Qestion about hearts and purple veins

louster · August 5, 2009

I'm growing Prue, Brad's Black heart, Russian 117, Opalka, and Wes this year, along with a number of non-hearts. I've noticed that all the varieties with the wispy foliage also have purple veins. Otherwise, they are doing fine, producing well, and growing like gangbusters. Is the purple-vein thing just something I've never noticed before with these varieties? Or is there something I could be doing to improve things? I know purple veins are a sign of stress or nutrient deficiency, but they are interspersed with all my other tomatoes that show no signs of stress. I have fertilized with tomato tone and once a month with fish emulsion/seaweed fertilizer. Any help would be appreciated......maybe I should just relax and not worry about it?!!!

August 5, 2009	#1
louster Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Portland, MI Posts: 53	Qestion about hearts and purple veins I'm growing Prue, Brad's Black heart, Russian 117, Opalka, and Wes this year, along with a number of non-hearts. I've noticed that all the varieties with the wispy foliage also have purple veins. Otherwise, they are doing fine, producing well, and growing like gangbusters. Is the purple-vein thing just something I've never noticed before with these varieties? Or is there something I could be doing to improve things? I know purple veins are a sign of stress or nutrient deficiency, but they are interspersed with all my other tomatoes that show no signs of stress. I have fertilized with tomato tone and once a month with fish emulsion/seaweed fertilizer. Any help would be appreciated......maybe I should just relax and not worry about it?!!!