David Hare-Scott said:


FirstTimeGrower wrote:
Thanks very much to both of you! Sorry for the late reply. My phone
was stolen and I've been a bit preoccupied as a result!

I'll search the plants closely to see if I can mind spider mites or
mealy bug - I think I definitely had the latter on my parsley, which I
ended up throwing away, at least the leaves got a film of fuzz and
lots of white spots... And that was growing in the same place. But I
haven't seen any fuzz on the leaves of the tomatoes/peppers, just
white spots that grow larger and have black spots in them, but look
similar to what the parsley had.

The plants are indeed inside but I thought they'd be ok as it's a
conservatory and probably about as sunny as my garden... but could the
glass be causing them to burn?

No, small pots, lack of light, dry air inside the house and bugs account for
your problems.

I pretty much concur with David.

I always start my tomato plants indoors, under lights and they always
look a bit shabby despite my best care, mainly because of the dry indoor
air and limited pot size.

Once they get outside and planted into the garden (or very large containers)
it only takes a few days for them to really get growing. The transformation
is always quite amazing.
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Pat in Plymouth MI

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