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Good grief.. the amount of watering I'm having to do to the tomato plants in
the greenhouse is astounding. They are taking up litre after litre after litre of watering... Even after a morning, mid-morning and lunchtime watering, I've noticed a couple of the plants wilting in the heat and the compost drying rapidly. And this is with doors open wide with a cooling through breeze. |
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"wafflycat" wrote: Good grief.. the amount of watering I'm having to do to the tomato plants in the greenhouse is astounding. They are taking up litre after litre after litre of watering... Even after a morning, mid-morning and lunchtime watering, I've noticed a couple of the plants wilting in the heat and the compost drying rapidly. And this is with doors open wide with a cooling through breeze. --- Touché! I have been advised not to give my tomato plants, which are potted up outdoors, too much water, for fear of eventual fruit split. What does the team think? MD |
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"Mike Derby" wrote in message ... "wafflycat" wrote: Good grief.. the amount of watering I'm having to do to the tomato plants in the greenhouse is astounding. They are taking up litre after litre after litre of watering... Even after a morning, mid-morning and lunchtime watering, I've noticed a couple of the plants wilting in the heat and the compost drying rapidly. And this is with doors open wide with a cooling through breeze. --- Touché! I have been advised not to give my tomato plants, which are potted up outdoors, too much water, for fear of eventual fruit split. What does the team think? MD If the plant is wilting then it NEEDS water or it will quickly die. |
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wafflycat wrote:
Good grief.. the amount of watering I'm having to do I've just rigged up the water pump to the well via two electrical extension leads joined end to end and two hosepipes joined end to end. The water butt is nearly empty, so I'm topping that up at the moment. After that the vegetable garden will get a good soaking. Its a scorcher here today in Normandy. I don't want the onions to dry out too much or they will tend to run to seed. Only light rain forecast in a few days time but I'll believe it when I see it. -- David in Normandy. To e-mail you must include the password FROG on the subject line, or it will be automatically deleted by a filter and not reach my inbox. |
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In message , Mike Derby
writes "wafflycat" wrote: Good grief.. the amount of watering I'm having to do to the tomato plants in the greenhouse is astounding. They are taking up litre after litre after litre of watering... Even after a morning, mid-morning and lunchtime watering, I've noticed a couple of the plants wilting in the heat and the compost drying rapidly. And this is with doors open wide with a cooling through breeze. --- Touché! I have been advised not to give my tomato plants, which are potted up outdoors, too much water, for fear of eventual fruit split. What does the team think? MD I'm a relative amateur at tomato growing, but I understood that uneven watering was the cause of bottom end blight, or splitting. That is - if you alternately starve them and then drown them, they will split. BICBW. -- Gordon H Remove "invalid" to reply |
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In message , Martin
writes On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:25:18 +0100, Gordon H wrote: I'm a relative amateur at tomato growing, but I understood that uneven watering was the cause of bottom end blight, or splitting. That is - if you alternately starve them and then drown them, they will split. BICBW. The Dutch green houses are all white washed at this time of year. I'm not going to white wash my back bedroom window! -- Gordon H Remove "invalid" to reply |
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"wafflycat" wrote in message ... | Good grief.. the amount of watering I'm having to do to the tomato plants in | the greenhouse is astounding. They are taking up litre after litre after | litre of watering... Even after a morning, mid-morning and lunchtime | watering, I've noticed a couple of the plants wilting in the heat and the | compost drying rapidly. And this is with doors open wide with a cooling | through breeze. | Oh dear. Out comes the sun, and someone's not happy! :-) Don't worry, though. With Wimbledon AND Glastonbury happening, it's bound to be thunder storms over the weekend, with severe flash flooding where it's not needed. Never fails. jim, Northampton |
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On Jun 24, 3:29*pm, "wafflycat"
wrote: Good grief.. the amount of watering I'm having to do to the tomato plants in the greenhouse is astounding. They are taking up litre after litre after litre of watering... That explains everything. Mine only drink pints. Next year grow British tomatoes! Suggest you try more shading. |
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On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:58:44 +0100, jbm wrote:
And this is with doors open wide with a cooling through breeze. Reducing the humidity and enabling more evaporation from the soil and respiration from the plants. Which is the biggest danger? High temp in a less well ventilated greenhouse or lack of suffcient water? -- Cheers Dave. |
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"moghouse" wrote in message ... On Jun 24, 3:29 pm, "wafflycat" wrote: Good grief.. the amount of watering I'm having to do to the tomato plants in the greenhouse is astounding. They are taking up litre after litre after litre of watering... That explains everything. Mine only drink pints. Next year grow British tomatoes! Suggest you try more shading. Shading not possible as what is my greenhouse is effectively part of the house and I'm not going to be whitewashing windows. I'm just making sure that the plants are checked regularly and the compost not allowed to dry out. |
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On Jun 25, 9:34*am, "wafflycat"
wrote: Suggest you try more shading. Shading not possible as what is my greenhouse is effectively part of the house and I'm not going to be whitewashing windows. I'm just making sure that the plants are checked regularly and the compost not allowed to dry out. I used to work in a large art studio with one wall almost entirely glass.If left alone the heat and brightness was intolerable in the summer so we used to stick large sheets of thin white paper over the windows and that did the trick. |
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On 25 June, 11:58, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:32:04 -0700 (PDT), moghouse wrote: On Jun 25, 9:34*am, "wafflycat" wrote: Suggest you try more shading. Shading not possible as what is my greenhouse is effectively part of the house and I'm not going to be whitewashing windows. I'm just making sure that the plants are checked regularly and the compost not allowed to dry out. I used to work in a large art studio with one wall almost entirely glass.If left alone the heat and brightness was intolerable in the summer so we used to stick large sheets of thin white paper over the windows and that did the trick. Wasn't it a bit chilly posing nude? -- Martin I was taught that a 6ft tomato plant in a well ventilated glasshouse on a sunny day required at least 8 pints of water a day. David Hill |
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On Jun 25, 11:58*am, Martin wrote:
I used to work in a large art studio with one wall almost entirely glass.If left alone the heat and brightness was intolerable in the summer so we used to stick large sheets of thin white paper over the windows and that did the trick. Wasn't it a bit chilly posing nude? What? For a descendant of Scott of the Antarctic! I've just thought perhaps the paper blinds were to preserve my modesty! |
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On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:23:20 -0700 (PDT), Dave Hill
wrote: I was taught that a 6ft tomato plant in a well ventilated glasshouse on a sunny day required at least 8 pints of water a day. Spray them over last thing at night with a light misting of water (well after the sun has gone down) It's supposed to aid fruit pollination/setting as well, although I've never found it necessary for that reason alone. -- ®óñ© © ²°¹°-°¹ |
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In message , Martin
writes On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:30:02 +0100, Gordon H wrote: In message , Martin writes On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:25:18 +0100, Gordon H wrote: I'm a relative amateur at tomato growing, but I understood that uneven watering was the cause of bottom end blight, or splitting. That is - if you alternately starve them and then drown them, they will split. BICBW. The Dutch green houses are all white washed at this time of year. I'm not going to white wash my back bedroom window! In that case you need curtains I have curtains, and net curtains, but I know what you mean. -- Gordon H Remove "invalid" to reply |
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