What are some good ways to determine which leader is the main leader? Is it a bad idea to add another roller and drop another string for the 2nd leader?

Menards impulse buy $10.

Im planning on bringing it in every winter that's about all I know. What am I in for?

I will be running an fertilizer experiment with 5 different fertilizers on 2 different tomato varieties in 10-5 gallon buckets. Tomatoes are Ananas Noire and True Brandywine.

I need some tips on what I should record besides height, and production.

Please Review my work for any misses. I have added a ChatGPT break down of fertilizer mixes for .5 .75 and 1 gallon for individual feeds. I can't add anymore fertilizer due to funding drying up 😭foreal though this shit is expensive.

Thoughts, comments, concerns, tips, opinions, guesses at which one will be number 1??? I would love to hear it.

Here is the line-up:

• FoxFarm Big Bloom, Grow Big and Tiger Bloom
• Alaska Fish Fertilizer and Morbloom
• AgroThrive General Purpose and Fruit and Flower
• Neptunes Harvest Tomato & Veg. and Rose & Flowering
• Masterblend 4-18-38 Complete Combo Kit

I want to see how synthetics compete with organic fertilizers. If you think I should swap out of these 3 duos I will consider it.

I will be using:

AgroThrive

Neptunes Harvest

Alaska All purpose & Morbloom

I have these extra plants and I feel compelled to run some test on them. The problem is, I don't have any worth while experiments.

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I'm looking for ideas. I have a ton of synthetic fertilizer so I'm going to do a synthetic vs organic vs none.

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This will be more about me training myself to take notes and recording than about the actual experiment.

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Like WTF!?

Currently doing a deep dive zone 5A.

Im planning on doing some reconnaissance tonight.

26°12'27.0"S 28°01'44.7"E

201 Main Reef Rd, Westgate, Johannesburg, 2048, South Africa

I found this randomly looking at the streets of Johannesburg South Africa.

Glitch in the matrix? Art reflecting life or vise versa?

Im not sure if this is the right group but;

I'm building a tomato trellis basically a clothes line but it needs to hold 100lbs.

A 12ft 4"×4" buried 4ft so 8ft from the ground. A 4"×4"×4ft support to mount the cables.

I have never trellised tomatoes before so I am looking any drawbacks or watchouts.

I figure I would do at least 3 posts at 0, 22' and 26' per garden bed. I would be using those "Plant Climbing Hooks Tomato Roller Hooks."

I feel like I'm missing something as this seems too easy, super durable and would look nice.

Title says it all. I have never trellised tomatoes before so I am looking any drawbacks or watchouts.

I figure I would do at least 3 posts at 0, 22' and 26' per garden bed. I would be using those "Plant Climbing Hooks Tomato Roller Hooks."

I feel like I'm missing something as this seems too easy, super durable and would look nice.

I spreaded seeds late winter early spring and even planted starters. The starters all died in a week.

Once you see these flowers you get an eye for em. This was a nice surprise. I will probably thin em out a bit. Ive been so busy with my veggies I didn't have the time.

Also added these cute little notebooks i found at an ice cream/ nic nak shop.

I want to do a Trellis this year and I want to do it cheap. Is PVC strong enough?

I was also looking at used/free swing sets.

I want to see some of yours.

November I started growing Tomatoes and some other plants using the Deep Water Culture system as my intro to hydroponics.

This year I want to grow 1 OR 2 tomato plants outdoors along with my normal dirt plants.

What is the best system for growing a or a couple tomato plants (Slicer tomato plants, not those little ones) with little to no electricity (maybe solar?) I only have experience with Deep Water Cultur.

Our summers in Zone 5A (Midwest USA) reach temps in the high 90°Fs with high humidity.

Extra points for tomato variety recommendations/suggestions. I'm thinking a determinate cause in my mind it would be easier? Maybe I do 1 indeterminate and 1 determinate?

November I started growing Tomatoes and some other plants using the Deep Water Culture system as my intro to hydroponics.

This year I want to grow 1 OR 2 tomato plants outdoors along with my normal dirt plants.

What is the best system for growing a or a couple tomato plants (Slicer tomato plants, not those little ones) with little to no electricity (maybe solar?) I only have experience with Deep Water Cultur.

Our summers in Zone 5A (Midwest USA) reach temps in the high 90°Fs with high humidity.

Extra points for tomato variety recommendations/suggestions. I'm thinking a determinate cause in my mind it would be easier? Maybe I do 1 indeterminate and 1 determinate?

November I started growing Tomatoes and some other plants using the Deep Water Culture system as my intro to hydroponics.

This year I want to grow 1 OR 2 tomato plants outdoors along with my normal dirt plants.

What is the best system for growing a or a couple tomato plants (Slicer tomato plants, not those little ones) with little to no electricity (maybe solar?) I only have experience with Deep Water Cultur.

Our summers in Zone 5A (Midwest USA) reach temps in the high 90°Fs with high humidity.

Extra points for tomato variety recommendations/suggestions. I'm thinking a determinate cause in my mind it would be easier? Maybe I do 1 indeterminate and 1 determinate? 💦🍅👨‍🔬🔬😁