"Your tomato's best friend, The Automator increases yields up to 40%! Special SRM RED material has been found to enhance the growth and yield of tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, melons and even cucumbers! The patented tray channels water and fertilizer directly to the plant roots and retains moisture in the soil to help prevent blossom end rot. It also effectively keeps out cut worms and weeds, and warms the soil for early root development. Easy to use, clean and store. 12"" x 12""."
Average Customer Rating:
3.7 out of 5
4 of 7 (57%) customers would recommend this product to a friend.
Disappointed,
June 5, 2009 Submitted bylaxgmom from Raleigh
"Used as instructed and was disappointed in the results. My crop of tomatoes using this product last year was very poor vs the ones I planted my usual way. My tomato plant outgrew the tray and removing it was disasterous. Mine broke apart when I tired to remove it from the plant.
Also, dirt kept accumulating in the watering holes.
Lastly, I'm use to having my plants having their roots DEEP in the dirt. All the plants where I used this product had roots growing up through the watering holes and right underneath the tray which molded quickly. No wonder the plants did not produce well.
I don't know what the other reviewers were doing to make them give such good reviews on this product or what type of tomatoes they were using. But I am not impressed.
I will continue working my garden the old fashioned way."
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
Reviewer Information
Would recommend: No
Type of gardening:
Large Garden
Gardening skill:
Very skilled
State of residence:
NC
Types of plants:
Vegetables
Gardening experience:
10+ years
Call me crazy... THEY WORK!,
March 19, 2009 Submitted byDoll from Eastern Shore, MD
"I was skeptical about these.. but they actually work. I planted tomato and pepper plants with them verses without them to compare the results. All the plants with the trays grew faster and produces more fruit than those without. Personally I'm still skeptical if the results has as much to do with the red color as it does from preventing the soil from drying out and offering weed control.. but as long as it works I don't care if they're pink and purple :-) One thing to note is that they fit PERFECTLY inside the burpee square collapsable tomato cages (which are an excellent high quality product.. get rid of the cheap round ones from your local hardware / garden store). These red trays are reusable. I'm on my 3rd year with several but they do eventually crack and will probably have to be replaced after the 3 or 4th year. However, still a great value and more than make up the cost from the 'extra' harvest."
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
Reviewer Information
Would recommend: Yes
Type of gardening:
Small Garden
Gardening skill:
Beginner
State of residence:
MD
Types of plants:
Vegetables
Gardening experience:
10+ years
Good idea in theory,
October 14, 2008 Submitted byapoleary from Lacey, WA
"I liked the idea that these trays provide better light and more direct water for the plants, but they didn't work in my garden this year. The problem is that my tomato plants were too big, so sunlight rarely reached the plastic tray, and the stems grew too big for the small-ish stem hole. I did like that the water could quickly get down to the roots, but that was the only pro that I found with this product. Mine also got all ripped up when I took my tomato plants out of the ground at the end of the season, so if I wanted to use them again, I would have to buy new ones."
5 of 5 people found this review helpful.
Reviewer Information
Would recommend: No
Type of gardening:
Small Garden
Gardening skill:
Moderately skilled
State of residence:
WA
Types of plants:
Vegetables
Gardening experience:
1-5 years
Wow!,
July 31, 2008 Submitted byMomtoMatt from Southwest Montana
"We have the Automater trays on some of our plants this year and will be buying more for next year. We did a test with 2 Roma tomato plants and the one that has the tray is about 3 times the size of the other and the yield is amazingly larger. Wonderful product for our area."
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
Reviewer Information
Would recommend: Yes
Type of gardening:
Containers
Gardening skill:
Beginner
State of residence:
MT
Types of plants:
Vegetables
Gardening experience:
10+ years
I didn't see any difference in production.,
July 25, 2008 Submitted bylgriff from San Antonio, TX
"I had trays on 6 of my 15 tomato plants and I saw little to no difference in the production of tomatoes on the plants with the trays."
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.
Reviewer Information
Would recommend: No
Type of gardening:
Small Garden
Gardening skill:
Beginner
State of residence:
TX
Types of plants:
Vegetables
Gardening experience:
1-5 years
One great tomatoe & pepper accessory,
September 6, 2007 Submitted byaugie
"Others in our community garden had Celebrity and Roma tomatoes. I think that the tomato trays mad a big difference, our tomatoes our performed everyone else's by a land slide. We also used them on our peppers and they increased the production.
I would highly recommend these trays for an increase in production."
