Growing Tomatoes Indoors- Quick Tip

Tips, Tricks

1. thats the saddest tomato bush i,ve seen.....
2. For the most part the individual flowers pollinate themselves, even before it may be all the way open. But that being said, they still need some agitation, bees,  wind etc.. or in the case of indoors, shaking the flower cluster , vibration, or a fan. ( Be careful about shaking the whole plant though, I knocked one of my green tomatoes off doing that.) Here is my attempt at growing a Big Beef tomato in the basement;
   Winter grown Tomatoes
   
   One tomato that I grew with great success under lights in the past was the patio tomato Red Robin. If you don't have a large area and want to use T5's or T8 fluorescents, I'd recommend this one or one of the other patio tomato types.  
3. Thanks for caring for the soil. A lot of people ignore that the soil must be alive, not just packed with fertilizers. B+ for microbial action, A+ if someone adds in some mycorrhiza as well :-)
4. The statement "cherry tomatoes fall into the category of indeterminate" is incorrect.
5. Good tip Joey.  I've been wanting to setup some stuff indoors myself.  I might get it going this year Lord willing.
6. Another tip for pollinating tomatoes indoor, the plant self pollinates but it supplies more pollen with vibration similar to the buzzing of bee wings using the handle of an electric toothbrush or razor really releases the pollen and increases yields indoors I did this last year with great success