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What's wrong with my tomatoes?

17 years ago

Please take a look at my tomatoes and see if you know what is wrong with them.

I do not know the variety in English as they are seeds from the Ukraine.

I am using the large square peat pots with organic choice potting mix.

The seedlings sprouted wonderfully, but they stopped growing about 4 weeks ago.

Will they survive and what could be wrong?

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digdirt2
17 years ago
They need to be fed. There are many discussions here about problems with using the peat pots - basically they wick the water away from the plant roots. So that is part of your problem. But it can be compensated for with careful watering and extra feeding.

Also some have posted problems with using that particular soil mix. I have never used it but others report that transplanting the plants into a different mix saved them.

That is what I would do - transplant them out of the mix and the peat pots into different containers, plant them up to just below the leaves, and feed them a good dose of a 1/2 strength liquid fertilizer.

JMO

Dave
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