I think it might be better to use the soil that comes in a bag and holds the water in it. Might not have to water every day. Who knows watering can be tricky. If it was regular dirt from the yard if it is like ours there isn't much nutrients in it. Water can go straight through it. Louise ----- Original Message ----- From: "juanita" <juanita2@cox.net> To: <memory-lane@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 4:40 AM Subject: [ML] tomato plants > Yes, she did have the two hanging planters in direct sun.....no trees > near by. That may have been the problem. She tried to water them > every day with the garden hose but I suspect the soil got very dry > between soakings. > > juanita > ks > > >> I wonder if she had them hanging in the sun. Maybe that is why they >> were going for the sun. I am still trying to figure just where to put >> this thing. It will be interesting, I think. Louise ----- Original >> Message ----- From: "juanita" <juanita2@cox.net> To: >> <memory-lane@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 3:29 PM Subject: >> [ML] tomato plants >> >> > . The tomatoes > > soon sprouted and started to come out the bottom of > the planters but >> > it wasn't long before the stems of the plants started curling upward >> > - toward the sun. Each week the tomatoes grew upward toward the >> > sun...> > > >> > juanita >> > ks > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message