What time do you water? Morning or night? Do you fertilize?

Watering tomatoes everyday is not recommended. Even container tomatoes which dry out faster would be better served with a drink every other day or possibly 3 days.

Just stick your finger in the dirt. If its wet past your 2nd knuckle don't water.

Also when tomatoes get that size, if you over water, they will start to split.

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Posted by FalseProphet

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Posted on 5/21/17 at 9:27 am to Hog Zealot

I water right at dusk, I give them miracle grow every 7 days per the instructions on the miracle gromcontainer. The liquid kind.

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Posted by NOLAGT

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Posted on 5/21/17 at 9:35 am to Hog Zealot

Maybe that's my problem with mine. I have them in containers that are well drained but i water 2x a day for 30 min at 4am and 4pm.

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Posted by PillageUrVillage

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Posted on 5/21/17 at 9:40 am to Hog Zealot

quote:
Also when tomatoes get that size, if you over water, they will start to split.

I may have watered my tomatoes 2 or 3 times this season. I usually let Mother Nature do that, unless we have a real bad dry spell. Mulch helps with the dirt retaining water. But with the drenching rain showers we've been getting, some of my tomatoes still split. Some more severe than others. It almost seems unavoidable. They're still edible, so I don't sweat it too much.

ETA: I use bone meal for calcium. But that is a slower release. If you need a quick release, you could try to find some calcium chloride powder. Powdered milk, antacid tablets, etc. might do some good also.

And yes, ease up on the watering like everyone else has said.

This post was edited on 5/21/17 at 9:48 am

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