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Neglected tomato plants
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So, I've not watered them for the past 4 days, they're in the greenhouse and they've started fruiting. Have I ruined them by neglecting them or will they will be ok?
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If they're still in 'potting on' pots, they might have got a bit limp after 4 days, but you'd be able to see that easily enough.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Think of it more like you don't want them to go through a really dry period, then suddenly get water. If it rains all week, don't water. If it is dry all week, water.
It's the same with potatoes and it might be easier to imagine, if I deep water them every other day in dry weather, it isn't ever a shock to them when it pours down. If though they had been left dry for a week in baking sun and then it pours down... ...well the tatties are likely to split.
It's slightly different for tomatoes when they are outside also, it's not so likely they will sit with 'soggy' roots which is the problem that often happens when they are grown in pots, containers grow bags etc. and they get over-watered. Really rain isn't too much water outside, it's letting them sit for days in baking sun with no water that might be an issue.