by surfsteve » Wed May 06, 2015 7:17 am
Tomatoes are a full sun plant. They do fine out in open fields in Florida and I imagine just as well near Bakersfield. It's not the light from the sun; it's the heat and drying effect from it that kills plants. I'm having to water mine twice a day sometimes already, to keep them from drying out. Last year I lost 4 of my 6 plants one day just because I was a few hours late for watering them. I thought that switching from 5 to 15 gallon pots would help get them through the day but instead the plants grew faster and bigger and need to be watered just as often. I suppose I shouldn't be complaining about it though. I'm planning on moving them into the shade just in the nick of time before they burn up.
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