The Gardenfather
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Sunscald on my Tomato starts...treatment suggestions?

I'm a greenhouse neophyte and I potted up my starts about 3 days ago and as quickly as I thought "wonder if I still need to harden these up in the shade first?" the thought exited just as quickly and thus...I have "sunkissed" leaves on my plants... :x

[img]https://i1223.photobucket.com/albums/dd517/Jdelliott3/SunscaldTomatoStarts.jpg[/img]

Any suggestions for treatment would be much appreciated!

Also any suggestions for "shading" the green house would be welcomed as well!

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hendi_alex
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The sun scald might slow the plants a bit, but no permanent harm was done. Just take a few days and ease the plants from filtered light to full sun over a five to seven day period. I've done the same before and the plants did just fine.



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