AnthonyDublin
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Unexpected heatwave in Ireland ruined my plants

Hi guys,
I have grown some tomato plants in a small tiered greenhouse and they were doing really well until I went away for three days and suffered an unexpected heatwave. I came back to dead/dying? plants and need advice on how to save them.

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I've already taken them out of the sun and watered them deep.
Any advice is welcome.

john gault
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By Irish standards I have a heat wave every day. I've found that most of the problems with my tomatoes are not so much the 'heat', rather the sun's powerful rays. I've learned plant them near a plant that provides some shade and they do well, usually a tall sunflower or something.

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rainbowgardener
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Yes, all those brown crispy leaves are sunburned, from too much heat and especially too much direct sun. Those leaves will not recover, but it doesn't mean the plant is dying. Clip off the burned leaves, water the plant well and provide it with some part shade and it should be fine.

xtgold
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sunburn,pots look too small for the plants.



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