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May 21, 2007 | #1 |
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Shocking pale green new foliage on most of
my pot grown or grow bag dwarf tomatoes. Just remarkably fluourescent, bright green - anyone ever seen this? thoughs on whether it is just a phase the plants are going through, or signs of trouble?
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Yesterday and today, the sun came out and the leaves turned a darker shade noticeably. dcarch
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May 22, 2007 | #3 |
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Have you had a ton of rain lately? A few years ago, we had torrential rains nearly everyday for a week or more. My plants all turned a shocking shade of neon green. After a few partly sunny days, the plants returned to normal. I didn't notice any growth delay or other damage associated with the neon weirdness either.
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May 24, 2007 | #4 |
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The pale green foliage cleared up on pretty much all of my dwarfs....except that many of the Sneezy F3s are showing something quite different - nearly white foliage in the center. Pics here.
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May 25, 2007 | #5 |
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"Sneezy F3s"
Look at photo 255 here: http://www.luminet.net/~wenonah/min-def/tomatoes.htm You could try a teaspoon of epsom salts in a gallon of water on one of them with this symptom and see if it goes away. (Probably won't hurt it any even if magnesium deficiency is not the source of the mottling, though it may raise the pH some.)
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May 26, 2007 | #6 |
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Actually, once it heated up, with the exception of 3 of the dwarfs, they look great. And, on those three, there is some white growth in the center - and I mean white! I will have to see what gives over time...
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May 26, 2007 | #7 |
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This site seems to have better pictures of tomato
leaves and more detailed explanations: http://4e.plantphys.net/article.php?ch=5&id=289 (Your Sneezy picture looks a lot like the nitrogen deficiency photo at this URL, except for the veins in the leaves.) Re: my previous comment, note that *excess* Mg can reduce Calcium uptake (think BER later). I was reading a page on remedial treatment of golf course sod where they added lime to a high pH soil to correct a problem, not what one would expect to be the solution. The magnesium in the soil was responsible for the high pH, not excess lime or some other calcium compound, and the sod was having difficulty taking up enough calcium to remain healthy. "More kelp!" (The shotgun approach; kelp has something like 73 trace minerals, so whatever it needs is bound to be in there somewhere.) Hope the problem clears up for you easily.
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May 30, 2007 | #8 |
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Hello-
I've never introduced myself, I'll make that another post. I have the same problem on about 5 of my 30 plants. I was hoping that the plants had just done a lot of growing overnight and had not been exposed to the sunlight. Is that ridiculous and should I start worrying? Aside from the pale foliage the plants are growing beautifully. Sigh. Amy in Chesapeake, VA |
May 30, 2007 | #9 |
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Ok... I think our problem may be iron deficiency. My plants look exactly like the photos I've seen of tomato plants with this problem.
Soooo... I need to add iron? I have Green Light Iron & Soil Acidifier. Anyone have any experience with this? |
May 30, 2007 | #10 |
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Hello neighbor. I had the same issue on one of my potted tomatoes that had a different soil mix. Added a little watered down Rose fertilizer and it cleared up in a couple days.
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