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With all the crap weather around my greenhouse toms are suffering....

There has been precious little sun, but it has been very humid. I've vented the greenhouse when the temperatures got too high, and made sure I watered the soil etc.

Unfortunately, over the last 5 or so days, our garden has flooded numerous times. This has also flooded my greenhouse

All my tomatoes (bar 1 Sungold plant) are looking spindly, straggly and have yellowing of the leaves.

Are they destined for the green bin? Is there anything else I can do to save them?

Thanks

OWG

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What a shame OWG. If the weather picks up, your tomatoes might be fine so don't rush to the compost heap. Wait and see.
Can you take some cuttings off them to root - just in case.

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OWG, the flooding of the greenhouse has probably leeched all nutrients out of the soil. The tomatoes are likely to be lacking food. A good dose of Tomorite, or equivalent, should hopefully help.

valmarg

I agree that a good dose of feed is in order. My first choice would be seaweed extract if you can get it, followed by tomorite.
Keep a steady nerve ....talk reassuringly to them...get the cheese butties ready....(!!)

Hazel, if you just put the pinched out side shoots in water they will root. Voila ! New tomato plants !

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I hope they recover OWG. My next-door neighbour had flood water in his greenhouse and lost some toms too.

By the way, is The Race today? Best of luck with it.

Flum

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Morning all!

Thanks, will give them a good dose of seaweed extract (bought some a few weeks ago) and will try and root some of the sideshoots I would normally pinch off!

All is not lost!

Flum: yes, my race is today. I'm thinking of racing in wellies, as I'm fairly sure the ground is sodden!

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Is it too late to try rooting sideshoots now, for a crop this year? (In case we get an 'indian summer'). I didnt realise you could do this - my lesson for today!!
Good luck with the race OWG, asking for a dry spell for you! - mine is in two weeks time.

You never know your luck. Some that I took when the plants were small are lots smaller than the parent plant but are setting fruit.

Phreddy