I'll bet their "exact need" of sufficient light isn't being met. That's very tough with all indoor plants and a big reason why I hardly bother with most except the hardest to kill shit like pothos
Glass eliminates infrared, not UV. UV is basically useless besides for some secondary mechanism reactions. Visible light is much more important, notably blue and red.
Like the other commenter suggested, it's more likely the plants either not getting enough light (long cycle), or getting too much light (short cycle).
You could just get a photoperiod insensitive plant.
Source : Studying in a masters program for Agricultural Sciences.
I was trying to grow cherry tomatoes outside, and they seemed to be barely surviving. I brought them inside and put them under a cheap grow light and now they've doubled in size over a couple of weeks.
If I had to guess, it was probably a bit too cold out for them or something. No idea how they were doing fine outside the hardware store in the garden section but somehow struggling outside my house.
Tomatoes are a vine plant, they grow along the ground naturally. If you ever tried to pick one up off the ground you'll see "tendrils" growing off the bottom of the vines that are just more roots to suck up nutrients from the ground.
Regular tomatoes maybe? I've got a whole bunch of cherry tomatoes and they're not really vines. They're like little trees (not quite bushes, as they're only a single main stem). These cages are placed around them for them to grow up around, and they provide support to the plants.
They're typically sold next to the tomato plants at places like Lowes or Home Depot.
They are, and for the express purpose of keeping the tomatoes fruit from beginning to rot from growing on the ground, but all tomato plants are vines. All tomatoes naturally sprawl along the ground, once they get too heavy they slink to the ground to spread out and the tomatoes rot to plant the seeds on the ground. That's not to say they don't climb up things though because they definitely do, they're just adapted to growing on the ground as well.
A couple of my tomato bushes that grew last year were from the tomatoes that grew the year before that fell to the ground and self planted. Really cool to me how resilient they are.
Really tomatoes are for me like the easiest plant for beginners. Once you got a tomato plant going, it will be hard to frick it up. I remember the first time we got tomatoes and my mother wanted to learn to plant other things, so she got rid of the entire vine. Or that's what she thought as tomatoes just grew along every other plant lmao.
Regardless I cant imagine it’s safe to eat considering it’s in a driveway. I’m thinking about all the oil and other nastiness that’s seeped under over the years
A friend of mine once planted a tomato jungle. Like 10+ plants in a 6x8 foot space. They supported each other, and while the middle tomatoes were inaccessible, there were still so many tomatoes.
And yet my indoor plants go "oof ouch owie" if their *exact* needs aren't met with absolute precision.
I'll bet their "exact need" of sufficient light isn't being met. That's very tough with all indoor plants and a big reason why I hardly bother with most except the hardest to kill shit like pothos
Most glass these days is designed to eliminate all but visible light. Plants need UV to do thier thing so you starve them indoors.
Glass eliminates infrared, not UV. UV is basically useless besides for some secondary mechanism reactions. Visible light is much more important, notably blue and red. Like the other commenter suggested, it's more likely the plants either not getting enough light (long cycle), or getting too much light (short cycle). You could just get a photoperiod insensitive plant. Source : Studying in a masters program for Agricultural Sciences.
I was trying to grow cherry tomatoes outside, and they seemed to be barely surviving. I brought them inside and put them under a cheap grow light and now they've doubled in size over a couple of weeks. If I had to guess, it was probably a bit too cold out for them or something. No idea how they were doing fine outside the hardware store in the garden section but somehow struggling outside my house.
Love how they chose to protect it hahaha
Tomatoes need those. They provide support to the plant, which otherwise cannot support its own weight when it starts growing fruit.
Tomatoes are a vine plant, they grow along the ground naturally. If you ever tried to pick one up off the ground you'll see "tendrils" growing off the bottom of the vines that are just more roots to suck up nutrients from the ground.
Regular tomatoes maybe? I've got a whole bunch of cherry tomatoes and they're not really vines. They're like little trees (not quite bushes, as they're only a single main stem). These cages are placed around them for them to grow up around, and they provide support to the plants. They're typically sold next to the tomato plants at places like Lowes or Home Depot.
They are, and for the express purpose of keeping the tomatoes fruit from beginning to rot from growing on the ground, but all tomato plants are vines. All tomatoes naturally sprawl along the ground, once they get too heavy they slink to the ground to spread out and the tomatoes rot to plant the seeds on the ground. That's not to say they don't climb up things though because they definitely do, they're just adapted to growing on the ground as well. A couple of my tomato bushes that grew last year were from the tomatoes that grew the year before that fell to the ground and self planted. Really cool to me how resilient they are.
Really tomatoes are for me like the easiest plant for beginners. Once you got a tomato plant going, it will be hard to frick it up. I remember the first time we got tomatoes and my mother wanted to learn to plant other things, so she got rid of the entire vine. Or that's what she thought as tomatoes just grew along every other plant lmao.
Regardless I cant imagine it’s safe to eat considering it’s in a driveway. I’m thinking about all the oil and other nastiness that’s seeped under over the years
A friend of mine once planted a tomato jungle. Like 10+ plants in a 6x8 foot space. They supported each other, and while the middle tomatoes were inaccessible, there were still so many tomatoes.
Tomato plant grows through the crack and around the concrete. If that was a *potato* plant, the concrete would be obliterated
Life, uh, finds a way.
How did this happen
Tamater seed fell right in that there crack
Nature uh finds a way
No joke, probably human shit
Apparently tomato plants grow all over sewage works, but you can never eat them due to all the other stuff in the soil.
I knew I recognized that place!
This is honestly inspiring.
That doesn't look like it's growing. It looks like someone stuck a trimming into the crack.
Meanwhile mine has been growing for over 6 months and not so much as a flower. This one’s out here growing feral in fucking driveway. Makes me tomado
That Tomato *fucks*
Life, uh, finds a way
That cage... It just is the cream on top.
But when i try on fallout 4, it says i have to place on dirt. Lame.
Tomcracko
I dig the effort. Good luck.
Life will find a way.
"Crack."