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Young bush tomato plants bit leggy with small leaves

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  • 11-04-2020 10:34am
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    Harry Palmr
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    Tumbling toms they got soaked, more so than I had realised at the time, so they were drowning a bit. Repotted them in fresh dry compost. They are growing with plenty of side shoots starting to appear but the leaves are small and scraggy so is this a case of leave and hope or can any action be taken to give them more health and robustness

    As ever excuse the shoddy pic but you get the idea.

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    standardg60
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    Have you had them outside the last week?
    They look frost/cold damaged to me. Might be best to start with new ones.
    It's way too early for tomato plants to be outside.


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    Harry Palmr
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    No they've been inside at night.


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    standardg60
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    Must have gotten waterlogged so..for the small cost of replacing them i wouldn't persevere with them.


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    Harry Palmr
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    Yeah probably right - I'll get another few. That said I'll keep them anyway cos I'm like that (see what becomes of them)! :D


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    standardg60
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    Lol Sod's law says they'll do better than the new ones!


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    GinSoaked
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    Any chance they got even a wif of selective weed killer (2-4D type of thing)?


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    bizidea
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    Are you buying plants online was looking for a few myself but all garden centres closed around me


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    Harry Palmr
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    I got those before the shutdown, Lidl have had small pots in stock in recent weeks. They are the only place I know that sells them.


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    bizidea
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    Harry Palmr wrote: »
    I got those before the shutdown, Lidl have had small pots in stock in recent weeks. They are the only place I know that sells them.

    Sound I'll have a look the next day im in


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    Zzippy
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    bizidea wrote: »
    Are you buying plants online was looking for a few myself but all garden centres closed around me

    Garden centres are closed but quite a few are open for taking orders for delivery. Check website/social media for your local ones. I got tomato plants, strawberries and compost etc delivered a few days ago in Galway.


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    Harry Palmr
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    Just a Lidl up date - the Tramore Road branch in Waterford is basically exhausted of seeds except for string variety beans - they always fail to sell Ireland doesn't like beans is seems

    No tomato plants but a lot of cucumbers :(


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    Planet X
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    Jeeezzz......put my tomato seedlings (rocket, spinach and pak choi)out in the early morning sun. Just went out there........it's "freezing".

    Whipped them back in pronto like. It's way too cool compared to last week.


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    Hocus Focus
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    I'd be interested to know where tomato and courgette plants are available in the Fingal/East Meath area, as Aldi/Lidl didn't have those in seed packs and the seeds I had left over from last year failed to germinate. My local Lidl didn't have the plants that were advertised:(


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    standardg60
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    It's not too late to grow from seed, so try some online seed companies.


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    GinSoaked
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    standardg60 wrote: »
    It's not too late to grow from seed, so try some online seed companies.

    If you can be bothered - example Suttons Seeds...

    You are now in queue
    You are in queue for suttons.co.uk. When it is your turn, you will have 10 minutes to enter the website.


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    Planet X
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    Been there with Suttons last week.
    Phenomenal stuff......


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    Harry Palmr
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    One idea might be to take a tomato half it/slice it and "plant" it, seeds exposed to the compost/earth and leave it in a sunny spot in your house. It might take.


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    New Home
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    Just the individual tomato seeds on their own will germinate no problem. I've been eating the first few cherry tomatoes I sowed a couple of months ago! Oh, also - if you let the stalk "crawl" and touch the soil, roots will spring out at the knots, and you'll get lots of plants from just one seed. :)


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    Harry Palmr
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    I have one on the vine which is being ripened and will give this go for sure. Also trying to regrow the base of lettuce head in the same way.


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    Harry Palmr
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    Just an update on this,

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    Looked a bit unhappy in the nippy wind this morning so took it back in!

    It's come on well since the start of this thread. Loads of fresh growth at the top end it'll be very dense in a month.


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    standardg60
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    Good stuff! Amazing what a bit of heat does.


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    beggars_bush
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    very good
    I have tomato plants in the polytunnel and I just cannot get them to grow.


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    Zzippy
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    beggars_bush wrote: »
    very good
    I have tomato plants in the polytunnel and I just cannot get them to grow.

    How long are they in, and have you been feeding them? We had some very cold nights recently which might have stalled things if they were recently planted out. The daytime heat should be getting them growing now if they are getting enough water and nutrients though.


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