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Old 30-07-2009, 09:59 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Ophelia writes


Awww thank you so much for your kind response) They are out in the
rain.. should I bring them in now to dry off??
The leaves do look a mess. They are mostly yellow and shrivelling. I do
have loads of tomatoes though

Most leaves yellow and shrivelling is not good, bottom leaves yellow and
shrivelling is OK.

Once a leaf is yellow and shrivelling, it's not doing much for the
plant, so you might as well nip them off. A plant with a few green
leaves looks much healthier than one with a few green leaves and lots of
yellow ones - removing yellow leaves is good for the gardener's morale
;-)

They're OK in the rain if the pots/bags can grow freely, but if they're
getting waterlogged, draining the excess water would be a good idea.
leaves of waterlogged plants seem to go a sort of brownish colour and
then yellow.




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Kay