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Tomatos and hot peppers indoors
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CannaDestroyer
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i have a roma tomato growing right now that is rediculiously short compared to the other varieties. also i have a jalenpeno pepper this is short and kind of bushy. you might also try going to the nursury and asking what varieties stay short. hope that helps.
LlamaSchool
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I have cayenne, habanero, and jalapeno (sic) peppers under a 600 watt hps. The tomatoes are rather tall but could be tied down. They are heirlooms of some sort - greenish, spherical, 1.5" diameter fruit. Very tangy.
One variety of peppers stays quite short. The other two are much taller. I believe the short/bushy one is cayenne though I will have to check when the lights are on.
Does anyone know if these are photosensitive? What triggers flowering? Mine have just been in 12/12 for most of their lives and seem to bloom quickly after moving them from germination/seedling stage in 18/6.
One variety of peppers stays quite short. The other two are much taller. I believe the short/bushy one is cayenne though I will have to check when the lights are on.
Does anyone know if these are photosensitive? What triggers flowering? Mine have just been in 12/12 for most of their lives and seem to bloom quickly after moving them from germination/seedling stage in 18/6.
yup dwarf determinate tomatoes are what you want
as far as peppers go, try thai hot ornamental. lots of tiny little firecrackers on a very compact plant.
tomatoes and peppers are temperature-sensitive, not photoperiod-sensitive. once the temps get warm enough, and the differential between day and night temps shrinks enough, they'll start flowering and setting fruit. they're perennials so they dont care about what marks the end of the growing season. they just dont want to be cold.
as far as peppers go, try thai hot ornamental. lots of tiny little firecrackers on a very compact plant.
tomatoes and peppers are temperature-sensitive, not photoperiod-sensitive. once the temps get warm enough, and the differential between day and night temps shrinks enough, they'll start flowering and setting fruit. they're perennials so they dont care about what marks the end of the growing season. they just dont want to be cold.
Yeah - but I'm mostly just growing them so that I have a legitimate reason to have the lights on. In the late-winter and early-spring vegetable and herb seed starting was a legitimate reason - but now I need something else so I'm relying on hobby growing.
Pine
i've got a "Thai" variety thats grows like grond cover as well as another called "Fireworks". The thai is only about 3 inches high!! check post #613 in the "I love the hottest peppers forum" Its crazy how low that plant is. Peace
in the past we have grown tomatoes in our green house over the winter.. they r def tastier then store bought, but the skin is tougher then tomatoes we grow outside in the summer....
picked a few cherry tomatos. mmmmmmmm.
Damn you so cal growers, flaunting about with your all-seasons out-of-garden eating....
Must move to Ojai...
A great tomato for indoors, which I am finding out as it's growing, is "Tasmanian Chocolate" found here http://heritagetomatoseed.com/heirloom-and-op-tomato-seeds/tasmanian-chocolate/ - it's a newly developed open-pollinated dwarf tomato, way better than Micro Tom. Their most flavourful newly developed OP Dwarf is Rosella Purple, but it's not as vigorous , compact, or productive. It seems to be very mold-resistant as well-- zero damping off with the crowded seedlings when all of the other varieties were!
A good pepper would be Cherry Belle... 3" tall, with very sweet mini red bell peppers.
Must move to Ojai...
A great tomato for indoors, which I am finding out as it's growing, is "Tasmanian Chocolate" found here http://heritagetomatoseed.com/heirloom-and-op-tomato-seeds/tasmanian-chocolate/ - it's a newly developed open-pollinated dwarf tomato, way better than Micro Tom. Their most flavourful newly developed OP Dwarf is Rosella Purple, but it's not as vigorous , compact, or productive. It seems to be very mold-resistant as well-- zero damping off with the crowded seedlings when all of the other varieties were!
A good pepper would be Cherry Belle... 3" tall, with very sweet mini red bell peppers.
