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Re: cracking tomatoes

Hi Thyme, Mark and all!

> last year all of my tomatoes cracked (a very sad person i was!) but this year
> none have so far.  the biggest difference between this year and last is that
> last year i was watering shallowly almost every day (and forgetting to every
> once in a while) while this year i water only on wed. and sat. deeply; i also
> have lightly mulched all my plants.  it's my understanding that this new
> watering method forces the roots to grow deeply into the soil, thus being less
> suceptable to daily water changes.  the other possibility is that i'm growing
> thicker-skinned tomatoes.  can't comment on this last possibility!

> good -luck...

> thyme

This is definitely the best way to water tomatoes, and perhaps most everything!
I'm growing tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, etc. etc. together with drip irrigation
and good mulch cover.  They get a bit of water every day, and capillary action
spreads the moisture evenly throughout the soil, ensuring the greatest amount of
microbal activity in the organic beds.  The mulch cover really keeps the soil
from drying out too fast, it makes a difference all on it's own.  Anyway, it's
working really well, the plants are doing fantastic and so far no splits or many
problems to speak of at all.

Cheers!

--
 Bob Carter  -  bcarter@awinc.com
 Kootenay Bay, BC, Canada  -  Zone 6b
--

Nostalgia just ain't what it used to be ...

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