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Took me 4 months to figure out why my tomato plants kept dying, and it was a $3 fix
I had 6 heirloom plants in raised beds behind the garage in Tucson and every single one turned yellow and croaked by July. I was watering deep every other day, testing the soil, even bought a $40 moisture meter. Turned out my drip emitters were clogged with hard water scale and the plants were basically getting a sip every 3 days. Swapped in new emitters and ran vinegar through the lines once a month, and this year I'm drowning in San Marzanos. Anyone else fight with drip lines in hard water areas, or is it just me?
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caseyfox27d ago
The hard water scale thing hit home for me but with my coffee maker, not the garden. Got tired of descaling that thing every few weeks so now I just fill jugs from my mom's place when I visit. She thinks I'm weird but the coffee tastes better.
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