Red Tomato Savers

Comments about Red Tomato Savers, Set of 3:

We have used similar units that were thin gauge plastic which doesn't hold up here in the mojave desert. They worked great but deteriorated after one season. The deserts dryness is hard on plastics. These newer savers are heavier gauge by quite a bit, so we should get more mileage out of them.

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Extremely deceptive in their simplicity! Much more durable than the red plastic sheets and these tomato savers are reusable year after year. Strongly recommended for beginning or avid gardeners.

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I used these this year on three of my tomato plants as an experiment. The plants that had these did grow faster and actually needed less water than those without. I bought another set just now so that I can use them on all of my tomato plants next year.

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I had a few of these red rings already, so I planted 3 tomatoes in them, 3 in similar ones made of black plastic, and 3 without anything, all in the same row of my garden. The ones in the red rings grew better and yielded more tomatoes than the others; the black plastic was slightly better than nothing.

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When I bought my first set of these, it was because they were on sale cheap. They wee the old black ones. I can't tell you if the red really works better yet, as I bought these at the end of the season. What I can say is, I really like them. They have slots to put the legs of a tomato cage thru, if you use the cone-shaped kind. The keep weeds away from the base of the plant. They have a nice well that I put organic fertilizer in. The food then gets to the plant over a period of time as the water from rain or watering washes it into the soil. They snap together easily, even around an established plant. They conserve water by keeping the soil at the base of the plant from drying out so quickly.

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The best things about these:
The two pieces so it can be put on easily after planting.
The color.
It keeps down weeds right next to plant.
Very sturdy.

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This product is so easy to use. It keeps my tomato plants neat and easy to water.

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I find them difficult to install, and there is no room to stake the tomatoes.

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I like these for my tomatoe plants able to water the roots without the leaves.

Comments about Red Tomato Savers, Set of 3:

I had read that red mulch increased tomato production, but I wasn't willing to carpet my garden with red. These Tomato Savers seemed like a good alternative. While I can't say for sure they made a difference in production, because it is also dependent on weather and soil, I can say I had tomatoes earlier than my neighbor did. I can also say all of my tomato plants are covered with fruit, even though we had temperatures near 100 for two weeks early in the season. What I like best about these Tomato Savers is they let me target water right to the plant's roots and help avoid splashing the foliage with water and losing water to runoff. For that reason alone, I'd recommend them.