do my tomatoes look good?

[Greenthumb18]

I'm just wondering if these tomato plants look ok to you guys. I just wanted someone to look at these and tell me. We been getting a lot of rain so hopefully tomorrow i'll fertlize them.

Thanks

 

[lesa]

They look pretty good. I can't quite tell from the pics, but I would expect them to be a little greener. Usually, they are a really, deep, dark green... Maybe you should add a little fertilizer, if you haven't already? Tomatoes want warm, sunny weather- and we just aren't having any. I expect all the plants will perk up when the monsoon season is over! Patience... Enjoy!

 

[Hattie the Hen]

Hi

They don't look very happy to me I'm afraid ! They look as if they need a good dose of Epsom Salts, mixed with water--I would put a soluble aspirin in the water as well. I have been having remarkable results from having used the aspirin. I would also take any yellowed leaves off& hillup round the stem with good well matured compost. After a few days I would fertilise. You should give the leaves a foliar feed with the Epson Salts & Aspirin water at the same time as watering them.

Hope this helps!


:rose Hattie :rose

 

[Reinbeau]

Hattie's suggestions are good, I myself would use a good fish emulsion to foliar feed it, too, to give them a good boost. They definitely are lacking in nitrogen, that's why they're yellowing. They may not be able to take advantage of available nitrogen due to lack of other substances, thus Hattie's suggestion of epsom salts.

 

[digitS']

Your plants may simply be suffering from water-saturated soil, Greenthumb.

Iron is not absorbed easily in such soil conditions. Iron contributes to the green in plants.

Of course, plants can just up and die with too wet of conditions. (My very porous soil protects me from having much experience with this sort of thing .)

Something else that contributes to the "green" in plants is chlorophyll. Central to the chlorophyll molecule is magnesium. Much of the rest of chlorophyll is nitrogen.

If your soil is deficient in magnesium - Hattie's Epsom salts can provide it.

Steve

 

[Greenthumb18]

Thanks guys for replying

How much Epsom Salt should i use maybe a cup per gallon? I was just going to give them fertilizer tomorrow maybe i'll do both.

 

[Ridgerunner]

How long have they been planted? If plants have been kept in the containers too long, they use up all the nutrients in the planter soil. They turn yellow because they are getting plenty of water and no nutrients, especially nitrogen. It takes a while after they have been planted to take advantage of the nutrients in their new home.

 

[Greenthumb18]

How long have they been planted? If plants have been kept in the containers too long, they use up all the nutrients in the planter soil. They turn yellow because they are getting plenty of water and no nutrients, especially nitrogen. It takes a while after they have been planted to take advantage of the nutrients in their new home.

ohh i just put them in a week ago, trust me i incorparated plenty of organic matter like barley grass in the soil, but i will definely give them fertilizer, bone meal, and epsom salt to help.
They dont look that bad but i hope it will help.