Hi,
I recently started gardening, I have some spring onions, cucumber, salad leaves, onions, carrots, strawberry etc but the most troublesome I have is my tomatoes, I have 5 plants, two indoor, three outside. (kept the indoor ones to one side as I wasnt sure of the reaction when planting out)
I hardened them off, moved them out a put them in a small patch in my garden, added some generic soil improver beforehand. two of the plants are showing darker stems, and dark blueish edges around the edges of the leaves. When I rub the stem with my finger it almost looks like a orange-esc film has covered them.
It's a partial sun spot, I water daily/when needed.
Any other info needed just ask.
Any ideas?
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meshmouse
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LAE -
Since nobody else has chimed in, I will give you my experience.
When I've had extra tomato seedlings with no home to plant to and that have hung around for a few weeks too long, the stems and veins would eventually turn purple, or dark. Somewhere (probably this forum) I heard that that was indicative of a magnesuim deficiency. A simple dilution of 1 TB of epsom salts to one gal of water, whether root drenched or by foliar spray would provide for that deficiency. I used it and it worked for me.
Use at your own risk. Good luck. - meshmouse
Since nobody else has chimed in, I will give you my experience.
When I've had extra tomato seedlings with no home to plant to and that have hung around for a few weeks too long, the stems and veins would eventually turn purple, or dark. Somewhere (probably this forum) I heard that that was indicative of a magnesuim deficiency. A simple dilution of 1 TB of epsom salts to one gal of water, whether root drenched or by foliar spray would provide for that deficiency. I used it and it worked for me.
Use at your own risk. Good luck. - meshmouse
