[katkoot]

Originally Posted by habitat_gardener

I'm in California, where some market growers offer dry-farmed tomatoes. The tomatoes are smaller but much tastier -- water restriction concentrates the flavors. Here are some links:
http://www.sfgate.com/homeandgarden/...em-3169535.php
http://www.happyboyfarms.com/our-pro...armed_Tomatoes
http://sustainableseedco.com/dry-farmed-tomatoes/
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/201...-off-the-water

One of my neighbors at the community garden doesn't water her tomatoes after July 1. Her tomato beds are well mulched, probably 4 inches of mulch.

Tepary beans from the arid southwest are also supposed to produce a crop (dried beans) with just rainfall when they're planted, and then no water for the rest of the season.

Habitat Gardener-- thanks for the awesome links! I am going to look through these. I figured some people here had possibly even tried this. I know it works, and that's what I had thought-- it would result in smaller fruit with a more concentrated flavor. In Jordan they do it traditionally with no mulch at all, although I feel like it certainly couldn't hurt. We're wanting to set up grey water, but I would like to be familiar with the traditional ins and outs just in case.