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Hi, a few of my tomato plants in pots have started to look very sad, they have started at the bottom of the plant and the leaved have started to curl up.
What should i do, is it catching, shell i throw it away, can i save it, shell i move it away from other tomatoes.
Any advice greatly taken.
thanks
bluebluepaula

This happens as the leaves age. You can remove them which is a good thing to do anyway to allow light and air to the trusses. If the whole plant starts to wither then it is could be diseased.

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Mark

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Paula, if the leaves are just curling up but the plants are otherwise fine then don't panic. Toms curl their leaves if they're not happy - could be because they're too hot, too dry, too wet, too cold. Sort the problem and the toms will be fine.
Hope they're OK.

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Curling tomato leaves. Sometimes they just do. Some of mine have done it in the last couple of days - it's been a bit fierce in the greenhouse even with the door and the lights open. However, it's cooling off for the next few days so they'll sort themselves out. Panic not!

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vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated Aug 20th 2008