thesnapman44
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Yellow pear tomatoes.

I am growing some Yellow Pear tomatoes, and I wonder if someone could please give me some advice.
The plants are young, and currently growing in an Hydrofarm, which is inside my residence. It just has a plastic dome on top, which is removable. My tomato plants are about 2" high and the middle of the plant looks very healthy, and appears to be growing very well. The bottom two leaves are however, slightly drooping, almost touching the soil. In it`s current progress, does it seem that the plant is thriving and doing well, or is the start of something going wrong ?
Thank you.
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hendi_alex
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Looks sad to me compared to any conventionally grown tomato. Very droopy.

Franenuss
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Some of my cherry tomatoes plants have similar dropping in their first leaves, I thought it was due to watering problems, but I'm not sure. I'll keep an eye on this thread too :)

thesnapman44
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Unfortunately, the plant did not survive. When I picked it up, it came out just like it was laying there, instead of pulling up some kind of root/s. Thank you anyway.

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rainbowgardener
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too much humidity lead to "damping off" a fungal condition. The plastic dome is only for sprouting seeds and should be removed as soon as they have sprouted.

thesnapman44
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Lesson learned. Thank you.
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I would love to have it as a following page.

dtizme
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I'm growing 2 of that variety this year. They are looking pretty good so far but I just got them from a nursery. I'll keep you updated.



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