more sick tomato photos
October 23, 2008 at 2:28 pm 3 comments
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October 23, 2008 at 2:28 pm 3 comments
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1. Kieran | October 24, 2008 at 6:53 pm
Didn’t your tomato plant look healthy before it was foliar fed?
Foliar feeding isn’t easy. I’ve only tried spraying a dilute calcium chloride solution on to tomato plants’ leaves once before to target a particular nutrient deficiency and it didn’t make much difference.
It’s likely that a general nutrient deficiency caused the physiological leaf roll and the discolouration is due to leaf burn from the earlier foliar feeding rather than a specific potassium deficiency.
Come to think of it, with damaged leaves, a reduction in transpiration may manifest itself in a similar way as over-watering.
As you’ve just given the plant a fresh batch of nutrient I’d suggest that you leave the plant alone for a good few days, don’t prune it or remove dying leaves and cross your fingers! If you’re lucky the plant will have enough energy left to grow new leaves/leaf branches.
2. sivrat | October 24, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Hi Kieran
It is looking like it will recover, thankfully. I spoke to a horticulturist friend and she thinks is a combination of things, but there is definately a hint of some kind of fungus. So I have pruned out the bad leaves, and sprayed with a organic fungicide. Unfortunately the most of the leaves were affected, so it is looking very bare. The leaves had all gone dead, dry and crispy, so I doubt that they would have given the plant any help.
I transplanted it into a bigger pot, and it seems to be liking it. The leave are slowly turning green again.
Luckily though, even through all this, the plant has begun to set 2 fruit
. I noticed them yesterday evening, and saw this evening that they are growing. So I am confident it will be alright.
Thanks for the help, it is good to speak to someone who has been down the hydroponic road
3. Kieran | October 24, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Sounds promising.
The great thing with gardening is that there can be more than one solution to a problem, and like your friend said, there can be more than one problem!