How to water tomatoes? "Reading" their leaves...

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4 жыл бұрын

In this video we show how to read the leaves and identify if your tomatoes need (or not) some water.
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@HektorBandimar 4 күн бұрын

Sensible and helpful information, thank you.

@WellGroundedGardens 2 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@adamscountyrealty725 2 ай бұрын

You are amazing! This is the most helpful video on tomatoes I've seen! Thank you!

@WellGroundedGardens Ай бұрын

Thank you! I’m glad!

@dougtina 11 ай бұрын

You've answered all my questions regarding my tomatoe plants. Thank you.

@WellGroundedGardens 11 ай бұрын

Excellent!! Happy to help. :)

@dahlia-2645 Ай бұрын

Helpful and to the point. More videos like this. Thanks.

@WellGroundedGardens Ай бұрын

Glad that it was helpful!

@harafkai 11 ай бұрын

Wow thank you for helping me help my plant.

@WellGroundedGardens 11 ай бұрын

Yes! Glad it helped. :)

@dextermi 3 жыл бұрын

Great information, thanks!

@WellGroundedGardens 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Hope it's helpful. :)

@gmoeller18 28 күн бұрын

This was so concise. That you so much. I'm drowning mine 😓

@WellGroundedGardens 27 күн бұрын

You’re welcome and I’m glad that it’s helpful.!It’s hard to fight that instinct to water everything that we love. 😂 I do it with my seedlings every year, despite knowing better.

@oleglitvak6936 7 күн бұрын

Very helpful. Thank you!

@WellGroundedGardens 5 күн бұрын

I’m glad!

@marionbetham5017 7 ай бұрын

thank you - super helpful!

@WellGroundedGardens 7 ай бұрын

I’m glad! 🙂

@MsSan61 11 ай бұрын

Awesome video!

@WellGroundedGardens 11 ай бұрын

Thanks!!!

@cedarridgen2791 2 ай бұрын

This is very useful info. Thanjsy

@WellGroundedGardens 2 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@bayouelton 2 ай бұрын

Very helpful.

@WellGroundedGardens 2 ай бұрын

I’m glad!

@billybob3900 4 күн бұрын

Vary informative, intelligent video recommend to watch

@WellGroundedGardens 2 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@sarahdaramy-williams3062 10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@WellGroundedGardens 10 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome!

@shrinivasbhat 3 күн бұрын

Great info. Do you have a video on how you built your trellis ? Noticed them 😊

@WellGroundedGardens 2 күн бұрын

Yup! How to build a cattle panel trellis (and improvements to our built-in pest control) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gq5zhq18xNDJqok.html

@tonidinov4254 3 ай бұрын

Good to know, thx.

@WellGroundedGardens 3 ай бұрын

Glad it’s helpful!

@jessee7334 8 ай бұрын

Been at it a few years and with the high norcal temps moisture retention is a big issue. You prefer wood chip mulch toms or perhaps a mix? Rice straw helped but not 'mulch' lol Great vid thank you 💚

@WellGroundedGardens 8 ай бұрын

Love the pun 🤣. For mulch my prior favorite was grass clippings or ideally (once fall comes) a mowed-over mixture of leaves and grass-to compost in place. Over time I’m shifting to living mulches, instead, and used mustard this year. Great for pollination 👍

@jessee7334 8 ай бұрын

@@WellGroundedGardens same! Looking at rat tail radish white Dutch clover and mustard coincidentally... I think comfrey is also a good one :)

@WellGroundedGardens 8 ай бұрын

Nice! I haven’t tried radish other than in a fall blend (peas, oats, tillage radish)

@adamsons2890 11 ай бұрын

Very informative. I’m in Southern Ontario and we’ve had more rain than usual. We have 5 large planters and the plants have really slowed in their growth and they’re not producing fruit. I’ll watch for that leaf curl beginning today. Aug 5/23,thank you.

@WellGroundedGardens 11 ай бұрын

I’m glad it was helpful!

@sherimetschan961 11 ай бұрын

Could you explain the difference between leaf cupping from pesticide drift vs leaf curling that plant needs water? My husband sprayed Spectracide to get rid of clover in the lawn. I covered my raised beds with old bed sheets but I'm not sure how effective it was since it was porous. It was warm, low to mid 70's and the plants were covered approximately 3 hours so they got warm. The leaves do look similar to yours but I'm being overly cautious and want to make sure. If you can help with pesticide drift and when I could safely replant if necessary it would be greatly appreciated.

@WellGroundedGardens 11 ай бұрын

Hi! I haven’t had pesticide drift, myself, but from what I’ve read the main difference is that when you have curling from pesticides the leaves can’t be flattened to a normal shape and then when it’s from heat or low water, the curled leaves CAN be flattened to a normal shape. Hoping that’s helpful…I also found this resource from the University of Tennessee. They show Dicamba (ingredient in Spectracide) on page 5. extension.tennessee.edu/publications/Documents/W295-B.pdf

@sherimetschan961 11 ай бұрын

@@WellGroundedGardens Thanks so much! I'm looking at as many resources as I can, OSU Master Gardener, Pesticide Agencies, etc. I may end up pulling all my plants but I hope I can find answers to reassure me.

@WellGroundedGardens 11 ай бұрын

@@sherimetschan961 you’re welcome! I’d water thoroughly and see if they uncurl, if so, it’s probably not pesticide exposure 🤞

@sherimetschan961 11 ай бұрын

@@WellGroundedGardens Thanks again. I will water and I will still call my extension service when they open this morning.

@atreyugam3r108 7 күн бұрын

Hey, I had a question. I'm growing an okay-sized cherry tomato and a beefsteak. The thing is, the beefsteak seems a bit stunted, even though I water it every morning until it drains out the bottom. By the next day, if I check the soil, it's pretty dry. I'm in Virginia, and lately it's been between 80 and mid 90s. My leaves are a little droopy, with a couple slightly yellow or brownish leaves towards the bottom. The beefsteak is also quite a bit smaller than I believe it is supposed to be. I don't have good soil where I live, so putting it in the ground wasn't an option, so I put it in a five-gallon bucket with some decent soil I got from tractor supply. Do you have any advice? Most of the plant seems to be fine, I guess, but just droopy instead of the stems being fairly straight down the curve. not to a drastic degree, but just a little. I also noticed that even though it's maybe a little under a foot tall, it has a tomato on it. It has more blooms, but it seems the flowers on it have shriveled up and dried out.

@WellGroundedGardens 7 күн бұрын

Are you fertilizing it?

@atreyugam3r108 7 күн бұрын

@@WellGroundedGardens didn't figure i needed to, it was a nutrient rich soil i used said it was would continue nurturing up to a 100 and smth days

@davefekete7187 27 күн бұрын

My branches are drooping but my tomato plant is healthy dark green with a little curl, no beige colour, they feel soft too i worry if i might of over water it. The soil is not too moist and cool, its not because of the heat because i live in canada the weather lately was not hot at all but humid and cool, i really don't know what it is at least my plant is still flowering properly and nicely.

@WellGroundedGardens 25 күн бұрын

That sounds possibly like overwatering or possibly a bit of transplant shock-did you plant them, recently?

@CamaguNcoso 10 ай бұрын

We've been on winter season and watering them twice a day. On plant gave out 3 tomatoes, one was bigger than the other two. They all had infection, blight. A friend said its cos they don't get enough water but been watering them twice a day for a long time now. One plant showed me a yellow leaf, I checked it today. So I came here for solutions and I see that I over did the watering. Most of them are in the process of fruiting, they have buds and have green leaves. I'll take a week without watering them cos I've been doing it daily and twice🤦‍♂️

@WellGroundedGardens 9 ай бұрын

Did it help? Now I need an update 😂

@catherinejiang7323 7 ай бұрын

Me too i need an update bc i live in La county California and i did the same thing you did i have 2 tomato plants new to growing its been a struggle from garden gnats to white butterflies

@johngirvan4437 28 күн бұрын

Does this apply to toms in pots too ?

@WellGroundedGardens 28 күн бұрын

Same principles but you’d want to check more frequently since they dry out, faster

@honeydew4576 25 күн бұрын

Will a drooping wilting leaf indicate too much water?

@WellGroundedGardens 24 күн бұрын

This is one of those “probably annoying” answers but they’ll droop with too much water and with not enough. If you let the soil dry out a bit, see them droop, then see them recover when watered you know it was the latter. In general I try to err on the side of slightly too little water as that’s easier to remedy.

@CrowT 11 күн бұрын

It has been 95 degrees here in Mo for the past two weeks. I water them every other day and the soil is dry. They are in pots outside. Well drained. Put em in 1st week of may and they are fruiting. One is beefsteak the other is midnight cherries. They still look pretty raggedy. I dunno.

@WellGroundedGardens 10 күн бұрын

Pots dry out way faster and 95 is ROUGH; sorry. They’ll drop flowers at those temps. 😕

@CrowT 10 күн бұрын

@WellGroundedGardens Should I maybe water them every day then? Dont want to overwater them either.

@michaelsherron5750 Жыл бұрын

Can i send you pics of my tomato plant leaves? I'm not 100% sure what the issue is. Thanks!

@WellGroundedGardens Жыл бұрын

Happy to give it a shot! You should also ask your local Master Gardener extension service (ours is really good); most of them have email and chat options where they’ll look at photos, and they know the relevant local issues. But yes, I’m happy to try, too. :)

@AmsterDanTheAmerican Ай бұрын

The leaves at the top of my plant are green but drooping/limp from the top to the bottom...leaves are not curled. Is this a sign of over watering?

@WellGroundedGardens Ай бұрын

Do the leaves perk back up at night?

@AmsterDanTheAmerican Ай бұрын

No. They are still limp but very green. Not yellow or brown or leathery.

@WellGroundedGardens Ай бұрын

If they aren’t yellowing, or recovering at night, then that suggests it isn’t fusarium wilt, and you’d also expect yellowing if they were overwatered; it’s hard to tell from a written description but if you’ve already tried giving them more water, my only thought is a different disease. Only one plant is affected?

@Reddirtdarlin 10 күн бұрын

Can anyone share with me what she's calling the leaves that are squeezing out a little water.... sounds like gatasian. The transcript says guitar and that's not right😄 It's a term I haven't previously learned and would love to know more about. Thanks!!!

@WellGroundedGardens 10 күн бұрын

Guttation 😁

@Reddirtdarlin 10 күн бұрын

@@WellGroundedGardens thank you so much! I hoped you would respond since the video is older. I appreciate it. Good to keep learning!

@phillipgaines674 Ай бұрын

i was wondering about the leaf curl had me worried

@bradolson3510 25 күн бұрын

What about potted cherries?

@WellGroundedGardens 24 күн бұрын

Same basic principles but they’ll dry out faster and I keep a closer eye on them in dry spells and hot weather.

@kristinbrown2192 16 күн бұрын

Only question left--how much water do we give when water is needed?

@WellGroundedGardens 11 күн бұрын

I aim for them to get 1” of water a week; I have a rain gauge and use that to estimate how much more they need in any given week.

@SimonHaestoe 8 күн бұрын

GENIUS 💪⚡🍻🙏

@yes350yes 2 жыл бұрын

I would have like to have seen yellow leaves vs early blight, but of course you wont allow that in your garden so we dont see it , but many people do see it.

@WellGroundedGardens 2 жыл бұрын

So far we’ve avoided early blight, but I’m sure it’ll come for me someday. I did get verticillium wilt two years ago and it’s the pits