Mail Hydroponic Culture of Tomato Tomato is an ancient vegetable that may be of Inca origin. It is now one of the most popular garden vegetables world wide. It forms a staple part of many diets, and tomato sauces, salsa's and ketchup's are some of the best selling food products. Tomatoes can be grown hydroponically, and can be ripened on the vine to produce a high flavored product.
Tomatoes are slow to germinate and slow to start producing fruit.
Tomato plants can grow 25 feet long in hydroponic systems and produce for over a year. While tomatoes in the ground usually produce about seven pounds a year, a hydroponic plant can produce 32 pounds. There are two type of tomatoes, determinant and indeteminant. The determinant plants are bushy and produce several tomatoes all at once. Indeterminant plants tend to vine and produce tomatoes as they vine, so they can produce tomatoes year round.