Tomato plants are crap this year!

[tcs1366]

I wonder if using those "moisture crystals" would work.

we were either very dry, or deluged with rain. no real happy medium this year.
last year my tomatoes were great.

plus - i have to admit ... i was not home must this summer to keep an eye on them.

[arctichomesteader]

Originally Posted by nitram

If you live in rainy wet areas, make sure you have proper drainage. If necessary double your drainage area. Overly wet feet is bad for any plant.

It's generally not so wet here like it was this year. It's rather unusual, so not something that's usually necessary to be concerned with. Usually, I have to water my plants a lot. At one point this summer I was bailing water out of my garden with buckets to try to help the plants. My tomatoes that were either in containers or under the overhang of the roof, did great, however, and I can't complain too badly about my black plum tomatoes which did great despite the wet weather before they died from some sort of fungus that I couldn't get under control despite lots of effort, and my cherry tomatoes. I got very few of my favorites, the brandywines, this year. Quite upsetting.

[ellie]

Mine did fine till I quit taking care of them. There were still cherry tomatoes growing at the ends of the vines when we pulled them up. Couldn't really get out there to take care of them after the middle of July. Not my best summer...but now I'm getting ready for next year.

[BlueWillowPlate]

This was not my best year--was fighting pests all summer.
Cooler weather is helping. I pruned everything back and I'm still getting tomatoes, but at some point we will get a hard freeze. That probably won't happen until after Thanksgiving or even Christmas. I guess I'll see how long I can take this, since the summer production was just so-so.

[sevenofsix]

I direct sow mine so they are still green but are nice and fat