jOhN wrote:
> I was planning on keeping my spring tomatoes into the fall but my
> father-in-law severely damaged them..........by drowning.
>
> We went on vacation and the in-laws came down to house and dog sit.
> Somehow the garden watering instructions got confused and instead of
> watering once every other day for 90 minutes (soaker hose) the garden
> received continuous water except for once every other day for 90
minutes.
>
> Since I have several inches of mulch in the garden it was not visually
> glaring that everything was underwater for 5 days. When we returned the
> tomatoes were yellowing and losing leaves, the dill and parsley just
> croaked, but the peppers, okra, and eggplant came through unscathed.
>
> I'm now looking for decent sized starter plants of both yellow and red
> tomato varieties. At $4/gal gas I am looking for eyewitness accounts of
> said plants before hitting the highway.
>
> jOhN
>
> ps: can't wait for my next water bill
John, those tomato plants might surprise you; they can come back from
some pretty bad conditions. Or you might want to try cutting and
rooting a few of the better-looking branches. Or not. ;-)
DT
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