tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369822688033191522.post792243504576270028..comments2023-06-27T05:53:22.464-07:00Comments on Anywhere Eden: Watering the TomatoesAnywhereEdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08243890948543124146noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369822688033191522.post-7322902355075359022012-07-13T11:47:02.246-07:002012-07-13T11:47:02.246-07:00So you have super-well-drained soil. :) Mine get 4...So you have super-well-drained soil. :) Mine get 40 minutes but in the sun the top of the soil will dry in an hour, and between the morning and night waterings it becomes dry through the top two or three inches. I also have everything planted by the square foot so things are pretty close together. I don't want the competing root systems to struggle for water. I think just losing the evening watering will work out for me, but I'll repost with any changes when i notice them. Thanks for the info, Granny!AnywhereEdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08243890948543124146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369822688033191522.post-47974002078669393722012-07-13T09:16:18.277-07:002012-07-13T09:16:18.277-07:00The garden is sandy. It drains very quickly, but ...The garden is sandy. It drains very quickly, but compost added through the years has helped. I have been watering it every two days, for about an hour each time. All in ground and in bottomless pots tomatoes are looking great in the garden. In fact, the Black Cherry is only about 6" from reaching the roof of the shed now...probably over 7' high.<br /><br />Most of the tomatoes are in the bottomless buckets in "tomato alley", sitting on the sandy soil. They are filled with potting mix or a combination of potting mix, potting soil, vermiculite and peat moss. I've been watering them with a hose every 2 days. There is about 2" of bucket rim above the soil line, and I fill them to the top, wait until it drains, which takes less than a minute, then fill once more. There is no standing water in any of the buckets after a minute or so, and the ground around them is nice and damp. One of the varieties has been wilting, so I've given it more water. Now, having just ignored it for three days, it stopped wilting. That makes me think I was over watering it. It's the one that had the BER on its first tomato.Annie*s Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04772261218172078099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369822688033191522.post-86915073289251557212012-07-13T08:53:47.454-07:002012-07-13T08:53:47.454-07:00Late summer rain is not an issue we have to worry ...Late summer rain is not an issue we have to worry about here. I didn't know it could cause splitting. The only time I've had split tomatoes is at the very end of summer when overnight temps cool a lot, then my cherry tomatoes tend to split. I have heard you can ripen green tomatoes by adding an apple to them and bagging them in brown paper bags. Hope you manage to save most of them!AnywhereEdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08243890948543124146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369822688033191522.post-8743871302302168562012-07-13T08:49:59.948-07:002012-07-13T08:49:59.948-07:00Awesome. I'd love to know what your soil is l...Awesome. I'd love to know what your soil is like, how fast it drains, and how deeply you water also. It would give me a good comparison to mine.AnywhereEdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08243890948543124146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369822688033191522.post-40954100368310507142012-07-12T16:49:34.433-07:002012-07-12T16:49:34.433-07:00My carefully laid tomato watering plans have gone ...My carefully laid tomato watering plans have gone out the window the last week when it finally started raining each day (pop-up thunderstorms). Of course this is when the tomatoes are all ripening. When it stops raining I run out and pick anything that has started to blush so it does not split.Adventures in Agriburbiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08597160412036741050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369822688033191522.post-29626259294524532912012-07-12T14:20:33.749-07:002012-07-12T14:20:33.749-07:00Well, I went three days instead of my regular two ...Well, I went three days instead of my regular two day schedule, and everything is still doing great, even the tomato plant that was wilting and getting more water before (which is also the one with a BER fruit). Actually over watering can cause the the same wilting that under watering does. That's what makes it so difficult to tell what is too much or too little. I'm going to water again in three days, then maybe switch to a four day schedule unless this 100-plus degree weather continues.Annie*s Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04772261218172078099noreply@blogger.com