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| oh, babies. Edit: these were planted at the end of february, and sprouted within a week. This is them in early March. I can never tell how fast plants are "supposed" to grow |
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| I lost the whole first batch to damping off. These are heirloom persimmon yellows and some juicy friendly reds |
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| first leaves, maybe a week later |
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| I transplanted them when they had around 2 sets of true leaves. The purple spotting on the underside of the leaf is a sign of phosphorous deficiency |
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| I originally thought this was from a virus, but now I think it'll go away when I add the fertilizer. You're supposed to water tomatoes from the base so their leaves don't get wet, as this makes it more likely for viruses and fungi to stick to the leaves. And yet despite all of my efforts, most of my plants have something like this. Could tomato diseases really be that aggressive? I doubt it, and I'm really hoping this is a nutrient problem. |
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| super green fed with blood meal |
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| some little guys from the seedlings pictured above, as of this morning |
tomatoes don't like too much water. They look okay in the ground though! Keep encouraging them; They also love sun. I noticed a bunch of plants that had a similar dark green odd crinkle to them, on random leaves, and these were wild plants....what's that about??
ReplyDeleteAs far as I can tell, just about anything from cold to heat to viruses to molds to nutrient deficiencies, can cause leaves to look wrinkled. That particular dark green tomato grew from a seed in the compost over the winter, on it's own, so maybe it was cold damage? The others don't have that. My jasmine grown from a cutting has crinkled leaves from the period before the roots were well established.
DeleteMy bell peppers have really wrinkled leaves, they're almost just a ball of crumpled green tissue (depressing pictures to come) I've heard thrips can cause this? The number of things that can kill your vegetables is amazing.