| It is really pretty simple, you need to keep your | | | | The time of day makes a huge difference when |
| tomatoes watered. It is one of the most | | | | watering your tomatoes. There are two problems |
| important things you can do. All of the tomato | | | | growing tomatoes that are directly related to the |
| gardening tips you will ever read will tell you the | | | | time of day your garden is watered. The first is |
| same thing. If you do not use proper tomato | | | | burning the leaves and instant evaporation. When |
| watering, your juicy tomatoes will not be quite | | | | you water on a hot sunny afternoon, the sun will |
| what you hoped for. You may run into some | | | | burn the leaves. More importantly, the water |
| problems growing tomatoes, but you can avoid | | | | evaporates before it settles deep into the ground. |
| the ones that deal with poor watering practices. | | | | The second issue is fungus. This happens when |
| Here Is Some General Tomato Watering Advice: | | | | the plants get watered, but the leaves do not |
| Tomato gardening tips about water are pretty | | | | have a chance to dry. So watering at night will run |
| simple and pretty universal. Tomatoes need about | | | | the this risk of fungus forming. |
| one gallon of water each and every day. Their | | | | It is pretty much agreed by most gardening |
| root systems are vast and many are close to | | | | experts that early morning is the best time to |
| the top of the soil. Even though the soil may be | | | | water. It is one of the tomato gardening tips that |
| moist down deep, the surface area, where lots of | | | | makes sense, as you have the whole rest of the |
| the roots are, dries out quickly. The roots need to | | | | morning to let the water soak in and dry the |
| pull the moisture from the soil and up to the | | | | leaves. Cloudy days provide many more options. |
| growing tomatoes so they can get nice and juicy. | | | | You can try to water in that period of time |
| Your tomato watering will work in several ways. | | | | between sunset and dark, it will give the leaves |
| If there has been a heavy rain, you can go a few | | | | enough time to dry, and the water soaked in |
| days without watering, while the soil dries out. | | | | before dark. |
| You do not want over watered tomato plants | | | | The bottom line is that you should have few |
| either! If you have a sprinkler, one long soaking | | | | problems growing tomatoes if you follow a |
| session will also be good for a few days. Some | | | | common sense tomato watering schedule. Water |
| even will leave it on over night to mimic a rain. | | | | first thing in the morning, water every day and |
| Most of the time though, you need to go out | | | | keep the soil moist. Mulch is a big help with this |
| each day and water, using the hose and the | | | | but never should replace the need for frequent |
| nozzle set to the "soaker" setting. A hint: Fill up a | | | | watering. With all the tomato gardening tips you |
| bucket to the gallon level, and make note of how | | | | can find, and a good watering plan, you should |
| long it takes. That is how long you need to hold | | | | have lots of juicy tomatoes to use throughout |
| the hose around each plant each time you water. | | | | the summer. |
| Tomato Watering Morning, Noon or Night? | | | | |