difficulty/questions growing hydroponic tomatoes?
im contemplating starting to grow hydroponic tomatoes and i would just like to know what i am getting into. i will hopefully have a 400 watt HPS and MH bulb along with an ebb and flow system and nutes etc. how hard is it to grow tomatoes? i have a whole room for it and the ceiling is about 9 feet tall, although i wouldnt wanna get the plants larger than 5-6 feet. do you all know of some easy strains to grow and some general tips? thanks
Tomatoes are a fairly straightforward and forgiving plant to begin with. I would recommend growing determinate cultivars over indeterminate cultivars, though it sounds like you have a fairly tall ceiling so it could go either way for you. If needed you could just top off an indeterminate vine if it were to grow too tall. Explanation of the difference between determinate and indeterminate:
http://faq.gardenweb.com/faq/lists/tomato/2000082337022708.html
list of cultivars:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tomato_cultivars
Grow whatever cultivar that you enjoy the taste of and manage the plant as needed. Sounds like you have some fairly nice equipment, good luck!
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