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| What would cause leaves on 5 day old tomato plants(beefsteak) to be deformed. Most of the plant's the leaves are misshaped. |
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| "Deformed" is a very subjective term. What is deformed to one person is normal to another. Plus the shape/type of deformity gives clues to the cause. Need to see a photo of the plant please. Dave |
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| Sorry no digital camera to post pic's. By deformed I mean the shape is irregular, some of the leaves have dents on one or both side's with brown in the center of the dent, and a few of the other leaves the tips have white points. I water them every day with blue miracle-gro |
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| I water them every day with blue miracle-gro Man I hope you are kidding! No. These are 5 days old! Please don't do that. Not only do they not need to be watered every day but seedlings do not need supplemental fertilizers much less all that. All that can only drown them but burn them, stress them, even kill them. Please do some research into how to grow tomatoes from seed. There is a great FAQ here on it. Dents, nips, tucks on the edges of the cotyledons (first baby leaves) are quite common and pose no threat to the plant. All that water and fertilizer sure does however.. Dave |
Here is a link that might be useful: How to grow tomatoes from seed
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| Yea kinda figured the Miracle-gro and watering every day was too much. Just wasn't sure about the leaves being irregularly shaped. This is the first time Ive grown tomato plants from seeds, usually I just buy plants already but figured Id give the seeds a try since their cheaper. |
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