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I killed my tomato plant
This is a first for me. I planted a yellow pear tomato, and I
remembered reading that you are supposed to plant them deep. It was about 9" tall to begin with, and I planted it with about 4" sticking out of the hole. It grew pretty well over the past 3 weeks, and was about a foot tall. Then it fell over, and started to wilt every day. Today I finally figured out that the plant was rotting right at ground level. Evidently the daily waterings were simply too often, and so I killed it with water. I've never had that happen to a tomato plant before. Then again, I'm not certain I've ever watered them that often, either. During the time the tomato was growing, I kept planting other plants, and so I needed to get the watering wand out every day. Since I already had it out, I went ahead and got the tomato too. Now I'll have to decide what other vegetable to put there. |
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I killed my tomato plant
On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:29:33 -0400, Ohioguy wrote:
This is a first for me. I planted a yellow pear tomato, and I remembered reading that you are supposed to plant them deep. It was about 9" tall to begin with, and I planted it with about 4" sticking out of the hole. It grew pretty well over the past 3 weeks, and was about a foot tall. Then it fell over, and started to wilt every day. Today I finally figured out that the plant was rotting right at ground level. Evidently the daily waterings were simply too often, and so I killed it with water. I've never had that happen to a tomato plant before. Then again, I'm not certain I've ever watered them that often, either. During the time the tomato was growing, I kept planting other plants, and so I needed to get the watering wand out every day. Since I already had it out, I went ahead and got the tomato too. Now I'll have to decide what other vegetable to put there. You can put another tomato plant in, you still have time. I've been spraying my tomatoes with copper fungicide spray this year to prevent blight. Last year was a complete disaster in my area (New England) because of late blight. |
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I killed my tomato plant
Ohioguy wrote:
This is a first for me. I planted a yellow pear tomato, and I remembered reading that you are supposed to plant them deep. It was about 9" tall to begin with, and I planted it with about 4" sticking out of the hole. It grew pretty well over the past 3 weeks, and was about a foot tall. Then it fell over, and started to wilt every day. Today I finally figured out that the plant was rotting right at ground level. Evidently the daily waterings were simply too often, and so I killed it with water. I've never had that happen to a tomato plant before. Then again, I'm not certain I've ever watered them that often, either. During the time the tomato was growing, I kept planting other plants, and so I needed to get the watering wand out every day. Since I already had it out, I went ahead and got the tomato too. Now I'll have to decide what other vegetable to put there. Look for a Stupice or Early Girl tomato plant to replace it. (You probably still have time to replant with any variety except a really late-season one) Bob |
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I killed my tomato plant
On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:35:52 -0500, balvenieman wrote:
General Schvantzkoph wrote: I've beenspraying my tomatoes with copper fungicide spray this year to prevent blight. Last year was a complete disaster in my area (New England) because of late blight. Last year I brought home what looked suspiciously like potato blight on some commercial cucumber sets; in addition, it took out a tomato in short order before I got them disposed of. Fortunately, those plants were in containers so the soil is isolated and I'll grow other things in those containers for a few years. This year, it was a sudden onslaught of downy mildew that caused me to pull a batch of "little marvel" peas on 1 May, just as they were their most productive. Since then, I've sprayed _everything_ (well, almost) with neem oil at least weekly, depending on rainfall. I also sterilize my trellises, shears, knife, butcher's cotton twine garden ties, etc. with 91% alcohol. This is my first year using neem oil. In past years, I've used copper fungicides with only spotty, unreliable results so if the neem doesn't kill stuff outright.... I'm using both copper and neem oil. |
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I killed my tomato plant
Ohioguy wrote:
This is a first for me. I planted a yellow pear tomato, and I remembered reading that you are supposed to plant them deep. It was about 9" tall to begin with, and I planted it with about 4" sticking out of the hole. It grew pretty well over the past 3 weeks, and was about a foot tall. Then it fell over, and started to wilt every day. Today I finally figured out that the plant was rotting right at ground level. Evidently the daily waterings were simply too often, and so I killed it with water. I've never had that happen to a tomato plant before. Then again, I'm not certain I've ever watered them that often, either. During the time the tomato was growing, I kept planting other plants, and so I needed to get the watering wand out every day. Since I already had it out, I went ahead and got the tomato too. Now I'll have to decide what other vegetable to put there. The rate of evapotranspiration varies greatly with the weather. Water after testing the soil if it is needed not after a certain time interval has elapsed. David |
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I would like to give advise you that Tomato seedlings will need either strong, direct sunlight or 14-18 hours under grow lights. Place the young plants only a couple of inches from florescent grow lights. Plant your tomatoes outside in the sunniest part of your vegetable plot. I hope that this will be help.
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