Re: Watering
mm4birds got it exactly right. It gets even more fun, here in SD, this year: we get a few days of 60F and then a week of 85-95 weather. They start and stop. Spring was the same way this year: a cold week, and a warm week, 50s, then 100F. In October humidity was as low as 6%. So every week is a customized watering schedule around here. Last weekend was 60, damp and cloudy. This weekend is 90s again and no humidity. In areas of high rain, you have to pay more attention to soil type and drainage, so that they are not "overwatered" by the rain. And each time you "get it wrong" you stress the plant, which ends up causing smaller fruit or less fruit or both. A couple years and you get the hang of it.
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