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LB Thoughts on this:
LB 1. In a really hot climate, the water evaporates as fast as it drips out.
LB 2. Tomatoes seem to benefit more from a deep watering that promotes deep
LBroots.
LB This provides mostly surface water and shallow roots.
LB 3. If you're going out to the tomato plants to fill the plastic bottles, w
LB not just water the tomatoes while you're there instead of filling bottles?
LB
LBI've always put large coffee cans around my tomatoes as soon as I plant
LBthem. The cans are buried in the ground a couple of inches. This not
LBonly seems to prevent cutworms but makes watering simple - just fill the
LBcans. Had very little blossom end rot.

LBThis year I tried without the cans. About the same amount of water, at
LBleast I thought so, but I got much more BER. I think the cans
LBconcentrate the water in a small area so it goes much deeper.

I use cut out gallon jugs similarly with equal results for several
years now in suburban Boston,MA. I think it also concentrates the
application of fertilizer to the plants (and limits it to producing
more weeds).

Ciao, Ack.

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