Growing TOMATOES 🍅 From Seed - 160 Days Time Lapse

160 days time lapse of growing tomatoes from seed to fruit. Watch me as I grow cherry tomatoes in a small pot indoors. Growing tomatoes at home is easy if you follow my video and avoid some of the common gardening mistakes that I made. My cherry tomato plant grew to its full size in 5 months (approximately 16" in height) and I grew tomatoes in small 7" clay pot indoors with occasional exposure to sun. This time lapse video of tomato took me 160 days to make. The cherry tomato variety that I used is called Tiny Tim. It is determinate dwarf tomato variety which means it does not produce vine and grows like a bonsai. These tomato plants are cute and suitable for growing on patio or even in your living room under a LED plant lamp.
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00:00 Planting Tiny Tim Cherry Tomato Seed In Pot
00:19 Tomato Plant Germinating From Seed
01:15 Moving Plant To A Larger Pot
01:56 Cherry Tomato Flowers
02:25 Growing Phase of Cherry Tomato Fruit
03:32 Harvesting Cherry Tomato
03:49 Tiny Tim Cherry Tomato Seed Pack
03:58 How Big Is Tiny Tim Cherry Tomato?
04:16 Eating Tiny Tim Cherry Tomato Uncooked
04:33 Tiny Tim Tomato Plant Full Size Growth
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[@rapidlapse]

Many of you asked for a full tomato timelapse video from seed to fruit. It took me almost 6 months to make this video but here it is finally. Enjoy! 😊

[@airamcompean165]

Wow I love these vids becuz I love plants!

[@ItzJustChele]

Thank you for all you do

[@kushpaladin]

lol all that for a single cherry tomato harvest LOL D:

[@rapidlapse]

@@kushpaladin 😆🥲

[@TheWendable]

This has to be my all time favourite video, that time lapse is truly appreciated thank you 🤗 🍅 🤗

[@Gleichtritt]

As a tomato grower (hobby ofc) I can only recommend: Don't be impatient in the end. I know we all want to harvest the tomatoes and then we trick ourselfes to believe that its ready for harvest. But no - it should be red. Why? Because otherwise it tastes like in the supermarket. The amazing thing about home grown tomatos, is that you can let them on the plant until they are really ripe and oh my gosh, the taste is divine. My brother and me both had tomato plants. He picked his quite early and he was very surprised, how sweet and fruity mine were. Often he told me "but they are ready, why don't you pick them?" "No" I said, "they need to be red". I left them easily 3 extra weeks. So worth it :).

[@Nick4b11]

This is why I’m growing some lol I want that taste instead of the bland supermarket kind

[@yourbuddyunit]

I love how much you clearly love your plants. It's so wholesome!

[@rapidlapse]

Thanks!

[@yeonsollee6592]

this is so realistic- i’ve been watching time lapse videos because my tomato seed isn’t budding and it’s been a week! but i guess it can take longer!!

[@rapidlapse]

Seed packed said 90 days but it took double the time in my case. Hopefully your grows faster. All the best!

[@buskingkarma2503]

For an impatient, complete beginner like me,,,these video's are just what I needed!👌 thank you!❤

[@rapidlapse]

You’re welcome!

[@TheCertifiedLegend]

Sometimes it truely amazes me how beautiful nature actually is 😊

[@stoopkid58008]

tomatos actually bring me so much joy its insane, i just started growing cherry and beefsteak tomatos so wish me luck 💪

[@rapidlapse]

Awesome, all the best and I hope you have a lot of good harvest!

[@driespeeters2349]

Don't forget to check if you have determinate or indeterminate

[@Seafoamworks99]

Yo I got pear and beefsteak holy shit

[@tellison109]

What a wonderful video! Thank you for taking the time to share with those of us who absolutely love gardening and the beauty of watching seeds grow!!

[@rapidlapse]

Thanks!

[@antaraduttachannel]

Thanks! The video will really help me with my plants! Happy growing!!

[@Nathan-jv2pr]

I find this so relaxing to watch

[@tiffanyytn]

Watching this makes me joyful ❤ thank you for your time and effory

[@mok3647]

3:13 is my favorite part, I would have strong urge to pluck the fruit or touch it everyday 😂 it is too cute!

[@rapidlapse]

Making timelapse videos is all about patience and filming this one needed a lot of it. The end result was worth though! 😊

[@ayanbossyt7536]

Ya i have a habit of touching plants everyday i don't know how to stop

[@baseball5789]

i’m

[@meows_and_woof]

To get more fruit you need to cut some of the branches and leaves so the plant can put resources into growing more fruit.

[@rapidlapse]

Thanks for the suggestion. I should have done that to get more tomatoes. :)

[@kize32]

Definite grow plants usually don't get pruned. Maybe it didnt get enough sunlight

[@peace4ever182]

Agreed I do that and get a lot of fruits

[@robloxboy3144]

​​@@rapidlapse or i think you can cut a leaf or a branch and replant it to a new pot and it will grow Edit:i think its called natural vegetative propagation its grade 6 science sorry i forgot the name

[@Coliath__GamingXx]

@@robloxboy3144 you mean a cutting, propagation is close enough to.

[@TheMash84]

As a home grower I've found this video is amazing! Thank you very much for doing this :) I'm growing tomatoes as well, S. Marzano, but it's nor heirloom, it saved the seeds from supermarket's tomatoes! Probably it's a hybrid, let's see! Seedlings germinated in 4-5 days and now they're 5cms tall. Finger crossed :) To have more tomatoes it's probably better to switch the fertilizer which is higher in potassium than nitrogen, so the plant can concentrate on producing fruits. Also to fruit they need a little bit higher temp (24-28) and also a huge amount of light! (21 DLI)

[@rapidlapse]

Great to hear, all the best! Keep me updated :) I grow just for fun, to record timelapse of their evolution. I used fertilizers and also had plant lights but at one point I over-watered and it took a few days just to recover from it. In the end it had a few fruits and many flowers so it was all worth the wait I guess.

[@Daniele63]

How did they grew ?

[@itsshrimpinabag9544]

. . . I was so touched by this amazing video that I actually cried! I'm just speechless. God is just beyond words.

[@rapidlapse]

aww thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed.

[@trentonwhite1814]

I’m starting my own garden. I think it’s many of our purposes in life instead of chasing things that won’t last like money and sticking to the system that man made and not gods system! Thank you and God for this awakening on my life

[@itsshrimpinabag9544]

That's true, the whole concept of mass farming relying on chemicals and genetically modified organisms is just man trying to make things better than God. @@trentonwhite1814

[@MrDisscience]

Finally a high quality fruit pregnancy video!

[@SMCwasTaken]

*tiktok ptsd intensifies*

[@jaken1319]

Lolololol 😢😢😢 you secretly birthed a new category of pervs

[@rajwaa594]

i love the way you comment the process your tomato below the video. it reminds me sm how i feel when start planting a something ಥ⁠‿⁠ಥ❤

[@surajupreti2771]

great video dai! looking forward to next plant video.

[@rapidlapse]

Thanks!

[@zaynumar0]

I’m Growing the exact same plant atm ! My 🍅 plant is at the flowering stage! 🌱

[@rapidlapse]

All the best!

[@piyushpalsania7685]

Took a lot of efforts, Nice video, Thanks for sharing RapidLapse

[@rapidlapse]

You’re welcome!

[@HvnBread]

Just started planting my own tomatoes. This was lovely to watch! Can't wait for my own tomatoes too :)

[@rapidlapse]

All the best!

[@elbeto57]

Same here 😊

[@dontreadmyprofilepicture1691]

Did you get some fruit yet

[@Cloudation1]

this video is so wholesome! 😊 keep up the good work

[@rapidlapse]

Thanks!

[@user-eu8od4hc4q]

Amazing. I love how you ate the tomato at the end hehe

[@rapidlapse]

Thank you 😀

[@minminvee]

that was really emotional😭😭

[@user-eu8od4hc4q]

I love your commentary (in the video)

[@rapidlapse]

Thanks!

[@chuaweizehougangps663]

3:20 cute!!

[@janetmalcolm6191]

Great way to learn things...lovely to watch.

[@rapidlapse]

🙏

[@sleeplessinthecarolinas8118]

Enjoyed your video!

[@rapidlapse]

Thanks! 😊

[@ibringthelastwords1358]

I liked how the fruit is inflating like a balloon :)

[@Rascal455]

Hahaha i was dying laughing at this. One fruit! And you were pumped about it. Good on you!! Soooo in order for you to get a much better harvest i would cut more suckers off the crotch of the branches so it doesnt spend all its energy on leaves vs fruit. Also one BIG thing to help you is that tomatos have male and female in the flowers so can self start the tomatoes, however they require movement. When planted outside in the wind thats what happens. But since you did this indoors you will need to simulate wind or a bumble bee. I use an electric toothbrush to shake the flowers and boom much more fruit. Good luck.

[@rapidlapse]

Thanks, I know this might be the lowest ROI as far as harvesting goes 😁 but it was a fun project! I did use paint brush to manually pollinate the flowers. It’s not shown in the video. I’m working on more plants right now. Hopefully you’ll get to see better harvests in the upcoming videos :)

[@briancorea9735]

Its a determinate plant. U dont cut off any branches. But the fertilizer had to be higher in potassium instead of nitrogen to get more fruits. And definitely more light

[@rapidlapse]

@@briancorea9735 thanks, I will be careful about these things next time so I can have better and faster yield.

[@Rascal455]

​@Brian Corea ah yes. I didnt see that, im so used to cherry tomato plants being indeterminate nice catch. Never grown tiny tim before. I usually grow sunsugars and sungolds and of course the classic supersweet 100s.

[@Pyrolonn]

The mission of getting a time lapse (which has to be indoor in a controlled environment) is at odds with the mission of getting a lot of tomatoes. And of course you only need one to show how a tomato fruit develops.

[@ayhamateya2601]

Amazing! The miracle of life and creation ❤

[@rapidlapse]

🙏

[@davidschmidt1997]

God of Allah.

[@ToBeOrNotToBeThatIsTheQuestion]

​@@davidschmidt1997No. God of Zeus

[@revadavis4842]

Awesome video

[@rapidlapse]

Thanks!

[@dankmemes3542]

Love the captions!

[@rapidlapse]

Thanks 🙃

[@homesteadingwithsadie]

wow that was really cool to watch

[@rapidlapse]

Thanks!

[@ionutdragomir6070]

Thank you very much for sharing this... So much appreciated your effort 🙏🏻

[@naturetimelapse1475]

Tomato growth video is cool.Thank you for the good video.

[@rapidlapse]

Thank you!

[@jilldent5514]

All that and what a tiny one bite of a tomato!

[@rapidlapse]

😂

[@Nikhatsfastkitchen]

Amazing 👍

[@rapidlapse]

Thanks!

[@aryanshukla4599]

It's so nice to read your experiences while watching the video! I'm also growing tomatoes and I'll be careful about these things. Thanks pal 👍🏻👍🏻

[@rapidlapse]

Thank you, and happy growing!

[@chuaweizehougangps663]

Thanks for this im growing one now

[@rapidlapse]

All the best!

[@victorchavez-jb3nu]

Its very satisfy to watch how new life begin while more leaves this world

[@MmmmTwoTacos]

Thank you🍅

[@nadinenewland9941]

I like plants

[@mbuguapetrov1280]

Superb

[@soniaortiz7108]

I love your tomatoes ;)

[@rapidlapse]

Thanks! 🙂

[@edonaabrashi6337]

It's so cool I wish I had this

[@rapidlapse]

Thanks!

[@-timothe-]

what a feast !

[@rapidlapse]

🤣

[@princekaponde577]

Very useful thanks

[@rapidlapse]

You’re welcome!

[@sudheeshbhattarai7345]

Should be trending #1

[@rapidlapse]

Thanks, much appreciated!

[@danielgally6389]

on the positive side this sets a REALLLY low bar for amateur growers watching LOL

[@rapidlapse]

😆

[@SantaClaus0h]

fantastic

[@rapidlapse]

Thanks 🙏

[@xxalexx75thegamer88]

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[@0MissElizabeth0]

A 160 days to grow one little tomato? You're gonna starve to death 😂

[@rapidlapse]

I agree, this method of farming is unsustainable 😅

[@sabaarakhamia5474]

It was amazing, thank you!

[@rapidlapse]

You’re welcome!

[@Animalsandnature943]

Verry nice

[@rapidlapse]

Thanks!

[@LillieBrooke-yw8wq]

I’m currently growing tomatoes,after 71 days I have around 14 tomatoes per seed , i focus on the plants a lot to get more yield , I guess the main thing was to take of the (legs) so between the stem and the main leaves I pluck the legs that grow out the stem so the the plant can focused more on the tomatoes and also helps the plant to grow up instead of outwards.

[@WilliamGA]

What you are taking off are called the "suckers" and you should only pluck it the first feet of the tomato plant, the suckers can turn into flower stems and therefore you would get more tomatoes. Dont pluck them unless the plant gets out of control.

[@LillieBrooke-yw8wq]

@@WilliamGA yea they are called suckers , I pluck them of as I want my plants to grow up tall and not out they are about 6 ft now with about 24 tomatoes was h plant , doing really well

[@johnsheetz6639]

How relaxing is this?! I'm doing plum style San marzanos going traditional with some tomato sauce olive oil and crush garlic,basil rao"s can suck it. At least until I run out of my sauce. 😎

[@bozojose]

I have to water mine everyday because they are left outside in blazing heat and get dry everyday They are growing exponentially and impressed a couple people who want me to grow some for them, I warned them it’s a little late in the season and you may have to buy a grow light and take them inside when it starts getting cold and snowing Plants are Atleast 5 feet tall have like 20 of them all grown from seed. Very easy and fun for beginners

[@rapidlapse]

Awesome, great to hear that. You can save some tomato seeds from this year’s harvest to grow next year as well.

[@briancorea9735]

Tomatoes are not as easy to grow from seed as many people think i grew it from seed this year and many leaves died because of overwatering. Luckily when i noticed the reason it came back

[@rapidlapse]

My experience was also the same. Lesson learnt: under watering is better than overwatering. 😁

[@abaddon2148]

tomatoes are plenty easy. they grow freely on their own accord out of my compost pile😂

[@jaken1319]

You can use Cal-Mag to correct that deficiency Cody recommends the one w iron 💯 greener foliage nodes bro!

[@ObO-sd1xg]

I bet that tomato was delicious! We had 2 tomato plants in our back yard and they put out 113 tomatoes between the two of them in one season! 113! I counted only the ones that were good enough to eat!

[@dachodarmadacman5861]

To all fellow tomatao planters. Help me out. I've recently planted a tomato seeds in my pot, and after day 3 it has started to shoot of ground like 1 cm. I'm super happy😊. What I wanted to ask was, after the plant has grown big enough(tell me the size too) what do I need to maximize tomato production. I read in few comments to cut branches, but I don't know which ones and how many? To please help about that. I'll keep updating this comment as my 🍅 grows ✨

[@adedoyinadetunji2078]

Thank you for this video, its entertaining. In just curious about the camera set up. What is the time-lapse duration per day and the Frame per second setting. Thanks

[@rapidlapse]

I take 1 frame every 10 minutes during filming. It is then sped up 10-20x during post production.

[@minimade7756]

check that dark line on your thumb nail, it could be health related. cool videos man. love em

[@markgoncharuk3617]

Thats so funny. I thought that tomato was big until you picked it

[@rapidlapse]

It is cherry tomato. They are tasty but tiny. 😆

[@Coliath__GamingXx]

hey i was wondering if you have any fertilezers you recommend my large cherry tomato (15 day's old with decent growth) doesn't have any plant food/fertilizer

[@rapidlapse]

I use Ocmocote slow release fertilizer bought from store. It works fine.

[@jensjacquemyns7400]

Clearly a determinate variety since the flower stems came out of the stems.

[@NRHOBITANAM]

informasi yang luar bisa, mendapat banyak pengetahuan tentang cara membuat usaha penanaman tomat yang sangat subur dan menghasilkan banyak buah sehingga mendapatkan hasil maksimal. Perlu banyak belajar lagi dari video ini, terima kasih informasinya untuk berbagi informasi sesama pecinta tanaman indonesia

[@rapidlapse]

Thank you 🙏

[@BlueLineofthesky]

Life is so beautiful. Emerging almost from nothing.... Can you please tell us what lights U have used especially in the flowering and fruit-making stage? Thank you very much!

[@rapidlapse]

For this video I used a generic LED light strip. Temperature 5000K and power 60W if that helps. I have now upgraded my setup to Spider Farmer LED grow lights for my current projects and the plants have been growing very well so far. Will post timelapse videos once they reach harvesting stages. 🤞

[@BlueLineofthesky]

@@rapidlapse thank you for your answer. So ypu say that a plant can make flowers under a 5k led? I ask because on internet is so much contradiction. ..

[@rapidlapse]

It might depend on the type of LED used. If you see my marigold and zinnia flower timelapse videos, they were grown under the 5000K LED. But I also had another LED light a long time ago that didn’t work. To find which one works is a bit of trial and error. If you are looking for guarantee just get a plant grow LED instead. They are certified to grow plants.

[@BlueLineofthesky]

@@rapidlapse Thank you. I was hoping I do not need to buy grow lights. They are expensive and you need a lot of them if you have many plants.

[@fictionalcountries950]

that's the same type of tomato that my garden has

[@azander1958]

This gives me motivation on my tomatoes Is this fella grew indoor My fellas who receive full sunlight can do better

[@rapidlapse]

Full sunlight is better. I grew mine indoors under plant lamps. They won’t grow well in the absence of direct light(either plant light or sunlight).

[@azander1958]

@@rapidlapse going back at this My tomatoes are now blooming fruits

[@rapidlapse]

@@azander1958 hopefully you have more fruits than I did!

[@delthr551]

If you want your indoor flowers to bear fruit with a similar probability to natural ones, you need to replace the bees in the flowering process. It is very simple - you need to transfer the pollen from flower to flower with a (very delicate) brush. Do it slowly and carefully, and your fruit will not fail 86% of the time.

[@lemagreengreen]

Tickle your tomato flowers (gently) for more pollination/fertilisation = more fruit. Bugs/wind do this for you when plants are outdoors.

[@rapidlapse]

I used paint brush to pollinate some of the flowers which is not shown in the video. 😊

[@Coliath__GamingXx]

question did the blossoms start out black and than turn yellow my blossoms are black.

[@elysharay7423]

Just needs more sunlight, probably some fertilizer and a bigger container. I think Tiny Tim is indeterminate tomato plant which needs the suckers plucked off to place more energy on the flower/fruit energy as opposed to the leaves. You’re doing an amazing thing and got me interested in trying this strain! Currently I am Growing Roma, Black Cherry, Cherry Falls, and another one I can’t seem to remember along with my jalapeño plant. Thanks again for sharing these!

[@13strandquistc]

Tiny Tim is a determinant dwarft tomato, so pruning suckers wouldn't have done anything. If I had to guess, it's that growing indoors without a lot of airflow means that some flowers don't pollinate. In the video it shows quite a few flowers that didn't become fruit

[@abaddon2148]

tiny tim is determinate, if he cut off the suckers he would've halved his harvest.

[@TearDropAviation-VR]

I just got my first red tomato!

[@rapidlapse]

Yay! Congrats 😊

[@TearDropAviation-VR]

⁠@rapidlapse it isn’t that ripe yet..

[@TearDropAviation-VR]

Edit: I ate it

[@cutenessoverloadcentral]

do you put it under direct sun ?? hehe I want to plan tomato too! they are beautiful 🤩

[@rapidlapse]

I am using plant grow LED light :)

[@Kevin-Byrne]

Great videos and good work. I love time lapse so much i will setup my own studio i will purchase the camera from your link. However what lighting are you using and if so please send link so i can purchase from you. 🙂

[@rapidlapse]

Definitely, do it. It’s a fun hobby. For lighting, earlier this year I started using Spiderfarmer plant grow LED lights - SF300 and SF600. Before that I used to use LED strips that usually come with photography lightbox. My referral discount coupon is on channel’s about page. Hope this helps and all the best!

[@Kevin-Byrne]

@@rapidlapse thank you for coming back to me. I saw the links on your channel and I will use your links :). I even rented a studio to do this. I know I’m crazy. I hope the CPM is not so low that I won’t be profitable

[@rapidlapse]

@@Kevin-Byrneall the best! If you enjoy it as a hobby in general it will go a long way. 😊

[@JohnInDaHouse2015]

did u remove suckers through out veg and flower cycles ?

[@rapidlapse]

I did not remove anything in this timelapse project. Everything is intact until the end. My goal was to film tomato seed turning into fruit and tell a story via timelapse. I wasn’t planning on maximizing harvest as you can see in the end - I was beyond excited to harvest just one tiny tomato. 😊

[@Mongaux]

I live in the Philippines and water it everyday, any specific tips you have for me?

[@rapidlapse]

Watering depends on many factors. If the plant is in garden (not container) where it gets plenty of sun you can water daily without problem. If it is in a container, take caution do not overwater. It can cause root rot. That’s what happened in my case. Only water when the soil looks dry.

[@pmorton7960]

I started tomatoes from seed way too late this year, but I found a purple cherry variety in an old seed pack and couldn't help myself. Still at seedling stage, hopefully a centipede doesn't get them and we have a mild winter...

[@rapidlapse]

I’m sure it will grow before the winter is here. In my case, I made a few mistakes which is why I believe it took so long to grow. If I had used a large pot with good soil and didn’t overwater it then it would have grown way faster and the yield would have been better too. Hindsight is always 20/20. 😊

[@kqdwills]

@@rapidlapse Cherry tomato plants need at least a 10 gal pot at the minimum. Better be in the ground or a 20 gal pot for each plant. I grew tomato plants the previous years in the ground and I had too many tomatoes that I let them fell in the ground. This year I am having some big beefsteak and some cherry tomato plants that I bought from the stores are setting fruits now. But they are the ordinary varieties. The better varieties I bought seeds are still seedlings now, only about 5 weeks and just put in the ground. I am in California, so we don't have frost until after Thanks giving, so hopefully the better varieties can still make it. Your time lapse video is one of the best of this kind on YT, although your tomato production was very poor, due to small growing medium and not enough sunlight. Growing tomato plants to good production is not that hard, but making video clips like yours is. Keep up the good work.

[@rapidlapse]

Thanks, I am going to keep that in mind next time. Due to filming logistics and space constraints, I could not use 20gal pot and I film indoors in a light controlled environment to get good timelapse footage. I have recently upgraded my plant grow lights so I’m hoping for better harvests in future videos. 🤞

[@pmorton7960]

@@rapidlapse Getting some flowers and blooms. The random purple tomato seeds are growing up to look suspiciously like pepper plants. I think I got seed cucked. . 😆

[@swampysanta5445]

throw in table spoon of lime/ground up egg shells for every gallon potting mix and feed it every week or 2 tomato would do a lot better.

[@rapidlapse]

Thanks

[@troubleg-some]

at the beginning you can put plastic bottle on it so it keep the heat inside and grow faster 😊

[@rapidlapse]

That's a great idea! I might try in future. My goal was to capture the plant and transformation in best detail possible. Putting a plastic bottle would create reflection and uneven lighting for the camera.

[@MARTINREN1231]

my cherry tomato is too tall with only two leaves now. am i doing something wrong? its still at a 2 leaf stage but its about 2-3 inches tall. Do i add more soil or do i adjust something? Note, its leaves are still small

[@ohnoao9847]

They call it leggy when your starts stretch really tall because they are searching for a light source. This can be corrected easily by adding more dirt to your pot. You can add as much dirt as you want so long as you don't cover up those leaves, also keep leaves from touching soil to prevent diseases. The coolest thing about tomato plants is all the little hairs you see on the stem are potential roots so the more of the stem you bury the stronger the main stalk will become.

[@ohnoao9847]

Another thing you can do to help your tomato is to take used egg shells, rinse them out, microwave for 2 minutes to kill any potential salmonella, then grind up the shells as fine as you can and use in your soil for extra calcium. Tossing a small handful of eggshells in the planting hole when you transplant it helps ensure you don't get blossom end rot when it fruits. Tomatoes are heavy feeders and need lots of nitrogen, but not too much. There's lots of organic ways you can feed your plant at home from kitchen scraps or you can buy at the store. The store bought is better only because you know how much of each nutrient is in it, whereas homemade is a crap shoot. Your best bet is to get an all purpose like a 10-10-10 and feed every couple of weeks. Follow the directions on the package also when they're younger go slow and low on amounts which you can easily do by diluting what you've already got. There's nothing wrong with synthetic fertilizers and they're more beneficial then organic because they're usually water soluble instant feeders whereas organic is a slow feeder, which is more for the soil then the plant.

[@yaoyayra]

Nice content ... cherry tomatoes usually bear a bunch of fruits but probably this couldn't get the right conditions

[@thishtns]

It needed pollinators!

[@rapidlapse]

I didn’t have bees around but I used toothbrush and paint brush to help pollinate. Maybe it wasn’t enough.

[@magictitan]

I am currently growing some tomatoes but powdery mildew is very difficult to get rid off

[@nalgasaplaudiendo3119]

Water the soil not the leaves

[@Sir-us2ff]

whats the average temperature for good product?

[@rapidlapse]

These grow well in the summers. I filmed during winter, indoors at room temperature around 18-25C. I’d recommend planting before summer is about to start so that you can harvest throughout the summer months.

[@danielgally6389]

160 days non bad. Basically in time for a harvest before frost if you start them early inside

[@rapidlapse]

Not the best harvest out there 😅 but it was still a fun project.

[@rajeshrl6747]

which camera using this type of shooting

[@rapidlapse]

Atli camera. It’s in video description. :)

[@stellagonzalez2497]

So, just wait 160 days for one cherry Tomato ? 🥺🥺

[@rapidlapse]

Haha in my case it took long but normally if you have large container and plant during the normal season it will grow faster and better.

[@stellagonzalez2497]

@@rapidlapse hahaha okay. Thanks for putting a little bit more hope to my tomatoes 😂😂 I was about this close 🤏🏻 on giving up today lol

[@chuckbailey6835]

You can use a electric toothbrush for manual pollination to get full fruit sets theres a lot of videos on KZbin to explain it better

[@rapidlapse]

Thanks, I pollinated using paint brush but could have done better I think.

[@Coliath__GamingXx]

for me it took 5 day's to germinate... how low did you plant it

[@rapidlapse]

Not low. Maybe about half an inch. The seed I used was too slow.

[@LizzyTheLizard]

How many photos do you take aday when doing this one

[@rapidlapse]

I take 1 photo frame every 5 minutes while recording, then I speed it up further post processing.

[@najamdesigns]

how often shall I water them? Its spring season here I think

[@rapidlapse]

I watered every other day. Just make sure soil is never too dry. If planting in a pot, over watering has it’s own problem (as shown in my video) so water only when needed. If planting outside in the ground, the extra water will be soaked away so you can water as much as you like.

[@netherwolves3412]

In a pot I have found it it much much better to under water. The problems from under watering are easy to see and fix, but if you water too much you can get all sort of problems like fungus gnats that will devour your plant’s roots and are almost IMPOSSIBLE to get rid of.

[@rapidlapse]

+1, if you are unsure I suggest underwatering rather than overwatering. If you overwater you can’t even see the bad effects like root rot until it is too late. The plant will be stressed by that time. If you underwater the soil will appear dry and the plant’s leaves will start to droop. Give it some water and it will be back to normal within a few hours. :)

[@jhengis1971]

Awesome! How tall was it at 60 days?

[@rapidlapse]

Not tall at all, maybe 10”. This is one of the smallest dwarf variety of tomatoes. It’s called Tiny Tim for a reason. 😁

[@nikiblehmomalt1933]

​@@rapidlapse aw! That's adorable! Tiny Tim sounds like a cute name for such tiny fruit! (Yes, tomato is a fruit.)

[@chauhoang9468]

Do you have to water it every day? How much water is enough

[@rapidlapse]

I watered every other day and just enough to keep the soil moist but not too much that it is wetland. Note that overwatering does more harm than under watering.

[@PCs454]

i love breeding :3

[@majorafr245]

How to pollinate them? I didn't see u pollinate,btw nice video 😄

[@rapidlapse]

I pollinated using paint brush 😂 timelapse did not catch that.

[@majorafr245]

Oh ok thanks

[@angelabird2990]

Whenever I grow tomatos from seeds the initial shoot always grows thin and spindly up to about 2 inch rather than the 1/2 inch in your video and i have to repot it deeper before the first real leaves appear.

[@LID.4141]

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