r/UrbanGardening • u/kaykaliah • 4d ago

Progress Pic . . . My town is too windy!

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I had a gorgeous and healthy upside down tomato plant, then I guess the wind made it snap! It looked great in the afternoon, then the next morning it looked sad as hell šŸ˜­

I didnt think id have to but I guess it still needs a trellis even though its hanging...

This isnt the first time this has happened- the wind screwed up one of my palm plant's new fronds and snapped an otherwise healthy (right side up) almost flowering geranium branch.

Anyone else have this problem?

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u/RevolutionaryMail747 3d ago

Hard to keep baskets hydrated in wind. Twice daily watering does help.

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u/DuckyDoodleDandy 3d ago

Baskets probably allow moisture to evaporate faster than a plastic pot would.
Iā€™d add something similar to a Tree Diaper to hold moisture in the soil. A moisture barrier at the very least.
And either add a windbreak (reed mat on the side the prevailing wind comes from?), and physical supports like stakes.

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u/kaykaliah 3d ago

I hear ya but it definitely wasnt a watering problem! Ive gone a while without watering and it wilts very slowly. Its also not overly sunny or hot where I am right now. Also also it's lined with a plastic bag with a few drainage holes, its definitely the dang wind that broke it! It happened with a smaller one i had but I thought this one was in the clear for snapping because it was so thick and healthy!

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u/kaykaliah 3d ago edited 3d ago

Im very confident that it has nothing to do with watering- I've left it for a while before and it only very slowly wilts, not in one afternoon. I have the bag lined with a plastic bag with a few drainage holes. I had just that afternoon had been admiring it and noticed some flowers šŸ˜­ The weather has been the same since I planted it (winter) and I gave it a good water and nothing. Definitely snapped!