I water mine when the top one inch or so is dry. I started doing this because I have tons of mushrooms growing in it and I think I was watering way to much. We bought Dillo Dirt, compost, top soil, peat moss and made a lasagna type bed. I should have gone to the Natural Gardner and bought his soil because ours has so many large tree shreds in it I don't think anything would grow if I wasn't using miracle grow on it weekly.

How are you watering.......overhead by hose, sprinkler or in-ground. You may want to investigate a watering system you can hose into. "jerry-rig" one that ends in manifolds that send out 1/4 tubes, either soakers or just straight tubing to the individual plant. The manifolds will adjust the rate of water to different pieces of tubing.. I was just in Lowes outdoor plumbing dept this morning and noted all the new configuration pieces they now have available and hose end is very common (water comes by garden hose from the house outdoor faucet). When we moved into this house it had an automatic rainbird system that was like a waterpark when operating. We have slowly converted most to manifolds and soaker hoses or 1/4 tubing and we can set timing for different zones. Anyway, ground watering is way the best, keeping water off leaves and less evaporation not to mention being able to regulate for differing conditions. The blossom end rot may be due to the strange weather we have been having......i.e. cooler, rainier and overcast. Maybe some hot sunny dry days will pull it through. I would hold off on the water a bit.

We have been watering by hand using a wand sprayer at the end of a hose as to keep most of the leaves dry. I was thinking the top 1-2" should be dry before watering again, which would probably take 3 days in the weather we have been having lately in austin.