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← Hydroponic School Growing Hydroponic Tomatoes: A South African Grower's Course

Anatomy of a tomato plant: stem, leaves, trusses and roots
Determinate, semi-determinate and indeterminate growth
Vegetative versus generative: reading the balance of the plant
Flowering, pollination and fruit set
Light: daily light integral and what the "1% rule" really says
Temperature: day, night and why the 24-hour average matters most
Development rate: a truss a week, and flower to ripe fruit

How a tomato plant works

Flowering, pollination and fruit set

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