Planting Tomatoes in the Greenhouse – Determinate Rutgers
I’m cleaning out the small greenhouse and planting it full of determinate Rutgers tomatoes. Its a simple process. Just dig a trench, fill it with composted horse manure, lime, and few other ingredients to suit your growing style. Mix it all up and put your plant in it. This variety of tomato produced extremely well last year, on a smaller scale. So I’ve decided to up the ante and load the whole greenhouse with these tomatoes. If all goes well, I’m gonna need some help picking tomatoes.
25 Responses to Planting Tomatoes in the Greenhouse – Determinate Rutgers
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MHP is for mobile home park. I own and manage one. And I do pretty much everything associated with it. Its a lot of work, especially during the warm months when the grass grows so fast.
mhpgardener
September 11, 2012 at 10:12 am
Just ran into your channel tonight… I subscribe to many gardening channels… but I gotta give it to you bobby… I absolutely love your channel… forgive me if I missed it somewhere… but what does the mhp in mhp gardener mean?
alacosse321
September 11, 2012 at 10:25 am
Thank you. Its been a lot of fun learning the greenhouse deal. Its reallly cool. Yep, me too… as you might guess, I have plenty of mater sandwiches.
mhpgardener
September 11, 2012 at 10:27 am
Just came across your channel tonight. You have some great videos sir!! Your greenhouse setup is what I hope to eventually work up to….love me some tomato sandwiches!!
averageprepper
September 11, 2012 at 10:37 am
Thx. I started the plants a little bit too early, so they were taller than I’d like. Also, the ground is very dry inside the GH. The only water the plants get is from what I give them. So laying them sideways allows me to bury that long stem, thereby making up for me starting them too early. And it also allows for root development closer to the surface, where I’ll be watering. It works out pretty good. 😉
mhpgardener
September 11, 2012 at 11:00 am
Hey Jeremy, both of the greenhouses are homemade, not commercial at all. And the hydro setup for the lettuce is the same way. Its a bunch of parts that I bought and assembled. Trying to buy things in kits can get rather expensive, so I try to find ways to DIY everything.
mhpgardener
September 11, 2012 at 12:00 pm
Damn cell typing lol
jeremydenholm
September 11, 2012 at 12:03 pm
Can you tell me manufactures you greemhouse and hydro unit please. Ty.
jeremydenholm
September 11, 2012 at 12:28 pm
Excellent work! God is good and sure gives man the resources we need. Btw, I’m new to gardening. Why did you lay the plants horizontally when planting?
gghsusa
September 11, 2012 at 12:34 pm
I saw that several months ago. Very interesting and definitely worth watching.
mhpgardener
September 11, 2012 at 1:32 pm
Yes I did. Thats getting to be a habit too. I’m supposed to be making things easier as I get older….not doing so well with that.
mhpgardener
September 11, 2012 at 1:34 pm
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MrSchpankme
September 11, 2012 at 2:23 pm
You just created all kinds of work for yourself, When all those plants get going your going to be a busy boy trying to harvest and eat all those tomatoes.
lifeinthailand
September 11, 2012 at 3:21 pm
Yea man…if these things fill out like I think they will, you might not have to plant any. Just drive the truck down here and load up ! LOL
mhpgardener
September 11, 2012 at 3:48 pm
Thank you sir…not too bad. 🙂
mhpgardener
September 11, 2012 at 4:27 pm
I hope to be able to do that. I drove by the market today and only saw one person out there selling strawberries. I could probably go sell a few maters now, but I just don’t have time during the day to sit there for a few hours waiting.
mhpgardener
September 11, 2012 at 4:42 pm
Killin you? LOL…. nah….. just playing around ! We WERE wet. But we’ve missed the last couple of rains and it is drying out fast. I’m having to water my onions outside. I’m tilling the gardens, getting ready, and its turning into a dusty desert in a hurry. But rain or shine, we’re gonna keep at it. Thank you sir !
mhpgardener
September 11, 2012 at 5:33 pm
wow Bobby the greenhouse looks great..you are def gonna be loaded with tomatoes!!!..cant wait to see them in July..keep it up!!
flyguy1725
September 11, 2012 at 5:52 pm
Great Update!
FoodVlogCafe
September 11, 2012 at 6:29 pm
you could sell a few of them at the farmers market to help pay for the high broad band charges they are charging you.
shartne
September 11, 2012 at 7:11 pm
Hey Bobby…looks great my friend. Those tomatoes are really doing well, and that one you picked for a sandwich…you’re killin me bro! You guys are wet too, huh? Man, we’re beggin for rain down here.
Nice job Bobby, I’m impressed every time I watch one of your videos. Good job man! Take care and God Bless ya’ll!
DubandDebs
September 11, 2012 at 7:13 pm
Well, because I have about a million tons of mulch, manure, and other delicious “stuff” going onto my garden areas right now, we are using grow bags this year, until the gardens are prepared for planting. I also got some more grow bags, manure, peat moss, and lots of good “stuff” for the bags too, and I’m starting the seeds tomorrow. I’m going to start them in the small bags, and replant in the 5 gal. size, and I can’t wait. I’m also working on a shallow well too, so the list is very long again
Sheila6325
September 11, 2012 at 7:19 pm
Its not so much a preference. The deciding factor is how I plan to grow it. If I can go vertical, I’ll use the ind. If I can’t, I’ll use cages and the det variety. But if I had to pick one, I’d probably go with the det variety just because of sheer production. And its easier to do cages than it easy to do strings and keep them suckered. Showing off? Me? Nah, you know not !
mhpgardener
September 11, 2012 at 7:25 pm
LOL…Thank you sir. 🙂
mhpgardener
September 11, 2012 at 7:50 pm
Thanks. I still have a few weeks to go before I plant tomatoes outside. Even if it didn’t frost, the ground is so cool that they wouldn’t do much. So I’m trying to be patient….but it aint easy. Crazy weather indeed…but I like it !
mhpgardener
September 11, 2012 at 7:51 pm