Texas Gardening: Lessons learned while gardening in a drought..., 1 by podster

podster wrote:
When the temperature climbed too high for the blooms to pollinate, I pulled the plants and dug the roots. I was curious to see how deep they went and found they indeed had reached down to the wood. The wood and the soil around the tomato roots was moist yet I cannot recall the last moisture they received.

This photo was a plant I dug up showing some of the rotting wood firmly attached to the roots.

Success! Odd but I think I am happier about this than all those yummy tomatoes I've been eating...