Like most other vegetables in the garden, tomatoes need at least one inch of rain or irrigation water per week for steady growth. In the hotter, drier parts of the country, their needs go up to two inches of water per week during the summer months.
An inch of water measures out to about 60 gallons for each 100 square feet of garden. So, if you have to water by the bucket brigade, that's something to bear in mind.
Here's a clever way of watering tomatoes. Cut the tops from some gallon-size cans, punch holes in the bottoms and set them in the ground with only about an inch of the can showing above the surface. Use two cans near each tomato plant and fill them two or three times per week -- or more often, if needed. This method directs water right to the root zone of the plants and little is wasted.
You can develop your own watering techniques as long as you follow these guidelines:
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1. Pruning Tomatoes |
2. Mulching Tomatoes |
3. Fertilizing Tomatoes |
4. Watering Tomatoes ← you're on this article right now |
5. Tomato Problems |
6. Insect Pests of Tomatoes |
7. Tomato Diseases |
8. Supporting Tomatoes with Cages |
1. Pruning Tomatoes |
2. Mulching Tomatoes |
3. Fertilizing Tomatoes |
4. Watering Tomatoes ← you're on this article right now |
5. Tomato Problems |
6. Insect Pests of Tomatoes |
7. Tomato Diseases |
8. Supporting Tomatoes with Cages |