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tomato plant not taking its water

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 8:00 am
by llelo
hello my 1st post here!

ive got 3 tomato plants, and 2 of them have stoped taking their water as its still there next day on top of the soil, it didint seem a problem when it was nice weather, also the bottom of the leaves have turned yellow? have the had to much water? ot has the weather temperature affected them?

by the way they are in the conservetry in the house but would get loads of sun if it was nice!

is there and answer to this as there are tomatos on the top of the plant, will they just stop and die?

please help!!!!

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:37 am
by Roger
Hi there ! It sounds like too much watering. Skip watering for three or four or more days, till the soil looks a bit more dry. The leaves turn a bit yellow sometimes with too much water, specially towards the bottom of the plant.

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:44 am
by llelo
should I keep the yellow leaves on or take them off from the bottom of the plant?

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:46 am
by Grey
I would take the yellow leaves off, as they will likely die anyway.

If there is water sitting at the top of the pot, I'd dump the water out (tilt the pot).