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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