From: T@invalid.invalid
On 8/13/21 12:29 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Aug 2021 14:37:25 -0400, songbird
> wrote:
>
>> bill wrote:
>>> When we water the tomato plants does it matter if we water the leaves?
>>
>> yes.
>>
>>
>>> Do the tomato plants "feel" the water when it's "on" the leaf?
>>
>> i don't think plants have a nervous system, but they do communicate
>> via chemical signals in various ways. do they "feel"? i do not know.
>>
>>
>>> Can they absorb the water from the leaf?
>>
>> yes, a small amount, depends upon plant type/species.
>>
>>
>>> Or only from the ground (roots)?
>>
>> mostly from the ground.
>>
>> consider this, some plants are indeed water plants and grow
>> while being entirely submerged. also there are the arid dessert
>> plants which have a very thick and waxy coating so that they
>> don't lose much water from the leaf surfaces.
>>
>> as to the question should you water the leaves that also has a
>> lot of possible answers. in some cases watering the plant will
>> rinse off dust and other debris, it may also cool the plant down
>> which during really hot weather can be a help for pollinating.
>> i do this with the tomatoes during hot weather and get a crop
>> when many others don't and a part of that is due to me being
>> willing to get the plants wet. the downside is that it can also
>> encourage disease problems. this season being a pretty bad one
>> so i'm seeing disease pressure that is worse than normal.
>>
>> such is life...
>>
>>
>> songbird
>
> The wilt is so bad this year that I have promised myself to plant only
> resistant tomatoes next year. I am getting tired of losing the plants
> so early.
>
The ONLY tomato I can grow are Sweet 100's. Every
other attempt winds up in disaster. Blossom rot,
miniature tomatoes, yada, yada, yada. But the 100's
I get a jungle and tons of fruit. Other cherries:
disaster.
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