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Old April 11, 2007   #61
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I meant to say I feel terrible for those of you who lost plants. It really is a kick in the pants to put so much effort and care into them only to have them ruined. I can't imagine what those people with orchards and crops that they rely on for money are going through.
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Old April 12, 2007   #62
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I feel for the people who rely on their crops for money as well. Saturday, my plants looked great, vigorous and healthy with nary a spot on them. Now, when I look at them I could almost cry. Very frustrating!
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Old April 12, 2007   #63
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dua....good news...if you will believe it. Stop believin in the lie, an come to trust...yo own skill. Theres a million ways to give a tomato more Foilage, relief from heat. One of the simplest ways...is simply plant a runnin Bean beside it. The beauty...of our current dilemnas...is how...we got All the time in the World,...we got a Long season...

you aint row-croppin...u are backyard growin. U got all it takes... to Grin....right there...))) Best Wishes...)))
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Old April 12, 2007   #64
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Welcome to farming.

Annoying as this may be, it is also an
opportunity to find out what will bring
a tomato plant out of cold shock. (I'm just
guessing that they are in some state similar
to transplant shock, simply with a different
sort of trauma as the source of the stress.)

Some things I might try in this situation:
drench one with a foliar feeding of tsp/gal
dilution of fish or fish/seaweed mix; drench
one with a foliar dilution of MG or some
comparable high-nitrate water soluble plant
food; drench one with this organic grower's
tonic recipe: 1 tsp comfrey leaf, 1 tsp alfalfa,
1 Tbsp powdered nettles in a quart of boiling
water, let cool to room temperature, strain
solids, and spray on plants.

To that last recipe, I would add 1 tsp kelp
powder for good measure.

If you have enough damaged plants, you could
try all of the above plus a soil drench of the
same stuff on 3 other plants. (I'm thinking that
the leaves are wounded but the roots are probably
still in good shape, so a root treatment might
have faster results than a foliar spray.)

You could also try spraying and/or root drenching
one with a solution of Rootone or similar (something
with IBA in it, a plant growth hormone). Note:
green willow shoots are high in IBA, too. You can
cut them into small pieces and soak for a day
or two in water, then spray on or soil drench with
that if you don't have a root stimulant around with
IBA in it. (Boiling water might be faster, but I don't
know if IBA is chemically stable at the temperature
of boiling water.)

You could try the popular "plant food teas" of the day,
too: manure tea, compost tea, etc. Google would
doubtless turn up a few recipes for these.

(I tried a sugar solution on one not
cold-shocked but nonetheless underperforming
seedling to see if it would snap out of the
doldrums. No effect.)

Good luck, whatever happens.
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Old April 14, 2007   #65
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Would you believe the word snow was used in the forecast for tonight? In 2005, I had a few tomatoes in the ground already. The photos below are my sugar snap peas, before and after the freeze.

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