Ohioguy wrote:
This is a first for me. I planted a yellow pear tomato, and I
remembered reading that you are supposed to plant them deep. It was
about 9" tall to begin with, and I planted it with about 4" sticking
out of the hole. It grew pretty well over the past 3 weeks, and was
about a foot tall. Then it fell over, and started to wilt every day.
Today I finally figured out that the plant was rotting right at
ground level. Evidently the daily waterings were simply too often,
and so I killed it with water. I've never had that happen to a
tomato plant before. Then again, I'm not certain I've ever watered
them that often, either. During the time the tomato was growing, I
kept planting other plants, and so I needed to get the watering wand
out every day. Since I already had it out, I went ahead and got the
tomato too.
Now I'll have to decide what other vegetable to put there.

The rate of evapotranspiration varies greatly with the weather. Water after
testing the soil if it is needed not after a certain time interval has
elapsed.

David