Vince, I don't know about Sat. / Sun., but tomorrow Friday - imho - it will NOT rain. I don't think it will rain a lot - if any rain at all - this weekend. I don't see ugly rain clouds coming to you. Of course, a thunderstorm can form in 15 minutes, but still...

I suggest you to check this map from time to time.

Bellow it's your current situation. No need to worry, imo.

It's suppose to start Saturday. I know it might not rain that hard but about 15 years ago it rained around 3 inches over a weekend, it split every one of my cherry tomatoes. I've been eating 5 to 10 tomatoes every day for the last month so no matter what, I've had a great growing year.

BTW, thunder storms rarely happen here. The latest from the weather guy I trust the most says around 2 inches. We do need the rain as the forest fires are really stinking up the PNW.

Vince, It was my regular schedule to water my plants tomorrow too.

But the forecast is calling for 70% chance of rain tomorrow and and 80 to 100% the next 3 days. So with the highs under 70F , I won't be watering .

The plants can drink enough water foliarly, I think even if it rains less than 2 -3"Plus it will be cloudy for the next 4 days.

Sey

I watered tonight but just a little, they were droopey. I'm between a rock and a hard spot as I'm going to Seattle Friday morning for a couple days. Nobody understands me and my tomatoes. My wife thinks I'm crazy.

Wives... yeah...

sey wrote: > The plants can drink enough water foliarly...

With all due respect, I'm not so sure about that.

Vince, After watering my plants , we got about 2.5" of rain. That is ok.. My Rbeds have real well draining soil.

With the weather on the cool side and more chances of rain, I don't have to worry about watering any more and I will be out of town for the LaborDay weekend.

Sey

sey wrote: > The plants can drink enough water foliarly...

Sey, do you have data to backup your statement ?

Daniel,First of all I was talking about cool weather, w/ overcast skies where plants do not need water for perspiration to cool off. and not in a sun shiny 90 degree weather.

Secondly, I am not a plant scientist but I think plants CAN and DO absorb moisture from air (Moisture = water molecules) . That is why foiliar feeding works.. It is know that dew can help plants in the absence soil moisture to some degree. I personally have observed that certain plants in the vicinity of some creeks during the drought survive better and even thrive, feet away from the water, meaning their roots are not in the water. How does that happen ? The moisture from the stream and the dew is absorbed by the plants .Just a mini micro micro climate next to the stream. That is also how desert plants survive.

Now, the plant do not DRINK water like in animal kingdom. Mostly they absorb moisture from the surrounding. That can be soil, water or just air ( Medium) .

The next time when you see a plant wilting in hot weather do this: Mist it with water. You might see that it will perk up. Why ?

Now that is all I had to say. I exhausted my resources.

Sey

> …I think plants CAN and DO absorb moisture from air (Moisture = water molecules) .
I agree.

> That is why foiliar feeding works…
I agree.

> The next time when you see a plant wilting in hot weather do this: Mist it with water. You might see that it will perk up.

I never did it, so it might work the way you say.

I was a little confused when you wrote: “The plants can drink enough water foliarly...” It made me think that “foliar water” can REPLACE the roots (soil) watering, which I’m sure it’s not true. The word “enough” confused me.

I watered just a little on Fiday because of the rain we were expecting for the weekend. Well I got around .75 inches but it was enough to split some of them. It was fine though because I ate them first. I'm glad I didn't soak them like I usually do.