Friday, February 3, 2012

My tomato plants are willted,they have plenty of water what should i do?

They sound like they are being over watered, let them dry out for at least a week and see if that doesn't help.





BTW Dr Dirt, tomatoes hate to get their leaves wet and should never be top watered. Tomatoes are very suceptable to soil born diseases so should be mulched heavily so when it rains or they are top watered, soil cannot splash up on the leaves causing various diseases such as blight

My tomato plants are willted,they have plenty of water what should i do?
If they have been correctly watered, haven't been frostbitten or are not transplants that have been set out in the hot sun, you need to consider that you have one of the many virus or fungus caused wilts. Type "tomato wilt" in search to find sites for identifying and treating.
Reply:just watering the ground around the plants is not enough,,,you need to wet the leaves also,,,try spraying them with a weak solution of miracle grow once or twice a week,,,,do this in the evening,,,so they will absorb the water,,and not be evaporated by the sun,,,
Reply:Have they been planted for awhile? In a pot, or in the ground? Dig them up and look at the roots... my suspicion is you've overpotted or overwatered, and the roots are rotting.
Reply:The PH balance of the soil is off. Add some bone meal or a light dust of lime and turn the soil around the plants. The wilting is from high acidity in the soil.
Reply:Give them a little shade until they recover. If you just planted them the sun is hard on them at first.
Reply:Put some coffee grounds around the plants base.
Reply:may have too much water, or need fertilizer


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