lol i will tell hom wont make his dinner for a full month when i come back that will sicken him will be fed up with own cooking and fast food by the end of two week
If you use a shallow tray under your pot and water so that your plants are standing in say less than1/2 inch of water I think that the plant will have enough water but not too much and that what with evaporation you will come home to a living plant in moist compost with no real damage to it's prospects. The only drawback is that roots will not grow into waterlogged soil so these may not have developed while you were away.
Hi Ital glad to say I came back to happy tomatoes put them in the shade with a little extra watering Thanks again hope to get them out before the end of June when I am away for to weeks
Well done, forgetmenot. As I keep saying around here, toms don't need mollycoddling.
In fact, my local fruttivendolo - green grocer - grows his own toms. We swap seedlings every year. This year he forgot to save seedlings for me so he dug up four plants that had been in the ground for a couple of weeks. He put them in a plastic bag with the bits of soil that came out of the ground with the plants. Forgot to bring them into the shop to give me for a couple of days. Just left them in the plastic bag with no care, no water.
When I finally got them they were very pale green and limp to the point of looking like wet spaghetti. I wish now that I'd taken a photo to post here. Anyway. No problems. I filled a pot with mix, saturated it, poked all four plants into the mix and left them in the shade for a couple of days. They've bounced back to life and I'll plant them out tomorrow.
We're going to be away for just over a week - having seen the way the neighbours treat their tomatoes in their greenhouse (spraying them with a hosepipe!!!) I'm not going to ask them to look after mine - they're going in the studio which has a large east facing window - I'll water them before we go and cross my fingers - I'm only watering about once a week at the moment, if that, so unless we get a heatwave (and that's not likely) I think they'll be fine - don't you?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
They'll be fine, Dove, particularly if you're only watering once a week now. They would have to sit bone dry for a couple of days for them to be affected. Just don't leave your central heating on set to 45C while you're away.
Apols, I know this question is often asked here, but... what final pot size would people recommend? I've got an array of indeterminates (Black Cherry, Sungold, G's Delight, Moneymaker). The biggest pots I've got currently are 15 litre but I've seen some recommend 20, even 25 litre. Is 15 litre enough or should I invest in some 20 litres, say? thank you!
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lol i will tell hom wont make his dinner for a full month when i come back that will sicken him will be fed up with own cooking and fast food by the end of two week
If you use a shallow tray under your pot and water so that your plants are standing in say less than1/2 inch of water I think that the plant will have enough water but not too much and that what with evaporation you will come home to a living plant in moist compost with no real damage to it's prospects. The only drawback is that roots will not grow into waterlogged soil so these may not have developed while you were away.
Toms roots should never be constantly damp/moist/wet.
Thanks woodgreen i might have to do that ltalltal i havent been able to put them out the tem has went back down and all it dose is rain
Hi Ital glad to say I came back to happy tomatoes put them in the shade with a little extra watering Thanks again hope to get them out before the end of June when I am away for to weeks
Well done, forgetmenot. As I keep saying around here, toms don't need mollycoddling.
In fact, my local fruttivendolo - green grocer - grows his own toms. We swap seedlings every year. This year he forgot to save seedlings for me so he dug up four plants that had been in the ground for a couple of weeks. He put them in a plastic bag with the bits of soil that came out of the ground with the plants. Forgot to bring them into the shop to give me for a couple of days. Just left them in the plastic bag with no care, no water.
When I finally got them they were very pale green and limp to the point of looking like wet spaghetti. I wish now that I'd taken a photo to post here. Anyway. No problems. I filled a pot with mix, saturated it, poked all four plants into the mix and left them in the shade for a couple of days. They've bounced back to life and I'll plant them out tomorrow.
Toms are remarkably tough critters.
We're going to be away for just over a week - having seen the way the neighbours treat their tomatoes in their greenhouse (spraying them with a hosepipe!!!) I'm not going to ask them to look after mine - they're going in the studio which has a large east facing window - I'll water them before we go and cross my fingers - I'm only watering about once a week at the moment, if that, so unless we get a heatwave (and that's not likely) I think they'll be fine - don't you?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
They'll be fine, Dove, particularly if you're only watering once a week now. They would have to sit bone dry for a couple of days for them to be affected. Just don't leave your central heating on set to 45C while you're away.
Ha ha! No chance of that!!!!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Apols, I know this question is often asked here, but... what final pot size would people recommend? I've got an array of indeterminates (Black Cherry, Sungold, G's Delight, Moneymaker). The biggest pots I've got currently are 15 litre but I've seen some recommend 20, even 25 litre. Is 15 litre enough or should I invest in some 20 litres, say? thank you!