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Storm Ruined Tomato Plants
We planted several tomato plants in May and they were doing great
until a huge rain (thunder & lighting, hail) storm hit and they are now all drooping. We are concerned that most will not survive and we won't have any fresh tomatoes this year. Doesn't anybody have any suggestions? Should I add the tomato fertilizer fast grow? I don't want to touch them too much. Thanks, Trax www.yardcharmers.com |
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Storm Ruined Tomato Plants
On Sat, 6 Jun 2009 09:43:38 -0700 (PDT) in trax wrote:
We planted several tomato plants in May and they were doing great until a huge rain (thunder & lighting, hail) storm hit and they are now all drooping. We are concerned that most will not survive and we won't have any fresh tomatoes this year. Doesn't anybody have any suggestions? Should I add the tomato fertilizer fast grow? I don't want to touch them too much. If they're a determinate variety, they're toast. If they're an indeterminate variety new growth should resume from what's left of the stem and roots (Unless it rained so hard it washed away the roots too). You'll just be a bit late getting tomatoes. -- Chris Dukes davej eskimos have hundreds of words for snow. I have two. Bullshit. |
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Storm Ruined Tomato Plants
trax wrote in news:3678fabf-22bc-4280-8db4-
: We planted several tomato plants in May and they were doing great until a huge rain (thunder & lighting, hail) storm hit and they are now all drooping. We are concerned that most will not survive and we won't have any fresh tomatoes this year. I have planted replacements as late as July 4th and had tomatos all the way up to the first frost. |
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Storm Ruined Tomato Plants
trax wrote:
Doesn't anybody have any suggestions? Drooping is not the same as dead. Plants are surprisingly resilient. Suggestion: do nothing. Let Mother Nature take care of it. Daniel B. Martin |
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Storm Ruined Tomato Plants
On Jun 6, 5:24*pm, Daniel B Martin
wrote: trax wrote: *Doesn't anybody have any suggestions? * Drooping is not the same as dead. * Plants are surprisingly resilient. Suggestion: do nothing. * Let Mother Nature take care of it. Daniel B. Martin Thanks Daniel, I did nothing and to my surprise this morning a few appear to be coming back. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Thanks again, Trax www.yardcharmers.com |
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Storm Ruined Tomato Plants
On Jun 7, 10:07*am, trax wrote:
On Jun 6, 5:24*pm, Daniel B Martin wrote: trax wrote: *Doesn't anybody have any suggestions? * Drooping is not the same as dead. * Plants are surprisingly resilient.. Suggestion: do nothing. * Let Mother Nature take care of it. Daniel B. Martin Thanks Daniel, I did nothing and to my surprise this morning a few appear to be coming back. *I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Thanks again, Traxwww.yardcharmers.com If the roots are totally saturated with water they cannot take up water because it has to be in the form of water vapor, so my guess is it stayed wet a bit too long. The leaves were transpiring water, but the roots could not take up more hence the wilting. If the roots dry out before they rot then they will be a bit stunted but ok. I try to plant mine on a hill a few inches above the garden level so some of the roots have a better chance of not drowning. The hills make it a bit harder to get water to them when it is dry though. |
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