Declining after germinating tomatoes

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Posted by gmein none (My Page) on

Sat, Mar 1, 14 at 18:19

Got the plants up and looked very healthy. After seven days of growing the stems became weak and the stance of the plant begin to fall. They have leaned over and it appears that at the bottom of the stems at the soil base the plant has become increasingly skinny and this appears to be why they are falling over. Did I over water them after they came up, it is the only thing that I can think of. They were not exposed to hot weather or any dramatic full sun????

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Posted by theforgottenone1013 5b/6a MI (My Page) on
Sat, Mar 1, 14 at 18:45

What you describe are the classic symptoms of damping off. Over watering, bad choice of seed starting mix, and/or not enough air circulation created the perfect conditions to allow fungus to kill off your seedlings.

Rodney

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Posted by digdirt 6b-7a North AR (My Page) on
Sat, Mar 1, 14 at 19:36

Agree. Classic description of damp-off. Primary causes are growing medium kept overly wet and lack of air circulation. Sadly the plants aren't salvageable.

Dave

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