Assuming the summer temperature is 85-90 daily what's the watering rate of a two month plant needs to be to achieve big juicy tomatoes without wilting of the plant?
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Paver, I'm trying to ask a serious question about poker and your tying up
the board with tomato questions. Please visit Fishhead at the lawn
and garden forums to get this question answered.
Your friend,
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Slicker, Are you saying that your poker degeneracy is more important than my garden tomatoes?Comment -
Paver you are a professional poster, how do you have time to grow a garden...?Comment -
Pavy, not sure what type of soil you have there so may be tough to answer. I 'soak' the area around my tomatoes three times a week, just leave the hose barely running and set it next to a couple of plants for 45 mins or so, then move to next plants and so on. Don't water them everyday.Comment -
Pavy--Tomatoes are not my cup of tea.
My suggestion is to do a search on the internet to find your answers.
More of a farmer/gardener on this end.............corn, soybeans, watermelon, brocolli, carrots.
Tomatoes are very, very hard to grow properly.................nothing like fresh tomatoes out of the garden though.
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Paver, Willie will get you on the right track with that tomato garden.Comment -
It is nice to see pavy and Fishhead sharing a space in the same thread. Looks like pavy is getting over his veteran-SBR-poster syndrome and growing fond of Fishhead.
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Paver is starting to realize that Fishhead has expertise in many disciplines.Comment -
Willie,Originally posted by Willie Bee
Thanks for answering my question. I planted mine in 24" round plastic containers. I mixed 50/50 the local soil which is red clay with a miracle gro garden mix soil from the store. I like the container idea because I can move them around the garden occasionally as the sun changes position throughout the spring and summer and avoid my house's shadows because the garden is north of the house.Comment -
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Fishhead passed with an A the two day hazing period of newbies at SBR. The General had to go through the hazing initiation a few months back.Originally posted by Matt RainIt is nice to see pavy and Fishhead sharing a space in the same thread. Looks like pavy is getting over his veteran-SBR-poster syndrome and growing fond of Fishhead.
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Bread, that illustration is very apropos. Thank you so much for sharing it with the group!Comment -
I'm getting a warm feeling in here. And I like it a lot.Comment -
Originally posted by Matt Rain
Matty Rain those are actually my hands. Back when I owned a duck farm I got bored one day and took that picture. That was only a few days before the hay sickle accident.Comment -
Bread...Is that a picture of a tomato or a heart?Comment -
Did the sickle cut off a digit Bread?Comment -
Pavy it's a picture of my love I give to you. From the heart.
Slick, I lopped off a thumb, yes. Now when I make that sign with a missing thumb, it just looks like a broken heart. And nobody likes that.Comment -
Pavy, assuming the containers drain well, then just give each one a good soaking maybe 2-3 times a week. Tomatoes hate to stand in water, can't remember the term for it but they are the type of plant that can start shooting out roots from any part of their stalk that is below ground which is why they always tell you to plant 'em deep.
I've got mine in the ground using a mix of home compost, horse manure and plain-Jane top soil. Usually only hit them with a little Miracle-Gro right after I plant them. A lot of those 'designer soils' sort of go dead after all of the ingredients get absorbed and used. Sort of like giving kids junk food; once they come off the sugar rush, you either have to keep giving them more or they get cranky.Comment -
Good stuff Willie Bee.................
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Thanks for the tips Willie. This is my very first year doing this and I appreciate all the tips which I will definitely use next year when I plant.Comment
