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Tomatos not doing well

9 years ago

Hello! This year I planted my own tomatos from seed for the first time. They were doing well, but the past week or so not so much. Some are growing well, but most are getting these yellow sports and shrivelling almost. See pictures! Help!

Comments (11)

  • 9 years ago

    Your mix look extremely wet and excessive water causes roots to rot and be suffocated and the leaves die as a result. So how and how often are you watering them? Perhaps you do not have enough drain holes in the cups. What mix are you using specifically?

    Have you fed them yet? With what and how much?

    Dave

  • 9 years ago

    I just watered them before taking the pictures actually! I give them about 1/2 cup of water per day, and yes I have 3 holes on the bottom of each. When I planted the seeds, I used organic seed pods, transplanted them to the cups about 2 weeks ago and used organic potting mix


    what do you mean by feed them? Sorry I'm new to this, first year attempt!

  • 9 years ago

    Feeding them = fertilizing them.

    1/2 cup water per day is definitely too much. Don't water again until the soil itself is dry, and not just the surface. Stick your finger down in it to see if it is moist. Or alternatively you can pick up a container and feel how heavy it is. A dry container will be much, much lighter than one that is moist.

    Rodney

    johnnydelduca thanked theforgottenone1013 (SE MI zone 5b/6a)
  • 9 years ago

    Seedlings that size even in much smaller containers don't need daily watering or even every other day watering so that is your primary problem. And once they develop their first true leaves they require a well-diluted supplemental fertilizer of some kind. Many discussions here about how and what to feed them.

    But you have to quit drowning them first. ;-)

    Dave

    johnnydelduca thanked digdirt2
  • 9 years ago

    Thanks for the help! Much appreciated

  • 9 years ago

    In addition to the good advice above--did you by chance open that window on a nice day and expose the plants to direct sun? Because the white/light tan patches look a lot like sunburn.

  • 9 years ago


    No I haven't had that window open yet, but they are sitting in front of it all day, could that be an issue? Also, to update, some are starting to get black spots in the middle of the yellow areas. The smaller plants are dying while some are growing quite well. Does the yellow and black mean they're sick? I'll upload some pictures

  • 9 years ago

    If the window has stayed closed, then sunburn is very unlikely.

  • 9 years ago

    They look better in that pic.


  • 9 years ago

    The leaf problems are due to some sorta climate shock, watering well sun is beating on them causing sun scalding, cold nights, etc. They'll recover just fine. Water when dry, they appear to be doing pretty good.

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