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Old 26-05-2011, 09:33 AM
brgsstm brgsstm is offline
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Unhappy Dwarf Tomato Issues

Hi.

First of all I need to let you know that I know nothing about gardening/growing. I'm giving it a go though

I live in an apartment with 2 South facing windows so all my growing is indoors on a windowsill.

I have been trying to grow some dwarf tomato plants from seed on one of my windows for a few weeks now. There are 5 plants in a 20 inch long tray that is about 6 inches deep. Initially things looked good but recently things have taken a turn for the worse.

Firstly the leaves at the base of the plant shrivelled and died. I thought at first that this may be as they are no longer needed?

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/v...m/be083811.jpg

A few day's later I noticed some brown spots of dried leaf on one of the plants. The others still looked healthy so I ignored it. Was this my mistake?

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/v...m/6f79d6ef.jpg

This morning it's not looking good for them. Every plant has started to shrivel and I am absolutely gutted

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/v...m/b07046e8.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/v...m/ab5b45fd.jpg

I have been watering them daily with quite a lot of water. Could this be the issue? I have been adding plant food to the water too. I also have sprayed the leaves with the plant food infused water too. I'm beginning to think that wasn't a good idea?

My Chilli plant seems to be doing ok though. I planted 3 in this pot but 2 germinated and died. The remaining plant seems to be doing ok though.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/v...m/e2717445.jpg

Strawberries are taking an age and seem very hit and miss also.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/v...m/0c5cf41b.jpg

Any advice would be very much appreciated.

Cheers

Tom