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too much sun?
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 3:35 am
by GardenGnome
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All my other plants are doing pretty good.
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 3:39 am
by applestar
Yep. Looks like sunburn. The leaf tip that was scorched looks like water beaded at the tip.
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 3:50 am
by GardenGnome
I might have did so its not to much sun is from water on the plant the sun heats the leaf up threw the water? Do I clip the leaf,keep the plants under the lights inside?
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 6:23 am
by rainbowgardener
No, don't worry about it. It won't really hurt the plant. Just a sign that it might not have been hardened off gradually enough. (Although that water magnifying glass effect can happen even on fully adapted plants.) But new leaves that come out will be fine. This effect is another reason why I think it is better to water in the morning, before the sun is directly on them and generally to water the soil, not the plants.
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 7:38 am
by applestar
FYI - the leaf tip phenomenon can also occur from soapy solution against aphids lingering on leaf tip and evaporating (getting concentrated).
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:26 am
by GardenGnome
Yeah I might have rushed the hardening off abit. I couldn't help it I blame the weather.
I might have dripped water on them. But I think my 5 yr old son was playing with the hose. My fault for leaving it out by my plants.
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:55 pm
by GardenGnome
Odd more did it but I didn't think I got water on them.
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 6:52 am
by rainbowgardener
Tender seedlings can burn like that just from the sun, without water, if the hardening off is rushed. The plant will still be fine. The new leaves that appear will be better adapted to their new conditions.
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 7:42 am
by GardenGnome
K ill keep an eye on them.