Thread: Growing Tomatoes in Thailand

^^^^I'm going to try again, and will cow shit the hell out of it. I swear, you could stick a pool cue in the ground here, and it would sprout. But the tomatoes just don't cooperate. ^^^Hydroponics is quite nifty, and I may try this as well, but it seems quite complicated.

Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton

^^^^I'm going to try again, and will cow shit the hell out of it. I swear, you could stick a pool cue in the ground here, and it would sprout. But the tomatoes just don't cooperate. ^^^Hydroponics is quite nifty, and I may try this as well, but it seems quite complicated.

Ref Hydroponics ,

In the UK and Ireland you can get a ferteliser called Phostrogen ,which has all the nutrients and chemicals a plant needs .Just add the right amount to clean water and away you go .Anyone know of a similar chemical advailable in Thailand ?

Originally Posted by anto2

Anyone know of a similar chemical advailable in Thailand ?

There is a hydroponics thread on here that may help. Do a search.

Originally Posted by anto2

Anyone know of a similar chemical advailable in Thailand ?

there is also a commercial hydro set-up on Samui

Originally Posted by anto2

In the UK and Ireland you can get a ferteliser called Phostrogen ,which has all the nutrients and chemicals a plant needs .Just add the right amount to clean water and away you go .Anyone know of a similar chemical advailable in Thailand ?

the tomatoes will grow, sure, but will they be like most tomatoes grown in the UK, tasteless

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

^ Or better still, using hydroponics.

I've done hydro veges here in Perth. Peace of piss once you get a handle on the chemicals.

Also a commercial set up on Koh Tao so the chemicals must be available easily.

With the heat and the sun in Thailand they would go nuts and grow at a huge rate of knots.

Originally Posted by DrAndy

this year we have an attack of the snails, so most of the young plants have been chomped any way of getting rid of the buggers here?

We didnt find a way to get rid of them but simply surrounded the area the tomato plants were located with a 3 inch wide channel of coarse building sand. They dont like to go over sand, and they didnt.

Originally Posted by grasshopper

There may be an opening for a smart young lad from Oz here. We grow tomatoes in climes where the temperatures rise well above 30 degrees. Gross Lisse springs to mind, not to mention Black Russians. Question is, are you permitted to bring packets of seeds into LOS? Or do they come in secreted about the body?

I seems that Thai airport customs went out of business some years back. The only hint of them is a gaggle of high rank officials standing around smiling in their smart gold bedecked white uniforms.
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Originally Posted by Mid

Originally Posted by anto2

Growing Tomatoes in Thailand

Like Marmers said , they don't

and as for the local ones ,

well the less said about them the better .

we have brought seeds of three Portuguese varieties here and last year they grew very well, and were delicious

this year we have an attack of the snails, so most of the young plants have been chomped

any way of getting rid of the buggers here?

Put strips of copper (copper pipe will do) on the ground surrounding your tomato plot. Snails won't crawl over copper.
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Originally Posted by Mid

Originally Posted by grasshopper

Question is, are you permitted to bring packets of seeds into LOS?

expect so , sure ain't an Australian type shake down at the border

best bring some soil too , something about rhizomes

rhi·zome (rzm)
n.
A horizontal, usually underground stem that often sends out roots and shoots from its nodes
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Originally Posted by anto2

This is my second attempt at growing Tomatoes in Thailand in Chiang Mai .I am hoping for better results this time .The seed was sown in early November and the plants are now about a foot high .

Plant them in the SPRING rather than in the WINTER.
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Originally Posted by Spin

Originally Posted by DrAndy

this year we have an attack of the snails, so most of the young plants have been chomped any way of getting rid of the buggers here?

We didnt find a way to get rid of them but simply surrounded the area the tomato plants were located with a 3 inch wide channel of coarse building sand. They dont like to go over sand, and they didnt.

And cheaper than copper.
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Originally Posted by who

Originally Posted by Spin

Originally Posted by DrAndy

this year we have an attack of the snails, so most of the young plants have been chomped any way of getting rid of the buggers here?

We didnt find a way to get rid of them but simply surrounded the area the tomato plants were located with a 3 inch wide channel of coarse building sand. They dont like to go over sand, and they didnt.

And cheaper than copper.
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Use salt, it will kill the snails.
Tomatoes taste vary on species, some are tasteless some are very nice.
Winter or Summer, Thailand has a climate that it does not matter. Winter time is better less hot to start with the young plants.

Cow shit can contain bacteria which are bad for the European plants. Hydroculture can give you more tomatoes, but you have select species of tomatoes which can grow very well with Hydroculture.

In The Netherlands Europe they have lots of experience with hydroculture vegetables, they have selected species which will do very well with hydro and still have a very good taste.

So experiment is the key I guess....

screen the noon sun,aluminium mosquito screen will go for years,not like that
black/green sheete who fell in powder in 3 month.Did somebody try mexicans
varieties,Mexico fatherland of tomatoes ,chili,corn,peperoni,cocoa...&tropical
country azouel.
S-E Asia,bananas-fatherland

>>Plant them in the SPRING rather than in the WINTER.<<



I disagree as i live in Chiang Mai ,and winter here is the equivalent of a very good Summer in my country (Ireland ) .Whether the length of day light hours affects the plants i do not know ,but in Thailand its around the same all year anyway.

Originally Posted by grasshopper

There may be an opening for a smart young lad from Oz here. We grow tomatoes in climes where the temperatures rise well above 30 degrees. Gross Lisse springs to mind, not to mention Black Russians.

concur........ i lived in Qld and they grew like weeds in shit soil...no dramas at all

[quote=grasshopper;1640435]There may be an opening for a smart young lad from Oz here. We grow tomatoes in climes where the temperatures rise well above 30 degrees. Gross Lisse springs to mind, not to mention Black Russians. Question is, are you permitted to bring packets of seeds into LOS? Or do they come in secreted about the body?
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I had both those sent me on Samui, by mail , no problems. Tried a few Grosse Lisse
The seeds started ok but i had to go to mainland and seedlings got forgotten. Am back in Queensland right now so will try again when i get back. If anybody wants some, i could mail them from QLD........siddlang[at]Gmail.com.au

To avoid the slugs and cutworms etc., a friend of mine here grows his toms in a 20 ltr bucket. Cut hole in centre of bucket bottom put compost/seedling mix in half of bucket. when seedlings are big enough, transplant into hole in bottom of bucket and hang it up so that seedlings pointing down. They will curl up the outside of bucket and can be tied together across top of bucket..........Bugger ! that sounds complicated, but it works for him and he just moves them if he wants.
Hole to be about size of ordinary drinking glass ( not too big)

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

^ Or better still, using hydroponics.

That will involve mixing chemicals. I know a guy who does that here on a large scale with hundreds of drip fed plants all automated.

Originally Posted by Mid

Originally Posted by anto2

Anyone know of a similar chemical advailable in Thailand ?

there is also a commercial hydro set-up on Samui

Where is that MID, would'nt mind having a look sometime

That Grosse Lisse which Grasshopper mentioned are quite a large tomato and so flavoured and sweet, can be eaten like an apple anytime.
When growing tomatoes, break off the laterals as they shoot. This is the bushy shoot that grows between the main stalk and the leaf stem, otherwise the plant will become very bushy and produce small shit tomatoes. Let the flowers and then fruit grow at the top of the plant.

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

Are they chillis your growing in front of your toms Anto ? and if so is it because they will attract some little critters to keep the aphids away ?
I am hoping to be able to grow beefsteaks when I live there , I grew a load very successfully here last year and the missus makes the most delicious meals with them .
Good luck with it all anyway you look to be doing well so far

Well spotted .They are large fruited peppers red and green to be exact .There are also two Cucumber plants there .No reason other than i wanted to grow them also .

Mat of mine tried to grow them here in Phuket - first 2 years they were 'snailed' big time when they were a foot or so high .
For the last 2 years no problem - sprays them with a tobacco / whilst they are growing - just had some of them on a cheese sandwich ! Bloody great !