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Please save my tomatoes!!!
Kazonline
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Hi all, hoping someone can come to my rescue! It's my first year of growing tomatoes - the tumbling tom I bought in a garden center seems to be doing well. However a neighbour kindly gave me a few of her tomatoe plants as she'd sowed too many. All has been going well except the past few days unpredictable weather meant I let them go a little dry (only a little for a short while- not even a full day)
They are now starting to look a little 'unwell'. The leaves have started to turn yellowish - is it anything I've done, and can it be fixed??? Fingers crossed someone can help.
Thanks,
Kaz x
PS - here's a piccie of the worst
They are now starting to look a little 'unwell'. The leaves have started to turn yellowish - is it anything I've done, and can it be fixed??? Fingers crossed someone can help.
Thanks,
Kaz x
PS - here's a piccie of the worst
January '06 Grocery Challenge (4th - 31st) £320.
Week 1 - £73.99 Week 2 £5.10 (so far 
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Someone burst my bubble and I lost the plot so no idea what I spent now... 
I will try to work it out.
Other Jan :- Petrol £20.41, Clothes £8.50, House £3.I will try to work it out.
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If the soil is really dry, stick the pot(s) into a bucket and immerce the whole pot in water for an hour - then remove (otherwise they'll drown!).0
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Thanks oldrimes. I watered them thoroughly this morning - and now they are looking like this. I'm pretty sure the yellowness has come on suddenly..but I could be mistaken. I'm wondering whether a good feed might save them - but if it's some kind of tomato 'disease' I'm guessing I'd be better shifting the affected ones from the healthy ones?January '06 Grocery Challenge (4th - 31st) £320.Week 1 - £73.99 Week 2 £5.10 (so far )
Someone burst my bubble and I lost the plot so no idea what I spent now...Other Jan :- Petrol £20.41, Clothes £8.50, House £3.I will try to work it out.
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are you feeding them kaz? it doesnt look like a big pot so they will have used up all the goodness in the compost0
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Looks like it could be Magnesium deficiency, so give 'em a good feed, preferably with a tomato specific fertilizer.
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Thanks twink and Jfdi. I have been feeding them, but probably far from regular enough so will nip out and give them a good dose this evening.
Thanks again to everyone for your advice,
Kaz xJanuary '06 Grocery Challenge (4th - 31st) £320.Week 1 - £73.99 Week 2 £5.10 (so far )
Someone burst my bubble and I lost the plot so no idea what I spent now...Other Jan :- Petrol £20.41, Clothes £8.50, House £3.I will try to work it out.
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not too much feed at once kaz:D0
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What - can't I just pour the bottle into the watering can and give them that? Poor things are starving
January '06 Grocery Challenge (4th - 31st) £320.Week 1 - £73.99 Week 2 £5.10 (so far )
Someone burst my bubble and I lost the plot so no idea what I spent now...Other Jan :- Petrol £20.41, Clothes £8.50, House £3.I will try to work it out.
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sorry kaz didnt mean to imply you were thick:D , but thought i would say anyway, just in case:rotfl: i havnt much tomatoes on mine, dgs brought the plant home from the school, it looks healthy, just not much fruit0
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