Watering tomatoes in heatwave?

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Hampshire Hog

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Watering tomatoes in heatwave?
« on: July 15, 2022, 11:14 »
I’ve been watering my tomatoes every day with this v hot weather. My question is should I water once or twice a day. The plants are in growbags or pots outside.
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Re: Watering tomatoes in heatwave?
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2022, 11:25 »
More often would be best in growbags. But don’t saturate the soil.

I use a moisture meter to check the soil moisture before watering and never allow it to be in the wet or dry reading.

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Re: Watering tomatoes in heatwave?
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2022, 11:38 »
Pot size has a bearing too.  Mine are in 30l pots and seem ok daily but I have a Corno del Toro sweet pepper in a 10l pot that is suffering badly with BER.  Bigger pot next year!

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Re: Watering tomatoes in heatwave?
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2022, 14:54 »
I am in favour of giving a good watering on planting my toms (or any other plant) then leaving them for a bit so the roots grow well down to search for water. I plant my toms into those green plastic plant pot jobbies which you insert into a grow-bag and put water into the outer rim and then add liquid feed into the inner pot.
I work very hard so don't expect me to think as well.


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