When is the best way to water tomato plants and how long. moring or night.?

to much water not enough.

When is the best way to water tomato plants and how long. moring or night.?
I water mine in the morning and evening... Also cover the ground under them with straw or grass clippings...
Reply:I am growing some tomatoes in containers on my back porch. They are in clay pots with drains in the bottom sitting in trays. I water mine until water fills in the tray from the bottom. You can check the soil with your fingers to see if its moist or not. tomotoes need lots of water but be careful not to over water them. Watering at night can help you determine how much they need by checking the soil to see how much they lost during the day from the sun. good luck!
Reply:give them a good soaking in the morning, and remember to water from below (right at the base of the plant) instead of from above. The combination of hot sun and early morning soaks will provide you with a great crop later in the summer.
Reply:This is what I do and its pretty radical I guess. None of the "old man gardeners" around here do it but it works for me.





Once mine are up pretty good I take a hoe and dig a trench around them about 4 inches deep, 4 inches wide, about 4 inches from the base. When I water, if I don't use my sprinkler to do my whole garden, I use a wand and only water the trench. I let the water soak in and hit it again. When the water stops soaking down I quit. Kind of like watering in a pot except the pot is the ground. I do it in the evening because I work during the day. But it seems to work fine for me and I don't water anything but the tomatoes. Once every 2 or 3 days depending on the heat and rainfall. I have 25 plants.
Reply:I use a soaker hose and leave it on until the soil all around the base of the plants is almost muddy. Better not to get the plant wet, just the soil as wet foliage can cause disease. I water both morning and evening - depending on when I have the time to do it. Sometimes I think evening is better as the plants have more time to drink in the water before the sun starts drying out the soil. When the soil does start looking dry it's time to water again. Good idea to use some kind of mulch so you don't have to water as often. I think it would be better to give too much water than not enough, because tomato plants take a lot of water to get big tomatoes. If you wait too long between watering, your tomatoes will split open from the sudden amount of water after being dry, so be consistent.
Reply:How much? A: thoroughly ;D Depends on conditions . As there are a myriad of tomato foliage diseases , it 's best to water at the base, not with a sprinkler , if possible . Keep in mind that a lot of diseases are soil-borne, so don't splash . Soaker hoses, or drip emitters, with a timer would be best/ most convenient. Otherwise ,put the hose on a trickle, about a pencil (dia) width stream , on each plant , for at least 1/2hr . The first time you do this , dig down %26amp; see just how well the water penetrated . If it didn't get completely in , water longer . Once you get it thoroughly moist, it will tend to stay that way, %26amp; will probably only require the 1/2 hr . Deep watering like this won't have to be done as often , as if you just watered the top ( ie. if you stand there with hose ,'til YOU get tired of it. Nobody is patient enough to do it properly )
Reply:well for my part i have about 12 tomato plants





i do it at night around 8pm,,, but it could be 8 to 12pm don't care





i do a mist about 45 minutes or so,, every day if sun is hard that day and very hot if not 2-3 days...





already in my garden but today about 5 minutes, but i use more then a mist ,, well when u see water start accumulate and stay on the top, just go and put water somewhere else then come back to your plants and do it again





why not in the day,,, sun will burn your plants ....

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