A field journal, May 1, 2025 to September 2, 2025
Drew's season at Ghost House Farm
Each week through the growing season, we sat with Drew and Allison to read their crop, talk through what was happening in the greenhouse, and write it down. What you are reading is the journal that came out of it, one episode per week.
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Episode 1
May 1, 2025
Allison and Drew's journey
Through out the season, we are going to follow Allison and Drew’s journey to their tomato yield increase.
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Episode 2
May 8, 2025
Crop uniformity
Here’s what happened in the previous week: 3 new leaves & one new cluster = excellent growth!
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Episode 3
May 15, 2025
Forcing plants into fruit production
This week, Allison & Drew have officially caught up with us in terms of growth! With cherry tomatoes now taller than Drew. Very nice!!
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Episode 4
May 22, 2025
Pruning to fight gray mold
The infected leaves will only get worse from now on. Pruning and removing them from the tunnel will reduce the spread.
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Episode 5
May 29, 2025
Increasing fruit load as soon as possible
Where we see the newly set fruits, we should be seeing almost half-grown tomatoes.
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Episode 6
June 5, 2025
Pruning fruits to increase yields
Things are going great in Ghost House Farm’s production! Last week, they told Orisha they had a low fruit load and it increased the 24h average temperature to 81’F.
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Episode 7
June 13, 2025
Focus on ripening older fruits
There is one thing to look out for: exhaustion.
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Episode 8
June 19, 2025
Rebalance plants by tweaking irrigation
We need to know if soil is too wet for too long, which is a signal for plants to grow leaves rather than fruits.
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Episode 9
July 1, 2025
Already beaten 2023's season
A whole lot more, a heck of a lot sooner. Very, very great. High five, guys!
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Episode 10
July 8, 2025
Major yield gap between varieties
Many growers have trouble with fruit setting. Because their varieties do not fit their climate.
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Episode 11
July 15, 2025
Finish tomatoes before touching anything else
A single bed of tomatoes earn you more than 20 beds of peas
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Episode 12
July 22, 2025
Saving the fall harvest: how to fight diseases
We've worked too hard to lose our profits to diseases!
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Episode 13
August 5, 2025
The final stretch to double the yield
In the coming weeks, we will explore the best methods to terminate the crop: pinching off, pruning, and lowering.
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Episode 14
August 26, 2025
No more energy should be wasted into tomato growth
Every tomato that sets after that time mark won’t ripen.
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Episode 15
September 2, 2025
Hard pruning time
Since plants won’t create new fruits for the rest of the season, we want them to be as big as possible.