Re: Ongoing care for tomato plants

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 NotARealAddress@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (don) wrote:

> In article <XhG5i.19002$3P3.18601@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> daniel88b88martin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >At the risk of stating the obvious, water your tomato plants if the
soil
> >gets dry. 
> 
> I've heard it's better to just water the ground around the plant, and
not 
> soak 
> the leaves as well.  Is that true?

Tomato plants tend to be vulnerable to fungus and mildew attacking the 
leaves, especially in this humid climate. I have always operated under 
the assumption that getting the leaves wet would only encourage 
problems. I also made a habit of mulching the soil around my plants so 
that rainwater couldn't splash dirt onto the leaves, which I've heard 
aids soil-borne diseases in attacking the plants.
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Philip Semanchuk
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