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Old 08-07-2011, 07:11 PM
fintuckyfarms fintuckyfarms is offline
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Location: Southeast Washington State - Right on the line of growing zones 6b & 7a
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****** alert ****** alert ***** alert ****** alert ******

Do not, repeat, do not put tomato plants in a 4" pipe!

Just a friendly mental safety alert

I think it is time to break it apart and fish me out some roots. The pipe is solid with tomato roots and overflows no matter how I adjust the system. It is going thru about 50 gals a day and I can not afford the nutes to keep replacing it everyday. However the plants are doing great, growing everyday and I have baby tomatoes and lots of flowers all all the plants. I probably should have trimmed them sooner as they are getting a little thick, but I'm learning as I go. All the other plants in the system are doing well also and they are not clogging it up. Next crop will be in the barrels or buckets or at least a 8" pipe. Crazy plants!
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