If you were a little more specific about where you lived, you might be able to recruit someone to help you.

I live in Tuttle, but I'm not asking for anyone to come here and take care of them. I just thought you all might have some suggestions of what I could do.

Here's a bunch of ideas:

I think the most reliable thing to do would be to find someone responsible and hiring them to take care of the plants, payable upon your return, provided that your plants are in good shape.

You could install a timer on an irrigation hose for the stuff already in the ground, but that will cost money unless you already have one or don't mind buying one.

You could ask a neighbor, a friend or a relative (note this isn't the same as hiring someone, as someone getting paid on performance will probably be more reliable... if you already had a reliable neighbor/friend, you wouldn't be posting here asking for help).

You should definitely do your best to arrange not to have critical plants needing daily monitoring and tinkering while you're away. You might be able to work something out with a local nursery to monitor potted plants while you're away, for a small fee.

Your WS tomatoes will likely not be sprouted yet. Don't know what to tell you about your indoor starts.
Here's a link I recently posted on how I water my WS jugs. Maybe it will spark and inspiration. Good luck.

Here is a link that might be useful: How I water my jugs

Luv_daisies,

How experienced are you at raising indoor tomato seedlings? I ask, beecause the answer I would give a very experienced person is not the same one I'd give someone who has had less experience at raising tomato seedlings indoors.

And, regardless of your level of experience, this is not going to be easy--and it may not be possible. A lot depends on what kind of lighting set-up and watering set-up you use.

Dawn

you can put a cotton rope in the pots and the other end in water...it forms a wick, might work... In big pot you can fill a plastic bottle with only a drip hole in the lid, then place upside down... but why not just buy "starts" when you get back... from the farmer's market, Atwoods, Lowes, Walmart, or wherever - there is such a huge selection.