250 tomatoes and 255 peppers still to go!!! Haha planting season is always a blast!
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That’s quite a farm in my mind. Do you sell the produce? I have to imagine so, I hope it at least keeps itself paid for. Looks like a full-time job 
I’m a relatively new father with a normal job, wishing I was retired so I could have a garden like that 
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Damn! Yep that’ll keep ya busy! Nice!
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Full time gig for me! Definitely sell at farmers market. Pure passion project as there is no money in farming…period! Farming gets pretty romanticized. I love it don’t get me wrong, just not any money in it.
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That’s about what I thought. Excited for you, the passion is obviously there in spades.
It’s interesting how we assign value to things. I’d pay quite a lot for things done with passion and intent. And I do. In all aspects of life. Food, tools, art, literature. I just wish there was more incentive for people like you to do it. I guess that’s the crux of it, isn’t it? If there was significant financial incentive, people without that passion do the same thing. It dilutes things back to where they are. People with the interest and love do those things regardless. Anyway, it’s awesome to see
Sorry for the ramble, been thinking about this too much these days 
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I was at the grow shop a couple weeks ago and dude working there was telling me how all his growing buddies are getting into veggie farming and are going to make a ton of money. I just laughed!!! Stop watching the youtube videos that say you can make a quarter million dollars off your side lot. Some of the best return is salad mix at $1/oz.
Dude was also telling me to use eagle 20…what the fuck!
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Capitalism ruins everything @FieldEffect , but I wont let capitalism ruin me!
Thanks for the kind words!!!
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It’s the micro greens people getting Rich apparently although I can’t fathom how with a shelf or two you get “RICH” but whatever, if I could I would be a farmer, I love the experience and miss it “we had a 6 acre farm for 7-8 years in my youth , cows, chickens,veggies, corn etc. I miss the rewarding experiences daily and the peace of mind from growing/raising our own food. Wish I could have raised my boys on a farm like I was.
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All the peppers and tomatoes are into the ground. It’s been an all out blitz! Cannabis has exploded with these 85-90F sunny days! Looking forward to getting all these plants in the ground! Still needing confirmation on some regarding gender. Placed all the ‘88g13/hp clones outside along with the Hawaiian cat piss!
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Looking good! What type of trellis system are you going to install for your rows of tomatoes? Florida weave, single string/stake, or some type of hybrid system?
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Thanks @ElGalloBlanco ! Just do the Florida weave on them. If I had a hoop with a higher ceiling I would drop a line off the perlin and use a snap ring. I desucker up to the first fruit set, then just let them do their thing!
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Damn, you must get quite the jungle going! We have 4x8 foot raised beds we grow tomatoes in, fit 4 indeterminate tomatoes in each bed bed and use a combo of Florida weave and single stake, usually try and prune most suckers off, leaving 4-5 per plant but as they get taller and the season goes on, shit gets crazy, let alone when the suckers grow suckers, haha. Tomatoes are crazy!
I know growing on a larger scale though you only have so much time to dedicate to each plant, you’d be out there all day training and pruning them otherwise. Good luck on your growing season and hopefully you have a good year that can support you on the farm for another season, I know that’s all most farmer’s are hoping for anyway.
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Thanks man I appreciate the support!!!
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Nice! Gonna start getting real good now!
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Hoping everything does well this year. Added shit tons of compost this year and have tilled the beds really well. Drip irrigation is getting set up so everyone has water.
Last year was a horrible year for tomatoes between all the critters eating the fruit and late blight just devastated them. Fingers crossed!
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Do you make your own compost?
Sure looks like great soil. Beautiful rows of happy plants. Wishing you a much better season this go around.
Had to look up those trellis techniques. Florida weave seems pretty easy to manage. Always wondered how people do huge rows of tomatoes, was thinking that before I got to ElGallos comment. Learn something new everyday 
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I make my own worm castings, but the compost is from a local source.
The big trick with the weave is stringing the rope through a piece of pvc. Allows you to maneuver the rope between plants and t posts while maintaining tension on the rope.
Thanks for stopping by and glad you are interested in tomato trellising!
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Finally got some in the ground! This is why I like them in 3 gal. As not to stunt them while I get the ground ready for them. Just using a 5-5-3 organic dry fertilizer along with liquid fish kelp to water in.
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They all look super healthy and happy, you’re going to have a lot of work ahead of you come fall!
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