help identify problem

NicolasGarcia · June 15, 2019

Hello everyone and thanks.
I have all my healthy tomato plants, except this plant that I die the photos, in the place where it is planted, the water does not drain well and I think it has excess water, the truth is that I do not know what to do, maybe I should start it for that does not infect the other plants?
Thank you.
Nico

edweather · June 15, 2019

Too much water or standing water will yellow and stunt the plant. Probably whats going on here. You could move it to a drier location, but imo it's probably past saving.

slugworth · June 15, 2019

for the soggy area you may want to try planting in a container with an open bottom.
Most of the plant will then be above the water table,and since it's open bottom no
worries about having to water every day.

ginger2778 · June 15, 2019

Nico, let it dry out some, then treat it with 1 Tablespoon of Epsom Salt in 4 litres of water. it should green up in only a day or 2.

NicolasGarcia · June 16, 2019

Thank you very much everyone for the help.
It is an area of my garden where the water does not drain well, at the beginning of the season I used several bags of coconut fiber in the area, but it seems to be too short, I use drip irrigation with the same gum for all the tomato plants, I will have think about doing something in that rubber, how to introduce some key in that area so that it irrigates less amount of water. I have two days without watering and it seems that it has been good for the plants, today I used the epsom salts.
Thank you

June 15, 2019	#2
edweather Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Southeast GA, USDA 9a, HZ9, Sunset Z28 Posts: 396	Too much water or standing water will yellow and stunt the plant. Probably whats going on here. You could move it to a drier location, but imo it's probably past saving. __________________ You'll be surprised what you'll never have to do, if you put it off long enough.

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June 15, 2019	#3
slugworth Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: connecticut,usa Posts: 1,152	for the soggy area you may want to try planting in a container with an open bottom. Most of the plant will then be above the water table,and since it's open bottom no worries about having to water every day.

June 15, 2019	#4
ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	Nico, let it dry out some, then treat it with 1 Tablespoon of Epsom Salt in 4 litres of water. it should green up in only a day or 2.

June 16, 2019	#5
NicolasGarcia Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: España Posts: 453	Thank you very much everyone for the help. It is an area of my garden where the water does not drain well, at the beginning of the season I used several bags of coconut fiber in the area, but it seems to be too short, I use drip irrigation with the same gum for all the tomato plants, I will have think about doing something in that rubber, how to introduce some key in that area so that it irrigates less amount of water. I have two days without watering and it seems that it has been good for the plants, today I used the epsom salts. Thank you