My neighbor Linda taught me to water my tomatoes from the bottom

I was complaining to Linda about my tomato leaves always turning yellow on my 4th floor balcony in Portland. She told me to stop splashing water on the leaves and instead pour directly into the saucer under the pot. Tried it for 2 weeks and the difference was night and day. Anyone else had better luck with bottom watering for their balcony veggies?

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jordanr8910d ago

You're telling me you just poured water into the saucer and put it back? That's wild, I always thought you had to water from the top until it runs out the bottom. I've been growing cherry tomatoes on my fire escape in Brooklyn for three summers and I've been so careful to not splash the leaves but they still get funky sometimes. Going to try this saucer trick starting tomorrow, my plants are looking a little sad right now.

evaperez9d ago

Three summers without trying bottom watering? @jordanr89 that's wild, I thought everyone knew to keep the leaves dry by now. Did you lift up your pots and see if they were getting rootbound too?