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Old 13-10-2008, 01:00 PM
Granity Granity is offline
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Originally Posted by JayDee View Post
So it seems that some plants like to get completely dry, then flooded
and not watered again until dry - but is there an easy way to
determine which will work best for a particular plant or family?

Thanks!

- jaydee
My greenhouse tomato plants are in 12" pots which sit in 2" deep trays which I keep full of water, so they are always damp and they thrive quite well on that treatment. But I'm sure someone else will come along and say it's wrong. :-)