watering tomateos

[rickoshea]

It has been whispered in my shell like that you can over water tomatoes is this true Answerbankers
With thanks
Rick

[carmalee]

you have indeed been told a truth.

[DTCwordfan]

And they DIEeeeeeeeeeeee a painful death.

The Solanum lycopersicum police will then hunt you down and waterboard you.

Not nice.

[RAV1D]

If you have the tomato plants in pots then make sure you have plenty of drainage holes as low down the pot as possible round the sides and the center,you don't want the roots to be sitting in a pool of water for long periods of time as this will drown the roots and damage the plant. If planted outdoors in the ground makesure its not that clay soil that gets very water logged below your tomato plant as the roots may be sitting above this where water also sits and don't drain quickly away. You often know when tomatoes need watering when its been dry and warm for a day or two and the leaves start drooping. If the soil looks dry around the plant and they are starting to droop give them a good water in the evening when the heat has gone. If watering while full heat they can take up the water then burn.

[JonnyBoy12]

Can you water tommies with urine, or does this kill them? I have been told that this is a very mild fertilizer. Is this true, or have I been told a lot of porkies?

[RAV1D]

JonnyBoy12- It all depends whats in your urine! How strong it is what you have been eating and drinking, Maybe if you have a dislike to some one then feed the plant your urine then give the tomatoes to them as a gift. Ask them if they were tasty just to rub it in!

[DTCwordfan]

I'm pizzing myself with laughter.

Thank God I am not a tomato.

[vivandorron]

DT....Change your pants and read this.:-

http://www.popsci.com...ht-be-closer-we-think

Ron ☺☺☺

[DTCwordfan]

thanks Ron - I am sticking to cucumbers from now on.

[DTCwordfan]

I have always wondered what those red things growing in French pissoirs were.....now I know.

Does urine work on raspberries.....or what about garden peas.

[vivandorron]

DT...In all seriousness urine is an ideal application to compost heaps. It assists with the breaking-down of vegetable matter.

I can recall the days when we didn't have inside toilets and had pee-pots under the bed. It was then customary for us to empty them into a barrel of water which was stirred with a large stick and used to feed all vegetables in our country garden. Some folk even put 'solids' (known as night soil) into the mixture.

I think you will find that some farmers will still empty a villager's cesspit and, whilst it is somewhat illegal, spread the muck along with that from their cowsheds. So think before buying organic vegetables.:-)

Ron.

[carlton23]

A top gardener from Southampton who gave tips on the radio used to tell us listeners that urine used as fertiliser at 7ptrs to 1 gal water spinkled on the compost heap occasionally would be all that is needed to rot down garden rubbish. Use shedded paper (not the slippery type)and corrugated cardboard and stir grass cuttings up with it regularly

[DTCwordfan]

I lived with these practices in Chna!!!!

[carlton23]

Too much water will make toms split, and not enough will cause tomato end rot, that`s when the tomato goes black on the base.

[rickoshea]

Thanks to all indeed

[modeller]

At Key gardens or Wisley 1900 , I'm not sure which, the men gardenrers were instructed to pee in a barrel and it was diluted I think 10 to 1 water/pee.
Apparently male pee is the best for fertilising .

[rickoshea]

I think my nieghbours would take a dim view of that practice I think
regards