This latest update clearly shows the advantages you gain when choosing this system to grow your tomatoes the crop is larger and more fruit on the trusses
QUADGROW – TOMATO UPDATE MID AUGUST 2013
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GROWING TOMATOES IN A QUADGROW – UPDATE 4
TOMATO VARIETIES THAT GROW EXTENDED TRUSS SHOOTS
This happens to some variety’s of Tomatoes when after the truss has set the tomato reverts to growing another stem and producing flowers for more fruit.
The most likely reason is that where they originate a lot grow as vines along the ground and this would allow then to spread seed further,I have always removed them as it allows the truss to ripen better and tomatoes further up the plant to be more productive
QUADGROW UPDATE—SIDESHOOTS AND SPRAYING
When you grow using Quadgrow you still need to spray to prevent Tomato Blight as it is almost certain you will lose you plants to this disease if you dont, I explain my Organic spraying method and also explain why you need to remove sideshoots
MAKING PLANT FOOD FOR FREE
One of the easiest savings we can make in our garden is to produce our own liquid feeds. A variety of plants can be used for this and will give us different feeds suitable for doing different tasks. In my film I cover how to make an early season nitrogen rich feed and two ways of making potassium rich feed which is great for bulking up root crops and onions at this time of the season.
The other fantastic free resource we have which we should make more use of is urine this post explains why