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| I started these tomatoes on march 1st in my little greenhouse. Had a day where I left heater on all day on a sunny day a few weeks ago with no ventilation. Lost many plants but these are now acting like they have a disease our fungus. Squash have some sorry of mild that I'm treating with a milk mixture which seems to be helping. It makes sense these have same issue but the problem looks different. Ideas of the problem and how to treat? |
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| The anemic color alone indicates a severe nutrient deficiency issues, possibly several nutrients. So what and how often have they been fed? The mottled color of the leaves 'could' be some sort of fungus issues but it could just as easily be caused by several other things. The plants are in such poor over all condition it is impossible to say for sure what without a great deal more information from you. The shriveled leaves could be caused by temperature extremes, heat, over-watering, being root bound, poor air circulation, a poor soil mixture leading to root rot, etc. or a combination of all the above. Since even the newer growth is affected I would bet that the primary problem lies in the roots in the pot but IMO the plants in the photos are not salvageable. You might want to post over on the Growing Tomatoes forum (directly linked from this forum) here for more input. Dave |
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| I am guessing that "no ventilation" in your greenhouse equals... lots of humidity. Heavy humidity lends itself to fungal diseases...which tomatoes do get a lot. You might be better off starting over. Those look bad. |
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- Posted by heelerlove (My Page) on Sat, May 10, 14 at 10:38
| Those are the worst so I'll toss those and repot the others. Sometimes an accident of having to many started can be a good thing. I don't have a great setup and left a heater on all day when I'd gone to work on a sunny day and that got many and probably affected the others which just took a little longer. I wondered about being root bound and regarding being feed I had just started with a seed starter soil and when transplanted put them in a hyponex potting soil. Hadn't considered feeding them again. They were so big and beautiful :-( its a learning experience I guess. I'll work on those that don't look so bad. Thank you all so much for your quick response! |
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| hyponex potting soil You might want to type that in the search here and read about all the problems with it. Dave |
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