Too little—or too much—water can leave your tomatoes with split skins, black patches, or bland fruit. Learn how to water them for your best harvest yet.
Heat, cracked ground, you run to the tap to save your massives... and, an hour later, the leaves hang even more. Many gardeners have already experienced this confusing scenario: you think you've watered too little, whereas the real culprit is elsewhere. It's neither a lack of water, nor a hardy plant, but often a simple watering reflex: the first 10 seconds of the jet. In a pipe left in the sun, the water heated like in a miniature water heater.…