My first tomato question/problem

mmarsee · June 11, 2014

Hello All,
This is my first year growing from seeds and I hope someone can answer a question for me.
I check my plants everyday when I get home from work and tonight I found one of my speckled romans looks like it's wilting. I'm reading all different things but can't understand why it's only happening to this one. They are watered from the daily thunderstorms we've been having and full sun for over 6+ hours a day before. The soil they are in is all new and I made it from the guidelines of the square foot gardens Mel's mix. So I'm stumped!
Hopefully someone here can shed some light.
Thanks!

Father'sDaughter · June 11, 2014

Given that everything else looks healthy in your bed as well this plant, I'd say it's just Speckled Roman being Speckled Roman. I'm growing it this year and it's definitely showing itself to be one of those wispy, always looking like it's going to keel over varieties. Some pastes just seem to grow that way. I also have an Antique Roman plant, one of Speckled Roman's parents, and it's also looking whimpy compared to most of the others.

ginger2778 · June 11, 2014

I agree with Farmer's Daughter. I grew it this past season and it had that same wispy wilty looks like it needs a drink foliage, but it really doesn't. Some paste varieties, and lots of oxheart varieties have these traits.
Not to worry- normal.

Marsha

drew51 · June 11, 2014

Yeah I really don't like that trait, but want pastes for sauce. it makes it hard to tell if plant is OK or not? I'm seeing the same thing, but my plants are huge now. About 3 feet tall. The wimps keep growing dispite the looks.
And the same thing kinda happened to me. When seedlings they don't do this, then they just wilt at some point.

June 11, 2014	#2
Father'sDaughter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: MA/NH Border Posts: 4,919	My first tomato question/problem Given that everything else looks healthy in your bed as well this plant, I'd say it's just Speckled Roman being Speckled Roman. I'm growing it this year and it's definitely showing itself to be one of those wispy, always looking like it's going to keel over varieties. Some pastes just seem to grow that way. I also have an Antique Roman plant, one of Speckled Roman's parents, and it's also looking whimpy compared to most of the others.

June 11, 2014	#3
ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	I agree with Farmer's Daughter. I grew it this past season and it had that same wispy wilty looks like it needs a drink foliage, but it really doesn't. Some paste varieties, and lots of oxheart varieties have these traits. Not to worry- normal. Marsha

June 11, 2014	#4
drew51 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Sterling Heights, MI Zone 6a/5b Posts: 1,302	Yeah I really don't like that trait, but want pastes for sauce. it makes it hard to tell if plant is OK or not? I'm seeing the same thing, but my plants are huge now. About 3 feet tall. The wimps keep growing dispite the looks. And the same thing kinda happened to me. When seedlings they don't do this, then they just wilt at some point.