It's been exactly 30 days since I made my last walk around video. This is a comparison to show the growth that occurred during that time.
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| Hydroponic Tomatoes 44" with 3" fruit |
Notice the dark green leaves. The Hydroponic Tomatoes are doing better than any other system
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| Hugelkulture Tomatoes 44" with 3" fruit |
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These tomatoes planted in an immature hugelkulture bed are slightly less green. Nitrogen may be unavailable due to the mulberry buried below the compost top soil, but I have no complaint. They are doing well. It will take several years for the mulberry to rot and provide a water supply for this garden.
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| Bioponics Tomatoes 34" with no fruit |
These tomatoes in the boiponic grow beds are smaller and not as dark green as the Hydroponic tomatoes in the background. The pH has been maintained at 6.5 - 7.0 and the nitrates levels have been maintained above 5ppm. I have occasionally added some Azomite for trace minerals to prevent chlorosis. Yesterday I added Fe-DTPA-chelate. Prior to this I was using EDTA chelate.
Last summer the bioponic system did very well, and I expect this plant will too. The general health looks good and there has been no chlorosis, but when compared to the hydoponic and the hugelkulture systems I don't think it is doing quite as well.
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| Wicking Bed - I don't see any fruit on this one, but it was planted late.. |
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| Wicking Bed - Can you see the big green toms? |
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| Wicking Bed / Cherry Tomatoes 66" with lots of fruit |
Overall I would say the hydroponic tomatoes look best, but the wicking bed tomatoes are right there with them.
Here are some pictures from 30 days ago for comparison
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| Bioponic |
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| Hydroponic |
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| Looking from the opposite direction this arrow points at the hugelkulture tomato (second image down) |
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