Hi guys,
My tomato plant was doing great before this long rain. Now it is drooping very badly. I have grown it from a small plant in this pot from the beginning. Since the two day pour down here in New Orleans, it has been drooping very badly and does not look all that hot. I took it out of the pot and put new soil in it, as the old soil was soaking wet mud. Hope this was the right thing to do. I have held off on watering it, but am now wondering if I should start again since I put it in dry soil. I keep it outside for about 8 hours a day in the sun, and keep it inside at night next to my raspberry and strawberry bush, which are doing great!!! I have attached a few pictures in case this may help anyone diagnose my plants illness.
Thanks so much!!!
Kevin
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Does the pot have drainage holes? If not, I strongly urge you to get one that does and repot your plant again. Also, use a potting mix, not soil out of your yard. Potting mixes for container grown plants drain much more rapidly than ordinary soil.
Your plant will not survive in a pot without drainage holes, or in soil that doesn't drain rapidly enough for use in containers.
If the pot is made of plastic, you can easily drill holes in the bottom if there are none.
Your plant will not survive in a pot without drainage holes, or in soil that doesn't drain rapidly enough for use in containers.
If the pot is made of plastic, you can easily drill holes in the bottom if there are none.
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Your tomato does look like it got water logged with all the rain, needs to dry out and get some sun. Also sometimes flat bottom pots sitting on concrete like that, it seals too tight and inhibits drainage. Helps to put some gravel or something under it to lift the pot up off the concrete a little.
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Tomatoes are, in their natural state, vines which sprawl along the ground.
Be sure that your plant, in addition to well-draining soil and a well-draining container, has adequate support. If one of the branches suffers a severe bend-over during the rain, fruiting on that branch may be compromised.
Cynthia H.
Sunset Zone 17, USDA Zone 9
Be sure that your plant, in addition to well-draining soil and a well-draining container, has adequate support. If one of the branches suffers a severe bend-over during the rain, fruiting on that branch may be compromised.
Cynthia H.
Sunset Zone 17, USDA Zone 9