How quickly do the plants dry out? Could a full size Brandywine tomato plant go a few days w/o h20? Or is it a daily thing because of the porous bag?
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I could leave mine a day or two without watering. When I do water my plants I always wet the bag good.
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Like the previous comment, I watered the bag (sides) more than anything. The center stayed moist most the time, it was the outer area that needed watering mostly. And it wasn't a daily thing, 2 - 3 days. It depends on your climate. I live in Oklahoma where it is typically very dry.
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The problem with leaving for a week will be that you are going to loose some water to evaporation and to plant uptake. The other problem i see with that is that PH will be out of whack. You should check PH and water level daily. if you are not worried about your PH, then you should be OK. The water sitaution loss will depend on a number of things, like, plant size, humidity, temp., etc. Hope this helps. and as you can tell from others answers, Hydro is not a system that you set up and it does the rest. If you are trying to do something like that your best best is soil/ soiless mixes.
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I assume you are asking about potted tomato plants. I've not used the gel packs for tomatoes but my guess would be that the plants require too much water for gel pack use. Potted tomatoes in the sun sometimes require water twice a day on hot days.
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whell mine held two 8.81lb bags and now it is non stop growing i have ben growing my cherry tomatos all winter in my bay window and as for watering it i take a small watering can and fill it threw the pot hole at leaste 2 or 3 times and check on it every day to see if it needs more water and if so i just add 1 watering can into it i love it my tomatos are reaching the celing now so i have to prune it soon you prune them by taking your fingertips and plucking some of the blossoms off but not the ones that have baby tomatos on them also pluck off any dry leaves when you see any hope this helps yours truly jeanette whell mine held two 8.81lb bags and now it is non stop growing i have ben growing my cherry tomatos all winter in my bay window and as for watering it i take a small watering can and fill it threw the pot hole at leaste 2 or 3 times and check on it every day to see if it needs more water and if so i just add 1 watering can into it i love it my tomatos are reaching the celing now so i have to prune it soon you prune them by taking your fingertips and plucking some of the blossoms off but not the ones that have baby tomatos on them also pluck off any dry leaves when you see any hope this... » Read More whell mine held two 8.81lb bags and now it is non stop growing i have ben growing my cherry tomatos all winter in my bay window and as for watering it i take a small watering can and fill it threw the pot hole at leaste 2 or 3 times and check on it every day to see if it needs more water and if so i just add 1 watering can into it i love it my tomatos are reaching the celing now so i have to prune it soon you prune them by taking your fingertips and plucking some of the blossoms off but not the ones that have baby tomatos on them also pluck off any dry leaves when you see any hope this helps yours truly jeanette « Show Less
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With the 15 gallon size we were going to put 2 tomato plants in just one bag but I if you go to different sites to look up container gardening they say a 3 gallon pot for 1 plant so I recommend the 5 gallon size for 1 tomato plant. We returned ours because we thought they would not hold up over time.
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I tried doing concord grapes with the tomato screen once and it clogged up like that also. The extra screen kit is great because that doesn't happen. Worth the money for me!
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Yes. Depending on how long you will be gone. You need to mix it in good under the dirt. I added it to my 2 very large house plants. I did have to water them every other day, but now just once a week. Follow the directions and add plenty. The bags are small. I had to add a full bag and a half to each of my plants.
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Tomatoes or not the water will evaporate as a result of a lighter product. The rack is well built it will hold a lot
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It depends on how large the plant is and how hot it is out. I have found when the plants are small and it's not real hot can go about a week. If it's hot and the plants are large and producing maybe go 3 days. If your going away make sure you fill the reservoir before you leave.
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I used 3 teaspoons full to 1 gallon of water. I water my 9 plants once a week. I did it for four weeks and it did work. We haven't seen any tiny flies in a while now. The plants were infested by a new plant I bought at the super market. I should have kept it apart from the others until I knew it was clean but I didn't. But the natrol WDG worked.
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I have been using on 8 plants every week and it has been over 3 months now. I just got 2 more plants, a month ago and I have enough in the bottle to last me couple more weeks at least.
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Not watering them frequently enough (dunk them in a bowl of water for 1 hour 2-3 times a week, let them air-dry for 4 hours then return them to their original location) or perhaps they rotted (the base of the plant shouldn't be in contact with water, except when you're specifically watering the plants). I've had mine for 4 months and they all look fantastic; gave some to a friend who kills all plants and gave her the same instructions I listed above on caring for them and they're doing well.
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sorry, I don't have any tomato plants, but if they need lots of water at once, maybe not...this keeps the soil moist.
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I run 1 in each of my 306's, I have seen an increase in plant growth and super clear water because of it. When my rack gets up and running all of the filters will run it.UPDATE 1-13-15: I now typically run 2 100 ml bags in each of the 306's now that I have the rack up and running for over a year now, everything is clear and stable, plant growth is good but not great, all tanks are low tech with no ferts or CO2, very low live stock load also, varied plants from Java moss to Vals.
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I can't honestly answer that. I do know that air plants last a long time. They are not like regular plants that will die without water after a week. I suspect that they will be able to last until Christmas in the box. But this is probably a question that needs to be asked of Hinterland trading.
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My location is in Florida, I found top 1/3 dried out and watered each day til hurricane cycle of afternoon rains began. **** Excellent root growth in bags: @ start, tended to root up to surface. By covering with bag sides, the 5 gal had roots out bottom at 3 wks.
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One thing is that I keep mine in the Sun. It has enough areas for the water to leak through, tho' we've had alot of rain lately. I know I need to turn it more often, and I use something to break up what seems to be getting glumby. I still have to get that enzyme stuff to put into the bin. So far, it's only been table vegetable scraps and some plants. The leaves are just now starting to fall, so I'll be putting that in there as well, and some white paper/newspaper etc. Just keep turning it ever so often too. Notice there are a lot of fruit flies in there? Anyone else? Hope this helps Juliana One thing is that I keep mine in the Sun. It has enough areas for the water to leak through, tho' we've had alot of rain lately. I know I need to turn it more often, and I use something to break up what seems to be getting glumby. I still have to get that enzyme stuff to put into the bin. So far, it's only been table vegetable scraps and some plants. The leaves are just now starting to fall, so I'll be putting that in there as well, and some white paper/newspaper etc. Just keep turning it ever so often too. Notice there are a lot of fruit flies in there? Anyone else? Hope this helps Juliana