Tomato status 6/24/2013

The tall tomatoes in the picture were planted end of April so they are now 2 months old.  Very green, very healthy, some starting to ripen. It's a good year.  When growing in containers, once this large, it's important to water every couple days.  

If you let your plant wilt due to lack of water, then water, then let it wilt again, then water there is a good chance you will have some "Blosson end rot" (dark spots on the bottoms of the tomatoes) Common in container tomatoes.

Whether in the ground or in a container, I suggest you use a moisture meter to check when to water. The small tomato plant you see I just planted about a week ago and I have some empty containers ready for new plants.  I like to stagger them so they just keep coming.  

The other picture is of a cucumber in a self watering container.  Lots of little cucumbers setting on. The cucumber I plant is called "Sweet Success".  Google it....easy to grow, not many seeds, grows to a nice size and lots of cucumbers.

Any difficulty finding "Sweet Success" seeds to plant, let me know.