Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

OK, here's my crazy tomato plant that survived the winter in one of my growbeds. It's started to produce fruit now that the weather is warming up, and I'm trying to build some supports for it to grow on as it's getting a bit rediculous.

Now comes the fun part. I'm going to weigh all of the tomatoes that the plant produces over summer, basically until the plant stops producing any more, which may be a fair few months away..

I want people to try and have a guess at how many tomatoes it will produce, the total weight of produce for one plant. I'll be offering a prize of some sort (I haven't figured out what the prize will be yet) for the person who gets closest to the right amount.

I know the picture isn't to good, but it gives you an idea of the size of the plant at the moment, it was taken yesterday afternoon..

So go for it........ One guess each...

Perhaps it will die off early due to disease or bug infestation, there's already a few caterpilars, perhaps it will produce heavily for the next 8 months, who knows..

Are you sure it's a tomato plant LOL

My guess 13.5 kilos

Wowza

i think it will be...
23.1419kg
and 320 tomatoes

probably a rediculous guess...but well see

Jme(2) here, I reckon it should go at least 50kg! (Do we win all the tomatoes?)

24kg and 150 tomatoes

What the heck - I say 2.45KG
(somebody has to vote low )

There is a lot of potential there..............about 65kg worth

Do you use any foliar spray for better fruit production. They use liquid potash fert. in hydro tommies, do you have to in AP, my guess is yes, because where does the potassium, and phosphoros come from in large amounts?

What type of tomatoe is it?

HG

Nice one AM, shall I pull the plant out in two weeks....

No, I use nothing on them HG, it's just gunna be straight aquaponics. The potassium and phosphorus comes from the fish feed, and possibly a little from the seasol that I add a little of now and then. It's either a cherokee chocolate or a mortgage lifter, I think it's the CC.

OK My turn
I recon that there will be 480 tomatoes 67 KG

that is one hell of a plant we will all be shocked at the number it will produce last year I had a Cherrie tomato plant every other day I got between 5 and 6 KG off of it that lasted for weeks and it was only in my garden

Good luck all
Q

Naa, .... after 3 weeks maybe

I am thinking there will be a shirt load of tommies!!
52.67Kg
C1

My mother in law wants to put her bit in for 55 kg's

No-go Mon............she'll have to join up first.......may i suggest MMiL?

Monyas-mother-inlaw

LOL

Oh no, that's not gonna happen

I'll just pretend her vote was accepted LOL

i'll be a smart arse here and call 100kg. were in for a long sunny summer here so i think its possible. stranger things have happened. good luck eb.