Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Could someone tell me what is causing my tomato plants to droop very badly?

the plants have tomatoes on them, but look as if the plants are dying please help

Could someone tell me what is causing my tomato plants to droop very badly?
What have you got your tomatoes in? Is the pot too small? They are probably in compost and this dries out very quickly in this hot weather. So they need plenty of water, best time is at night when it is not so hot an give them a REALLY good drink, soak them even. Just the compost I mean NOT the plants.


Also are you taking out the little piece of green that grows between the leaves that is just sapping the strength of the plant?


The weight of the tomatos on the stem will also need to be staked up on bamboo or something similar as the fruit will topple the plant over. Are you feeding them? they will need a good tomatoe feed at least once a week. But most important WATER EVERY EVENING so as they don't dry out. Hope this helps.
Reply:Tomatoes require a lot of water. If it's hot, you might have to water twice a day.
Reply:You need to put a stake next to them and put twine around the stem to help hold them up.
Reply:Water them daily and get one of those wired round "cages" to hold them up.
Reply:The weight of the tomatoes make them droop. You need to buy a cage for them.


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