Re: Wilting tomatoes

In article <g0qv05$jr0$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 "David Hare-Scott" <compost@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> "mareita" <mareita.2a4ea0d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:mareita.2a4ea0d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > I bought two tomato plants last week and gave them a little water
every
> > day except for one day when I stood them in water.
> 
> Usually fewer deep waterings are better than many little ones but in
small
> pots you may need to water daily or even twice daily if it is hot and
dry.
> Just to make things harder overwatering will cause wilting too by
allowing
> fungal diseases to flourish.
> 
> That was 5 days ago
> > and they have been fine but today they are wilting.
> > I have read that you should only water them 3 or 4 times a week.  Have
> > I done irreperable damage?  If not what should I do?
> >
> 
> I take it these are in pots.  How big are the pots?  If the pot is too
small
> they will dry out very quickly and you may not be able to put them in
full sun
> (which is desirable) without heat wilting.
> 
> David

wait for the surface to go dry, grey, then water plant until water
exits the bottom of the pot. In larger pots, you may wait for the top 
inch of soil to go dry.
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