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Re: not watering tomatoes @ transplant time

> To leave tomato plants a couple of days without water when
> transplanting into soil, is a method used by commercial growers for
> growing tomatoes in greenhouses. I have a friend who uses this
> method already for a long time with very good results. This year I
> will give it a try also.

I think someone already mentioned it, but it's rather important to
point out that not watering the transplants would only be successful
in certain climates.  Here in our sizzling Texas sun, my transplants
would burn up within 24 hours if I didn't water and monitor them
each day at the beginning to get them over the transplanting shock.
I know...it happened to me!

Last year I had just transplanted 28 wonderful little tomato
seedlings into my raised beds and was suddenly called out of town on
business for a week.  After extracting a promise from my husband to
faithfully water them and watch out for the little babies, I flew off
into the wild blue yonder.  Upon my return one week later I
discovered that they had all burned up within the first day because
he had completely forgotten about my garden and the transplants!
There were countless times that summer when we sat down to the table
and I thought of those homegrown, fresh tomatoes that we could be
having.... }:(

Joan
cmathew@airmail.net
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/8098/
USDA gardening zone 7b (just north of Dallas, TX)
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