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| Howdy, I think I planted my tomatoes a little early. I put them out about three weeks ago. We had some unusually cold weather. One night was in the low 40's. And it's been a little wet. One of them is whitish on the underside with prominent veins. One has brown spots. My question is...do you think the poor growth is due to the environment or from disease or poor soil? I'm growing them in a sfg mix of verm, compost, and sphagnum peat moss. My peppers are growing ok...they are a little yellow. Bush beans are doing really good. |
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| I would agree that you planted far too early - especially without any protection on them - and all the symptoms in the first pic can be laid off on stresses caused by that exposure. If the weather cooperates it should recover with no problems. Normally I'd recommend giving it a well diluted feeding but it has enough stress right now without adding to it. The plant in the second pic "could" be just wind and sun damage along with the other stresses but I can't tell for sure from the picture, can't rule out Early Blight, on it. Monitor it closely and replace it if the symptoms show up on its new growth. As to the peppers - far too soon for them to be out IMO. They require much warmer air and soil temps than tomatoes do. Peppers are not normally planted until a good 2-3 weeks after tomatoes. Can I ask how deep the bed is and why the tomato plants appear to be planted so shallow? Why they have all that exposed stem above ground? I'd suggest mounding lots of soil up all around the base of those plants to bury as much of that bare stem as possible. Dave |
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| Cut the lower branches, use some mulch. Many diseases come from rain splashing on the leaves. To keep the seedlings warmer, I suggest using some floating row cover. |
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| Thanks for the help guys...this is my first real garden. I've just done herbs and peppers in containers The bed is 8 inches deep. We bought the tomato plants when they were about 6 in. tall and planted them at the same depth as they were in the flat. How deep should they be planted? I'll trim the lowers and mound up the stems. It's raining again today :( |
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| I'm new to gardening too. The last time I planted tomatoes, they got a horrible case of early blight. At the time I had no idea what it was, I just thought they "weren't doing well." I made the mistake of planting them in a shallow swimming pool and planting them upright, giving the roots very little room to grow. I also planted too early. Anyway, this is my second attempt at growing tomatoes in this region. I am using a canopy to regulate exposure to rain and minimize leaf wetness, and also a cloche thingy because it's cold right now. I also read that you can use bottles filled with warm water to keep the tomato warm underneath the cloche, so I'm trying that. I only planted mine a couple of days ago. I planted it horizontally this time, since it's in a raised bed on the patio. (It's a bigger, deeper bed this time.) I hope your tomatoes do well! I haven't had any luck with peppers--I tried them here in Western Washington, and they both died. =( |
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