Is my plant sick?

[conyaks]

when I first bought the plant it was fairly green.. shortly after planting the plant started to brown.. All the plant has had was MG and watered daily for 10 mins.. just about a week ago I started to see the plant get some healthy green on the top.. any ideas what happened? I did add some fert about 2 weeks ago close to the main stem as per the instructions on the package. Perhaps the fert is pulling it out of whatever it was?




Thanks, Cnyak

[Penny]

Oh boy, that doesnt look good, it almost looks like the plant has been burnt?

Someone will be along who will know better though.

[discrepancy]

It's drowning. You need to cut back on the watering quite a bit. I've been watering mine once every two or three days, directly at the root like you're doing, for about 30sec per plant with the "soaker" option on my garden hose.

[Timmah!]

Are you checking the soil to see if it needs watering before you water?

[conyaks]

Timmah, no I just have it on a timer for 10 min a day everyday... Figured I needed it alot since it is 100+ degrees here everyday.. my flag dripper says its 15 l/h.. maybe I should drop it down to 3 mins a day.

If I was over watering wouldn't it show in my other plants?
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/4876/p1010039ta.jpg

thanks

[Timmah!]

I'd just stick my finger in a couple inches and see if the soil is dry 2-3" before watering. You could also buy a moisture meter. Cutting down on the watering and see if it imporves would be what I would do.

[Talon1189]

I agree........that tomato plant is getting too much water

[discrepancy]

Originally Posted by conyaks

Timmah, no I just have it on a timer for 10 min a day everyday... Figured I needed it alot since it is 100+ degrees here everyday.. my flag dripper says its 15 l/h.. maybe I should drop it down to 3 mins a day.

If I was over watering wouldn't it show in my other plants?
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/4876/p1010039ta.jpg

thanks

http://fthats.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/dscn1256.jpg is what I found doing a quick Google search for "drown tomato" -- looks exactly like what's happening to yours.

Not all plants have the same tolerance for overwatering, and not all plants show signs the same way. Tomatoes can deal with it up to a certain extent, and then they go "BLAAARGH I YELLOW MY LEAVES FURIOUSLY AT YOU BLAAARGH."

[Timmah!]

"BLAAARGH I YELLOW MY LEAVES FURIOUSLY AT YOU BLAAARGH."

LMAO!

[conyaks]

Thanks for the replies I've Decided to just water them for 5 mins every other day and see how it goes.

[Timmah!]

If you can, try determining how long it takes for the top 2-3" of soil to be dry, then water; rather than setting arbitrary watering schedules.

[conyaks]

ok, I'll buy a moisture meter and go from there.. thanks for the input

[Timmah!]

So.... are you seeing any improvement or change in the situation?

[conyaks]

that tomato plant and the basil are doing great... the one tomato plant behind the one thats greening up is not coming back... I'm afraid its just dead

[Timmah!]

Two out of Three ain't bad. =D