On Mon, 12 May 2008 13:34:10 +0100, CringleB wrote:

Hi
I have had a major tomato crisis and would welcome any advice. I put my
seedlings in a plastic greenhouse and had been putting them outside for
a few hours a day.
Unfortunately there was a very hot spell and by the time I had got to
them they had seriously wilted. I opened the greenhouse, moved them into
the shade and gave them a good drink of water. Now a lot of them have
crispy brown leaves and are looking somewhat dead.
Are they beyond salvation.
I would welcome any advice.
Many thanks
Chris

They sound dead, fortunately tomato plants are cheap. I tried to raise
tomatoes from seed last year because I wanted to grow some heirloom
varieties. They all keeled over and died before I could transplant them
so I went back to the old reliable garden center plants.

Hi
I have had a major tomato crisis and would welcome any advice.
I put my seedlings in a plastic greenhouse and had been putting them outside for a few hours a day.
Unfortunately there was a very hot spell and by the time I had got to them they had seriously wilted. I opened the greenhouse, moved them into the shade and gave them a good drink of water.
Now a lot of them have crispy brown leaves and are looking somewhat dead.
Are they beyond salvation.
I would welcome any advice.
Many thanks
Chris

On Mon, 12 May 2008 13:34:10 +0100, CringleB
wrote:


Hi
I have had a major tomato crisis and would welcome any advice.
I put my seedlings in a plastic greenhouse and had been putting them
outside for a few hours a day.
Unfortunately there was a very hot spell and by the time I had got to
them they had seriously wilted. I opened the greenhouse, moved them
into the shade and gave them a good drink of water.
Now a lot of them have crispy brown leaves and are looking somewhat
dead.
Are they beyond salvation.
I would welcome any advice.
Many thanks
Chris


I would keep them for a few days and see what happens. If all of the
leaves are dead, forget it.

On clear day my greenhouse can go from 60°F to 80°F from sunrise to 2
hours later. plants survive in the greenhouse when the temperature
get to 100°F. I try not to let them stay in that temperature too
long. On the other hand, our outdoor temperatures can get to 100°F
and the tomatoes do just fine. They may not set fruit, but they
certainly don't die.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

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Unfortunately there was a very hot spell and by the time I had got to
them they had seriously wilted. I opened the greenhouse, moved them into
the shade and gave them a good drink of water. Now a lot of them have
crispy brown leaves and are looking somewhat dead.
Are they beyond salvation.
I would welcome any advice.
Many thanks
Chris

They sound dead, fortunately tomato plants are cheap. I tried to raise
tomatoes from seed last year because I wanted to grow some heirloom
varieties. They all keeled over and died before I could transplant them
so I went back to the old reliable garden center plants.


What he said... but....

Was there any sense of revival in the first few hours?

Tomatoes are a very vascular plant and if there's going to be a hint of
revival, it usually happens pretty quickly.

When is dead, not dead?

What we'd do, depends on the answers to the above questions and our time
frame...

Likely we'd move to plan B right away and if there was any hint of life
in the plants, we would continue to care for them for awhile.

If they survived, we'd have even more tomatoes........ :-)

phorbin wrote in
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*snip*


When is dead, not dead?


*snip*

When they're tomatoes. We had some that got killed off by a frost, and
replaced them. A couple weeks later, we've got plants coming back up from
the roots of the dead ones.

While it's not a bad idea to replace your plants now, hang on to the others
for a while more yet and see if they do anything.

Puckdropper
--
You can only do so much with caulk, cardboard, and duct tape.

To email me directly, send a message to puckdropper (at) fastmail.fm

In article ,
CringleB wrote:

Hi
I have had a major tomato crisis and would welcome any advice.
I put my seedlings in a plastic greenhouse and had been putting them
outside for a few hours a day.
Unfortunately there was a very hot spell and by the time I had got to
them they had seriously wilted. I opened the greenhouse, moved them
into the shade and gave them a good drink of water.
Now a lot of them have crispy brown leaves and are looking somewhat
dead.
Are they beyond salvation.
I would welcome any advice.
Many thanks
Chris

Give then 24 hrs. If there is no sign of recovery, you're probably
screwed. This is a learning situation. We've all done it)
I'd suggest replacement from the nursery but I would also start more
seeds. If nothing else, it is good practice.
--

Billy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTf...ef=patrick.net
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0aEo...eature=related

"CringleB" wrote in message
...

Hi
I have had a major tomato crisis and would welcome any advice.
I put my seedlings in a plastic greenhouse and had been putting them
outside for a few hours a day.
Unfortunately there was a very hot spell and by the time I had got to
them they had seriously wilted. I opened the greenhouse, moved them
into the shade and gave them a good drink of water.
Now a lot of them have crispy brown leaves and are looking somewhat
dead.

I think they were cooked. They were baked to death.

Are they beyond salvation.
I would welcome any advice.
Many thanks
Chris




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CringleB