Ok last log was from middle of July.

since then i had to cut the Tomatoes back a bit.

First, i wanna take you on a small trip through time with me. We will see The same Tomato on different times of its life.

The Picture above was taken on 18.July.2016 (pay attention to the left one)

This is almost a month later: 8.August.2016

When its ready, you get the final picture.

New System:

I wanted to try another way of growing and made a second system for my greenhouse. Its supposed to be a habbitat for small plants and cuttings. So i wanted something, where i can exchange plants fast and easy.

i started with a standard bucket for 5€. It holds 45 Liter and could possibly hold a couple of fish in the future.

Next i added this small stand, to raise another bucket over the fish. This way no fish can escape and little light can get into the water tank. Algae are no Problem, but i wanna keep it this way.

here you see the final system. Water is filled in the lower tank and Clay pebbles are in the upper tank.

A pump pushes the water up and through 2 water Nozzles in the Silicone tubing.

On the bottom is a water outlet and the timer is set for 15min water on, 45min water off.

Some peas and a tomato cuttling are growing happy.

And finnaly some pictures of my Tomato plants:

This was taken on 29.July.2016. It really shows, how big 5 Tomato plants can get. And this year was a bad summer (my oppinion). I guess im happy for my first try.

This was one week ago, 8.August.2016.

you can see a lot of green tomatoes growing virtually everywhere.

This is taken, after the top branches of every plant were cut back. This helps the plant concentrate at growing the first tomatoes to the end and stops her from Producing new flowers and little fruits.

The summer is ending and fruits, that start now, wont get ready before frost will end the life of the Tomato.

Yesterday (15.August.2016) about half a kilo (440g) of black cherry tomatoes could be harvested (i ate some before)

Today there were about half of that ready for harvest. I continue to eat them, direct of the plant, as they ripe. Maybe they look a little green and not ready, but i tryed harvesting later. They loose a liitle bit of their sugar and i like the taste better, when they are just ready.

And untill now i only hat to exchange one of the silicone tubings, because the roots had grown into the nozzles and clogged the tube. took me about half an hour, but i still say: really small maintenance in V3.0

Next log, i will show you my next system: Deep water culture! no more clogged nozzles!

also i want to copmete in the automation challenge, but i lack the time to use my Arduino and the sensors i gathered. So i will push automation to a later time. (not forgotten!)

After the tomatoes are all done, i will restart the system, insulate my greenhouse for the winter and add climate control. thats the plan for the next months. while i wait, i startet to prepare winter harvest (salat, a lot of it)

I hope you enjoyed the update. I will try to do them more frequently.

See you next mission

-aka