Started Some New (to me) Micros

[GoDawgs]

Of the five new micro tomato varieties I started on January 5th the first one to have fruit starting to color up is Pigmy. The plant is 12"x12" now and has three cherry tomato clusters on it.

[AKgardener]

Awsome finally tomatoes

[MissS]

@GoDawgs Congrats!

[GoDawgs]

I went ahead and picked the ripe one last night. It was 1" across and weighed 0.3 oz or 9 grams. It had pretty good flavor, a tad on the acidic side. The rest in that cluster are coloring up fast.

[AKgardener]

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I cannot wait to try these new one it seems both of inkspot tomato plants are producing mega blooms it’s so cute to see on such a tiny plant

[GoDawgs]

Today the first Monteka micro tomato was ready. Oh boy! Until today I hadn't really noticed the size of the cherries in the first two clusters.





Here is the first fruit of the labor. Measuring 1.25" across it was larger than Pigmy and it weighed 0.5 oz (15g).




I went ahead and saved the seed from it since it was so perfect and pretty but I did eat the flesh and where Pigmy had a slight acid tang to it, the Monteca seems to have a slight sweet taste to it without sacrificing a nice tomato flavor. They're ripening fast so in a few days I'll have more for a better and more rounded taste test.

[AKgardener]

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Those look so good way to go I’m almost there I have 2 tomatoes turning red

[GoDawgs]

Today I got the first two tomatoes off the 'Florida Petite'. This plant is 10" tall and 12-14" wide, happily growing in a one gallon nursery pot. It was seeded Jan 5 and transplanted into it's pot on Feb 13. The slightly larger one weighs 0.7 oz or 19g.





Nice size cherry tomatoes! These are a hair over 1 1/4" wide and pretty tasty.




Tomorowr I think I'll get the first two from 'Baby'.

[AKgardener]

Wow those are impressive mine never got that big I have 1 plant ripping all the tomatoes hope they taiste goid

[Setec Astronomy]

So when growing indoors like this, what do you do about pollination? I am actually growing some cherries in an AeroGarden that was given to me, I had to order the tomato seeds from them and they sell a little electric toothbrush thing so you can "be the bee" and buzz the flowers.

[GoDawgs]

So when growing indoors like this, what do you do about pollination? I am actually growing some cherries in an AeroGarden that was given to me, I had to order the tomato seeds from them and they sell a little electric toothbrush thing so you can "be the bee" and buzz the flowers.

I bought a cheap battery-op toothbrush at Walmart (about $3) and use that to buzz flowers. Since I read here that tomato flowers can pollinate themselves while still in bud, I start lightly buzzing clusters of fat buds on the stems right behind the buds. Once the flowers open I give them one more buzz and that seems to work just fine.

[Setec Astronomy]

Ok, so you have to do that, then. Thanks.

[GoDawgs]

Ok, so you have to do that, then. Thanks.

Well, I'm not sure you have to buzz them or whether using a small brush for pollen transfer or just picking a bloom and rubbing it on the other blooms would work just as well.

We need other indoor growers to chime in here with what they do.

[AKgardener]

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Ohhh I will definitely chime in !! Haha so I do the same thing I bought an electric toothbrush from Walmart abs have been using it all my tomatoes I get one every time on micro at least and some with the bigger plants but humidity played a big roll last year so we won’t talk about it haha but it definitely works my micro are loaded with tomatoes

[MissS]

@AKgardener that little plant is sure working hard! What a huge crop for so few leaves.

[AKgardener]

I trimmed the leaves it’s was wild all the other ones are out of control haha they truly are amazing little plants

[GoDawgs]

I've been doing some seed saving from these first micros. So far I've got some from all five but want to get more. Gotta eat some too, ya know.

And it's time to think about starting another round of five different ones. Once the weather warms, the ones under the lights now will move to the sunny front porch and the new ones will go under the lights. Yep, time to consult the seed list and ponder that a while.

[AKgardener]

I have all new varieties to start as well that I have not tried all my micro are producing I have no room anymore haha

[GoDawgs]

I made my list of next micros to do and will start them Thursday or Friday.

Andrina - another 5-6" tall red one, maybe like Baby? I did find one reference that said 8-10". We'll see.
Aztek - an 8" tall gold
Inkspot - 12" tall, black @AKgardener, since you're growing this one now, does 12" tall sound right to you?
Vilma - 8" tall, red
Yellow Canary - 12" tall, yellow

[AKgardener]

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@GoDawgs mine didn’t grow up thry vined out Wich was new and both plants are giving me multiple double maters my baby plant stayed true to its size only 3 inches I mean they are so cute