I think I may have found the problem that was causing a few of my tomato plant to die off. To much water. The soil has been to wet due to rains and me needing to test my new drip system. I know better than to over water but just did not take the rains into the equation when testing the drip system.
My other plants and 25 or so surviving tomatoes are doing fine. I have also ordered some shade cloth to cover the garden during the heat this summer. It should be here next Wed. I am going to see if my old drip system’s PVC pipe will be all I need in constructing a structure to hold the shade fabric, I hope so.
I started this garden very late this year and the summer heat here in Mississippi can do a garden in, especially a young one. I hope the shade fabric will help.
My fig trees have revived after the cold winter killed off all the old established branches. I will have figs! My two pear trees are full of fruit. So far everything is going well.
Good Gardening To All!
Good news on the figs! I killed more plants with overwatering than I care to admit. If I didn’t have such a heavy amount of Mel’s mix, it would probably still be a problem, but it is nearly impossible to overwater the beds that have that mix.
My drip hoses are controlled via my sprinkler system, so the rain sensor protects against over watering automatically.
Of course, my soil is so sandy I don’t think overwatering is possible.