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    My tomatoes are going wrong help please.

    The top leaves of my tomatoes have gone a darker/blacker green than the other leaves but it is not over the whole leaf. has any one got any ideas it looks like it has some sort of problem. I tried to take some photos but it does not show up very well.
    Thanks
    Daniel
    Tags: problems, tomatoes
  • #2
    Whereabouts are they Daniel? Indoors on a windowsill? Greenhouse?

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    • #3
      Hi Daniel

      Follow this link...it might help you..?..need more info really..?..

      http://pods.dasnr.okstate.edu/docush...eb%20color.pdf

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      • #4
        I would have thought that its a bit too early for disease, I personally think it more likely due to certain circumstances such as not enough or too much water, lack of nutriunts, too hot/ cold, lack of light etc..

        If you can upload a phot then great if you cant then a bit more info on where they are growing, what you are growing them in (soil/compost etc) are they in a heated propagator or not, how often are you watering them and are you feeding them or not.
        _____________
        Cheers Chris

        Beware Greeks bearing gifts, or have you already got a wooden horse?... hehe.

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        • #5
          Hi I had the tomatos in the conservatory but when we went on holiday I put them outside into the little greenhouse with a dripper, that was about a week ago.
          I now think it might have got some frost. I am growing them in compost and they are now about 15 cm tall, im watering them in the morning and evening just enough so that the soil is moist.
          Daniel
          Last edited by Daniel Robinson; 15-04-2009, 07:24 PM.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Daniel Robinson View Post
            I am growing them in compost and they are now about 15 cm tall,

            You say the top leaves are darker than the lower leaves and you are worried about the dark leaves but it could be the lower leaves are too "soft" - ie grown in too much heat with not enough light for that amount of heat... the leaves become very light green and "floppy". Often the plant becomes too tall as well.

            How many true leaf stalks does it have ?

            At 6" tall it should have at least 3 true leaf stalks (preferably 4 or 5).


            Originally posted by Daniel Robinson View Post
            im watering them in the morning and evening just enough so that the soil is moist.

            Watering is very much a personal preference but I think that is too much. I water my 6" plants every 3 or 4 days when the compost is almost (but not fully) dry.

            Too much water can lead to too much top growth and not enough root formation.



            In bigger plants hard, curly green leaves indicates too much vegative growth (at the expense of fruit) and a bit more heat is recommended - I don't know if this applies to your young plants though.
            Last edited by teakdesk; 15-04-2009, 07:46 PM.
            The proof of the growing is in the eating.
            Leave Rotten Fruit.
            Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potasium - potash.
            Autant de têtes, autant d'avis!!!!!
            Il n'est si méchant pot qui ne trouve son couvercle.

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            • #7
              Yes there is 4 leaf stalks, maybe i should stop watering them as much as you say.
              Thanks
              Daniel

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              • #8
                Hi Daniel, I've seen this 'darkening' on my plants if the temperature has dipped a bit. It doesn't seem to worry them as long as they are growing strongly anyway. I would agree with the others, and cut down on the watering - too damp + too cold = trouble!

                Good luck with them.
                Growing in the Garden of England

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