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Post Hole Digger And Dry Farming Tomatoes This Season
On Apr 6, 8:40*am, (EVP MAN) wrote:
Hi Brooklyn *The post hole digger I have will dig to that depth in less than 5 minutes a hole. *It also digs an 8" diameter hole. *Most of the roots on plants I pulled from past seasons ever exceeded more than about 6" so hopefully they won't become root bound. *The reason I call it an experiment is because this test will only be done on a very small portion of my plants as I stated, 6-8 plants. *My research also shows that dry farming lends itself extremely well to clay soil which I have. The clay holds moisture and by withholding some water, *you force the roots to go deeper and also your not washing nutrients from the soil near as much as normal watering. Rich Looking for more comments on "dry farming". Water is so ****ing expensive here (So Cal coastal) that if I can save a little...! (Of course I do not water heavily after blooms appear; interested in how the "dry farming" concept would apply to my area (which is basically a desert, turned into a megalopolis (sp?) by imported water. HB |
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