night Air Temp
16 L
Pot Size
BrediniGreeny 5/23/25
From now on, Iโll be writing my entries with the help of ChatGPTโit just goes faster this way. I still have my old-school pen and paper journal, with years of notes, but it doesnโt make sense to double up anymore. So, Iโll dictate my updates, and ChatGPT will help me put them into words.
Today marks the start of a new week for the tomatoes, and theyโre looking good. Iโm really glad I decided to top them. They turned out to be one of those big, tall varietiesโsomething I didnโt expect since they came from a mix of random seeds I sprouted. I had no idea what variety they were at first.
Topping them was definitely the right move. It stunned their growth a bit, since they lost their main stems, but they responded well by pushing out side branches. I went ahead and lollipopped themโremoved the lower branches and cleaned up any side shoots. I left just three side shoots near the top of each plant. The uppermost side shoot is now acting as the new main stem, which is great.
Growth is steady, and theyโre also benefiting from the runoff water from my cannabis ladies.
I did notice a few caterpillars again, just like last year. I sprayed them today with a neem oil and water mix. Iโll keep an eye on them over the next few days to see if that handles the problem. If not, Iโve still got some of that organic mix I used last year that worked really well. Iโll apply that in three or four days if needed.
No real issues for now. Stay tuned.๐
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Week 9. Vegetation
1mo ago
1/4
40 cm
Height
14 hrs
Light Schedule
24 ยฐC
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
Normal
Smell
55 %
Air Humidity
24 ยฐC
Solution Temp
21 ยฐC
Substrate Temp
17 ยฐC
Night Air Temp
16 L
Pot Size
BrediniGreeny 5/30/25
Starting a new week green and happy.๐ฑ๐
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Week 10. Flowering
1mo ago
1/10
40 cm
Height
17 hrs
Light Schedule
24 ยฐC
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
Normal
Smell
55 %
Air Humidity
0 ยฐC
Solution Temp
22 ยฐC
Substrate Temp
18 ยฐC
Night Air Temp
16 L
Pot Size
BrediniGreeny 6/6/25
Today marks the beginning of a new week in the garden. ๐
The plants are continuing to grow well, and I noticed that theyโve started floweringโan exciting sign of progress.
However, I also saw that some caterpillars have returned and created small holes in the leaves.
6/8/25
I sprayed them with my organic pesticide to help keep pests at bay.
I tied down the side branches to encourage more harmonious growth and to prevent them from hanging loosely.
For nutrients, I added a bit of the bio-organic fertilizer shown in my photos.
In addition to that, I mixed 15 ml of Bio-Bloom and 15 ml of Cal-Mag into 10 liters of water, and each plant received a portion from that mixture.
Thatโs all for todayโfeeling good about the progress so far!๐๐ช
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Week 11. Flowering
1mo ago
1/10
80 cm
Height
17 hrs
Light Schedule
27 ยฐC
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
Normal
Smell
55 %
Air Humidity
0 ยฐC
Solution Temp
25 ยฐC
Substrate Temp
20 ยฐC
Night Air Temp
16 L
Pot Size
BrediniGreeny 6/13/25
New week๐๐
6/19/25
End of the week for the balcony tomatoes hotties๐ ๐โค๏ธ
This has been a fantastic week for the tomato plants! Theyโre now in full bloom and looking incredibly strong and healthy. ๐
I cut the smaller flowers and let just 3 - 4 flowers per cluster. This should help with better fruits๐
It really feels like theyโve hit their stride๐ชโno signs of caterpillars anymore, which is a huge relief๐.
Iโve been watering them consistently, both with the regular waterings and the runoff water from the cannabis ladies, and it seems to be working perfectly.
To wrap up the week, Iโm planning to give the whole balcony garden a garlic water treatment.
I crushed a good amount of garlic and let it sit in water for around 5 to 7 hoursโI'll spray it in the evening.
This isnโt for the tomatoes (which are pest-free for now), but more for the salad greens, basil, and a few others that are showing signs of plant lice (aphids, I think they're called).
Hoping the garlic spray will help clear them out without bothering the rest of the plants.
Hereโs to another strong week ahead!๐๐๐ช
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LST
Technique
Defoliation
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Week 12. Flowering
1mo ago
1/6
80 cm
Height
17 hrs
Light Schedule
30 ยฐC
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
Normal
Smell
55 %
Air Humidity
0 ยฐC
Solution Temp
25 ยฐC
Substrate Temp
20 ยฐC
Night Air Temp
16 L
Pot Size
BrediniGreeny 6/20/25
๐๐The tomatoes are starting a new week full of life. ๐๐
Theyโre thrivingโreally thrivingโand flowering like crazy. This morning, the very first tomatoes showed their faces๐, like they were saying, โHi, Iโm here!๐โ Itโs all looking so wonderful.๐
The rest of the balcony garden is doing great tooโeverything looks happy and healthy. So stay tunedโฆ because we officially have tomatoes!๐ฟ๐
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Week 13. Flowering
24d ago
1/8
80 cm
Height
17 hrs
Light Schedule
34 ยฐC
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
Normal
Smell
55 %
Air Humidity
0 ยฐC
Solution Temp
25 ยฐC
Substrate Temp
20 ยฐC
Night Air Temp
16 L
Pot Size
BrediniGreeny 6/27/25๐๐๐
Today marks the start of a new week for the tomatoes, and I'm happy to say the cucumbers are doing very well๐.
The tomatoes, on the other hand, have taken a bit of a beating from the intense sun and heat. One day it hit 33ยฐC, and the next, it soared to 35โ36ยฐCโ just brutal.
Iโve been doing my best to water them properly, but with work and life, and heatwaves like this, itโs not always easy.
I canโt express how much Iโm trying, but sometimes the plants just take damage no matter what.
This afternoon, I plan to give them a good feed, Iโm going in with calcium, potassium, some magnesium, a bit of nitrogen, and a mix of micronutrients.
Iโll see what they seem to need once Iโm out there.
Iโll come back with an update in the evening.
BrediniGreeny 7/11/25
New week for the balcony garden.๐คฉ๐
A lot is happening, some plants are doing wonderful some are doing good and some just hanging in there but yeah๐ that's a lil' garden on the balcony for you๐ ๐ ๐
The cucumbers are just soooo juicy and sweet๐คค๐คค
Sure can't wait for the tomatoes๐๐คค๐
Grow babies๐๐๐
7/15/25
The balcony garden is alive and thriving โ chaotic, wild, and beautiful in its own way ๐๐ ๐ฅ. Today was watering day: I mixed up 18 liters of juice with the good stuff โ BioGrow, BioBloom, BioHeaven, ActiVera, Aldamil, and a little extra mystery magic I can't quite remember ๐ . pH landed at 6.18, PPM 1330, and everyone got their fair share โ the tomatoes, cucumbers, and mangold all soaked it up like summer rain ๐ง๐ฑ.
The cucumbers are looking perky and proud ๐ฅ, and the tomatoes are still going strong โ at least the main crew. But the two tomatoes I planted off to the side, not on the railing, theyโve gone rogue. No more standing tall โ theyโre horizontal now. Gravity won that battle ๐๐ . Still, they're blooming and fruiting like champs, even without much sun transport. Just doing their tomato thing, lying down on the job.
Tomatoes in general need a lot of attention this time of year. Itโs summer, theyโre thirsty, and they make sure I know it. I water them every 12 to 14 hours because otherwise, they just dry out too fast under the heat โ๏ธ๐ง. And I donโt always feed them either โ a lot of the time, itโs just plain water. They donโt complain, they just keep growing. Respect.
Storms passed through recently and knocked a few branches around, especially the tomatoes. Not tragic, but enough to make you talk to your plants a little longer the next day. And the caterpillars โ yeah, they had a snack on my poor kohlrabi ๐. A few bites here and there, but nothing that can't bounce back.
Some plants I planted earlier just didnโt vibe, you know? So Iโm letting them do their thing โ grow if they want, chill if they donโt. The whole balcony's got a bit of a "grow-your-own-adventure" energy going right now, and honestly, I kinda love it.
Thanks for stopping by the balcony jungle. Until next time โ keep growing, keep vibing ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฅ
@valiotoro, ๐Yes! So grateful to have a little bit of space to grow some. It's not much, but it's honest work๐ ๐ช
I will make the cucumbers a yearly must have๐Now that I see they do good here๐๐because i don't normally eat them from the store.
Thank you๐๐ช๐
@yan402, hรผbsche tomaten๐๐
Dir auch viel Erfolg. Meine sind noch nicht draussen. Hier kommt jetzt paar tage regen und so. Und mein Konzept fรผr den Balkon ist noch nicht fertig. Habe noch Thymian, Oregano, Rosmarin, Basilikum, Dill alle aus Sammen und Gurken und 2 Kohlrabi just for fun๐
Bin gespannt wie es aussehen wird.๐๐
@Spike_KCanG, ๐๐๐คค๐คค๐คค
I also started some Dimond Cucumbers and some purple Basil. But outdoor already and in the evening indoor. Will see how they do ๐ not sure if to post or not because i think i don't have enough space with a lot of sunlight on the balcony๐๐๐ ups...look at me rambling high ๐๐
@Mr_und_Ms_Lue_Roots, danke sehr. Die Tomaten haben einbisschen Schaden genommen von die Hitze und Sonne, aber machen weiter ihren Ding๐ Die Gurken รผberaschen mich ๐ und schon der erste Gurke probiert und es war sooo lecker ๐คค๐คคich stehe normalerweisse nicbt so sehr auf Gurken aber DAMNN๐๐คค
Sieht super aus, morgen packen wir auch noch mal Bilder von den Tomaten aus unserem Garten ins Purple Diarie ๐ Die eine Harzfeuer hat einen Stamm, hatten wir selbst so noch nie ๐
@Mr_und_Ms_Lue_Roots, danke sehr๐๐ ich schaue sehr gerne rein๐๐
Dieses Jahr sind bei uns random Sammen von den Frรผhstรผcksteller๐ mit den Vermerk die ich meiner Freundin gemacht habe :"Hmmm schauen wir mal ob es funktioniert oder mรผssen wir wieder welche kaufen"๐ ๐
Noch dazu [aber gekaufte] Snack Gurken๐โค๏ธ๐ฑ
@yan402, danke,danke๐
Ich weiss wie schwer die motivation kommt manchmal. Ich habe den balkon vor meiner OP aufgerรคumt weil ich sonst durchgedreht hรคtte wegen angst๐ ๐
@Natrona, yes, you are right๐ ๐ can't change the diary name sadly๐ฎโ๐จ
It started out as tomatoes๐ and spiraled into a little balcony garden๐ ๐๐ฑ
I very much appreciate you looking at my diaries and all the growers love and support๐๐๐ฑ
@The710Garden, thank you very much๐๐ฑ๐ planed just for the tomatoes and got carried away๐ first year doing cucumbers, but it will be every year from now on๐ ๐ ๐ช๐๐ฑ๐
Ja man, die sehen echt top aus growmie ๐๐ โค๏ธ
Bei mir lรคuftโs zum auch grad gut, kein Stress mit Viechern oder Wetter ๐
Hoffe du kannst bald ernten und ordentlich snacken ๐ค๐
@yan402, ๐๐danke sehr, habe gesehen๐ deine buschige tomaten voll mit Frรผchte๐๐ ๐คฉ
Bis die Tomaten reif sind, habe ja Gurken und Salat und Rucolla hatte ja schon๐ Schade werden nicht alle gleichzeitig fertig๐ fรผr eine epische Salat๐
P.S.: habe heute so viele likes bei verschiedene Growmies dass GD lรคsst mich nicht mehr liken๐ ๐ deswegen i can't show some love for your tomatoes and balcony fantasy feast๐ช๐๐ฑ