What I usually do is I have a 5 gallon bucket for the indoor system reservoir, and an additional 5 gallon bucket for adding water throughout the week. I set the water out in this second 5 gallon bucket and add 10 ml H2O2 for four or five gallons. If I don't I discovered that the reservoir will get funky in a couple days and then I have to scrape the slime off of the top after disinfecting the reservoir with H2O2. I only tried rain water once and will definitely keep it up once I get a good system in place. I'm just a little skeptical of my vinyl shingles and water quality so I may try to rig up something on my metal shed instead. So yea, the H2O2 is a preventive/standard procedure for me pretty much. Also, I noticed that even after four days of letting that water just sit there waiting to be used, when I pour it out it bubbles -- that H2O2 has put a lot of oxygen in that water. This might be my last post on this thread as I am now harvesting the last of the tomatoes - on the EARLY maturity date I might add - and they are very good tasting before and after flushing. Here are some final pics of a portion of the harvest, some notes, and some random outdoor pics too... Thanks everyone for your help on this thread -- the next time around I will be more vigilant to prune the sucker shoots and trim off deformed fruit to get the fruit bigger, but for the pathetic job I did this time around, this turned out GREAT! Here is a link that might be useful: Here are the pictures.

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Hi Piantini, Nice pics! You are like me, you can't wait to start the seeds and then we have them too early. I still have 5-6 weeks to wait myself, but you'll be alright! My pics below show the different size cups that I use, starting the seeds in the smallest (using Miricle Gro Seed Starting Mix), then transplanting to the 8 oz cup when they get true leaves (now I start using ProMix BX), then, one last transplant to the 16 oz cup when there is about an inch between the dirt line and the first branch. (I cut off the cotyledon before putting it into the 16 oz cup.) I bury the plant deeper, each time I transplant, up to the lowest branch. The stem will root and make the plant stronger! I use mini blinds with Avery #8167 Ink Jet labels covered over with 3/4 inch "invisible" scotch tape from Staples. They last all season for me out in the garden. The second pic is a pic of my 4th of July on the left, a Basil plant in the middle, and a Campari plant on the right. Last year, I had ripe Campari toms on June 30th. The Campari beat out the 4th of July for the first ripe! The 3rd pic is my three shelf growing setup with two 4' floursecent lights for each shelf, and the lights are adjusted with chains. The fourth pic is a tray of my plants that I transplanted today. Their next stop is in the garden outside after I harden them off during the first week of May. Then I enjoy the fruits of all my work for the rest of the summer! Hope you have a great growing experience! If you have questions, ask in this forum. The people are very willing to help you. Paul

I'm pretty new to growing. I live in an apartment in Brooklyn, NYC(zone 6b-7a) and container grow on my balcony. I'm actually crazy about Black Krim. It was early, and in a 5 gallon is still popping out tomatoes. I moved it indoors and 8 months later I've harvested at least 30 delicious tomatoes. I'm really partial to the taste, beat the black from tula and cherokee purple I bought at the farmers market. I successfully cloned two from the mother plant and have already harvested tomatoes off of those. But also wasted time on: San Marzano: Blossom end rot on almost all. Got about 6 decent tomatoes. Yellow pear-terrible, just inedible- produced great, worst tasting Bush Early girl- not worth it. Grocery store quality flavor Containers choice- weak performer, in a larger container than Black krim. boring Indigo rose- Such a bummer on this one. Pretty but hard to tell when ripe. Tasted best when any not purple area was peach colored. Red tasted overripe. Took forever to ripen Any micro mini tomato. All determinite to the point they died with unripe tomatoes on them. Hahms Gelbe was the best, but still not worth it. So I'd Highly recommend black krim for containers, and the other winners were the mainstay cherries Sunsuger and sungold. Husky Cherry red was alright too. Still have Black krim, My GFs german johnson and others under a grow light(600 led) .It's crazy how they fight for a single light source, but all are still putting out tomatoes. Cheers! Ben