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Sat, May 25, 13 at 12:25
| Hello. I have a question regarding my 2 week post transplant tomato plant grown from seed. It is a Black Krim variety and has been sprouted for 1 month now and transplanted, like i said, 2 weeks ago into the ground. I amended the soil pre-transplant with organic fertilizers(N bat guano, Bone meal, Sul Po Mag for K, mykos mycorrhizae, azomite, humic acid, kelp meal, alfalfa meal, and worm castings. Now my question is because I have a mortgage lifter tomato planted right beside my Black Krim that is struggling, they are spaced apart by 4 feet, so plenty of space, and yet the mortgage lifter has been growing like a champion ever since transplant. Now the soil they are in is exactly the same with all the same amendments because i amended it all the same. They were also planted the exact same way. Everything was done identically the same to each plant. The only difference is the variety of tomato. Now i would include a picture, but I can describe it just as easily. My struggling Black Krim looks fine, other than the leaves seem to be canoeing a bit (leaf edges curled upwards like a canoe shape) and it has not grown since transplanted. (was transplanted when 3.5 inches tall and 1st set of true leaves developed to about 2 inches long. Thank you for any input or advice or solution you may provide me. It is greatly appreciated! |
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| If you would include a picture like you say, it might be helpful. The only thing that stands out to me is that you said it germinated a month ago and that you transplanted it two weeks ago after it had it's first set of true leaves. Sounds like the plant was a little small. Maybe it had some kind of transplant shock, or got rootbound somehow. What kind of pot was it transplanted from? |
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- Posted by SenorBuenaMano 5 (My Page) on Sat, May 25, 13 at 13:35
| Ya thats the only other conclusion i come to is that I transplanted too early. Here's a picture! I started them in Jiffy Peat pellets and when roots were coming out of sides and bottom I transplanted. Maybe too early. The only other thing i can think of is that the weather was not ideal post transplant. It was rainy off and on and in the 50's temperature wise, so now thinking that probably played a big part. Just weird how one variety took well to the soil and conditions and the other hasn't yet. |
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| That actually doesn't look too bad for a month old. Looks healthy anyway. Maybe it will get going in better weather. |
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| Senor, From the pics I would not panic. But what was not revealed in your write-up was removal of peat pellet netting. One can assume this was done; (and for 1st timers) the netting is removed before potting-up. So the tomato seedling is free to place roots in your garden soil. -R.S. |
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| simmran1, thanks for being specific about the netting. That's what I was getting at when I asked what it was transplanted from. |
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