Tomato (Hydroponics)

Recommendation

Planting spacing:

3 plants per meter

Root length:

30 - 50 cm

Plant height:

> 100 cm

Sun:

full sun

Lighting:

12 - 16 hours

Soil type (for soil cultivation):

Humus

Total nutrient requirement:

high

Nutrient dosage (NPK):

5-10-10 to 5-10-5

pH range:

5.5 - 6.5 matching plants

Ec range:

1.5 - 2.5 matching fish

Climate zone (USDA):

3 - 10

Growth in frost:

no

Temperature damage from:

< 5 °C

Frost resistance:

no

Days to germination:

14 - 40

Days to harvest:

100 - 140

Vegetation period:

Perennial

Solanum Spinosum / Tomato

Propagation

Preferred systems:

NFT

Image source: Public Domain

Nutrients

Nutrient	Start phase		Yield phase
Dose	-	+	-	+
NO3	2.2
K	2.0			1.0
Ca		1.8	0.8
B		2.0
Fe				2.0
All values in mMol
See also: Deficiency symptoms
See also: Tomato reference values

All values refer to the variety: Type 552

Commonly cultivated varieties:

• Solanum lycopersicum
• Solanum habrochaites (wild tomato)

See also the article: Tomato Reference Values

Ripening times:

Early season: 52-54 days
Pre-season: 55-69 days
Mid-season: 70-84 days
Late season: 85 days and longer

 

There are over 3,000 varieties worldwide.

 

Trade names: Agro, Amati, Belriccio, Bolzano, Corazon, Corianne, Culina, Cupido, Dasher, Date tomato, Devotion, Del-Icia, Diplom, Dolce Vita, Exxtasy, Fantasio, Fourstar, Gardener's Delight (stake tomato), Toothed tomato, Green Zebra (stake tomato), Kalimba, Kumato, Little Lantern (stake tomato), Luigi, Luxor, Maestria, Maranello, Myrto, Ox Heart / Coeur de Boeuf, Phantasia, Philovita, Picolino, Pixel, Primabell, Quadro, Ravello, Siberian Finger, Sparta, Sportivo, Suso, Sunviva, Sweet Million, Timos, Timotion, Tomosa, Trilly, Tumbling Tom Red (hanging tomato), Vilma, Vanessa, Virginia, Vision, Vitella, Zebrino, Vladivostokskij (Siberia), Gelbe von Thun and Würmli (Switzerland), Gelber Moneymaker (England), Oaxacan Jewel and Miel de Mexique (Mexico), Black Sea Man and Malakhitovaya Shakatulka (Russia), White Rabbit (USA) and Dix Doigts de Naples (Italy).

The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), also known in Austria and South Tyrol as Paradeiser or Paradeis (less commonly Paradeisapfel), is a plant species in the family Solanaceae (nightshade family). It is therefore closely related to other edible plants such as the potato (Solanum tuberosum), pepper (Capsicum), and eggplant (Solanum melongena), but also to plants such as deadly nightshade, mandrake, angel's trumpet, petunia, and tobacco (Nicotiana).

Source: Wiki et al., Image: (ca. 1772–1793) by Giorgio Bonelli. From the The New York Public Library. CCO 1.0

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