RE: Deck Garden Journal
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We have and do pretty much the same as you do. We have had potted tomato plants for years although hubby is ready to give up on them. They seem to be more and more finnicky with watering and getting brown and then the disease that makes the leaves all yuckie. But the fruits are so yummie 😊. Rosemary and basil are the other staples we have and since an impulse buy three or four years ago we also grow different chili peppers in pots - hm, might make a post about those. They are fun to watch grow and then turn from green to red. Happy growing!
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That's great! We didn’t do hot peppers but might give that a try next year, we are trying to ease into it again. We definitely love tomatoes but yes it’s certainly tricky to get them healthy. We found a good organic fertilizer mix that they seem to enjoy. The big thing with tomatoes is they need calcium apparently! When we hard boil eggs, we save the water from it and let it cool and dump it on the plants, helps keep them happy. I also fertilize them every 2-3 weeks with a smaller amount than is recommended instead of doing it once a month. Seems to work well.
One of the things I recently started doing that seems logical but I didn’t know if it would do anything - I don’t just water the dirt and roots, I actually water the leaves too! We got an electric pump container and I use the spray nozzle on it and spray the roots but also all of the leaves. We had one tomato plant that was going yellow on the leaves quite a bit but since I started spraying all the leaves with water as well, not just the roots, it’s come back to life! Don’t know if your husband is doing that or not but it’s awesome!