Walls-o-Water

You probably saw weird red things around some of my plants in the My Container Garden post from awhile back. They're called Walls-o-Water, Walls-of-Water, or even Tomato Teepees. My tomatoes grew from seeds crazy fast, and desperately needed to go outside. I was worried about them because the nighttime temperatures were still in the low 40s.

So, my Mom told me about these Walls that my Dad had gotten and how they worked really well. I ordered a set of them online that night, and went ahead and transplanted the four strongest plants into their outdoor containers. The Walls showed up about a week after my poor tomatoes had been stuck outside. I only had 3 of them, so I put one around the two strongest tomato plants (the other ones were "backup" in case something went terribly wrong) and one around my peppers.

Last night, Jeff and I moved the Walls to the sad backup tomato plants so we could stake the two that had been in the Walls. They were growing out the top and were doing great. Check out the difference between tomatoes that grew without the Walls, and the ones that did. I'm sold!

No walls.

Walls!

Impressive, right? : )