This is a bad habit I think many of us doting gardeners have, until we learn to break it. Or, like me, learn the hard way by killing our little plants. I learned this lesson years ago, and I still did it again. I killed 2 Roma Tomatoes, and a Cherokee Purple Tomato. This is the official death toll, but I almost wiped out all my Solanums! About a week ago, I took away the heating pads my seedlings sit on, in an effort to start hardening them off. Unfortunately, I kept watering them as if they were still being warmed; the heat mats really evaporate a lot of water from your seed starting mix, particularly in our dry climate. So almost all my Solanums started drooping horribly, and since I hadn’t changed anything as far as my watering routine, it took me a little bit of panicking, to really look at them and realize they were waterogged. I pulled out the heating mat, put them back on and let them dry out. They all perked right back up, with the exception of these little guys. Oops!
May 10, 2009 at 8:10 am
It’s about me! I tend to overwater plants.
Interesting post, thanks!
June 5, 2009 at 6:14 pm
I can relate, though my seedlings ended up being underwatered,