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Gardening

NRaleighLiberal

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2. If you don't have time and discipline to hand water tomatoes, definitely go with a drip system.

Reply to wildeyed (Original post)

Wed Dec 28, 2011, 10:50 PM

Dec 2011

Being semi-retired and a nut about making observations (also allowing my driveway to be taken over by hundreds of pots), I hand water them every day - twice a day in the heat of the summer....if I didn't, they would get into trouble very quickly. Allowing plants to wilt with young tomatoes forming invites blossom end rot.

I just love growing them in containers - total control over the soil quality and I can grow them where the sun is best. Alas, we lose our driveway!

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Best watering/growing system for tomatoes? [View all] wildeyed Dec 2011 OP

Agreed on the drip irrigation - best thing for tomatoes, peppers, eggplant and most other nightshade HopeHoops Dec 2011 #1

If you don't have time and discipline to hand water tomatoes, definitely go with a drip system. NRaleighLiberal Dec 2011 #2

Have you tried a bottom water system? wildeyed Dec 2011 #3

Can't do bottom water because I've got 400 pots, typically! NRaleighLiberal Dec 2011 #4

If you could pump water into a drip line system it would make the watering chore easier. Gormy Cuss Jan 2012 #5

I think I am going to build the bottom water planters for the maters. wildeyed Jan 2012 #6