Tomato and cucumber

There are lots of tomatoes to harvest, but don't take them for now since we have a joint meeting this Thursday. Your group have done a great job so far, but you guys still need to be careful when you lower the plants.




Nutrient deficiency- Calcium deficiency is no longer a threat, you may have noticed that the beefsteak tomatoes were really susceptible to blossom end rot.
I have also noticed some tip burn on some of your plants, which could be due to some nutrient deficiency in your plants. Environmental factors may also play an important roles on nutrient uptake such as the greenhouse was quite cool during the day and hot during the evening.

Cleanliness - Since you guys have been harvesting your tomatoes, plz clean up all abandoned tomatoes left in the pots. I have noticed quite a few tomatoes lying around in the pots. When these tomato decompose, it will be a source for diseases later on. Clean up those abandoned tomatoes if you have time.

Keep updating your note books. This will really help later.

As you have seen, it is not feasible to feed on these weak, damaged cucumbers. No matter how hard we tried to feed and care for them, the damage was non-reversible. Therefore, I will terminate these old cucumbers soon. I have one full tray, ~25 cucumbers, ready for transplant sometime next week.

The young cucumbers are doing great and flowering. We lost a few fruits, since some members were confused on which part should be pruned off. In addition, you may have noticed there are two sets of cucumbers: one with the white tag, potted with regular sunshine mix #4, and the other with the orange tag, potted with regular sunshine mix #4 + perlite (3:1 ratio). The white tagged cucumbers show faster growth than the orange tagged ones.

Question for ya: What does this mean to you, and why is this so?

Peter Le.