Tomatoes

[Frank Scanlan]

What tips can you give me to increase tomatoe production.  I did not get many tomatoes from the plants I started in March.  It may have been because the system was new and the fish were not producing enough waste.  Several tomatoe plants have survived since March and remain in the grow bed.  They look healthy.  I've trimmed back the dead stuff and through out plants that did not look good.  Can I expect them to produce or should I get new plants?  Which tomatoe plants work best in an ebb&flow grow bed.

 

Thanks

Frank Scanlan

Coral Springs

[TCLynx]

I don't know what Safer Caterpillar killer is (any soap products can be dangerous to fish) but I know that Bacillus Thurengensis products can be safely used to combat leaf eating caterpillars in aquaponics.  Be sure to spray the plants according to the labels since the caterpillars have to eat some of the bacteria in order for it to be effective against them.