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jennyhiggins37jennyhiggins37 Posts: 24
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Hi I am brand new to vegetable growing I have a tigerella tomato plant and the leaves have gone funny is this normal, what should I do 
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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    It's nothing to be concerned about.
    The leaves may have had condensation on them or they may have got a bit chilled, or both, but so long as the new foliage looks ok you need not worry.
    You don't need to remove the leaves or do anything other than look forward to (hopefully) a bumper harvest :)
    And welcome to the forum

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Another possibility is splashes of water getting on the leaves when you water them, and then the sun on the water can cause that kind of scorching. Aim to water onto the compost not the leaves, if you can.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    Hello and welcome!  Tomatoes like their feet wet and their heads dry.  With most other plants - never water or mist them when the sun is on them. It burns them.
    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • jennyhiggins37jennyhiggins37 Posts: 24
    Pete.8 said:
    It's nothing to be concerned about.
    The leaves may have had condensation on them or they may have got a bit chilled, or both, but so long as the new foliage looks ok you need not worry.
    You don't need to remove the leaves or do anything other than look forward to (hopefully) a bumper harvest :)
    And welcome to the forum
    Thank you 
  • jennyhiggins37jennyhiggins37 Posts: 24
    JennyJ said:
    Another possibility is splashes of water getting on the leaves when you water them, and then the sun on the water can cause that kind of scorching. Aim to water onto the compost not the leaves, if you can.
    Thank you
  • jennyhiggins37jennyhiggins37 Posts: 24
    tuikowhai34 said:
    Hello and welcome!  Tomatoes like their feet wet and their heads dry.  With most other plants - never water or mist them when the sun is on them. It burns them.
    Thank you 
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    It read in a gardening mag, (or maybe it was Monty) that it's an old wives' tale that water on leaves, in the sun causes problems, having said that of course it's a waste of time and water, definitely needs to be on the roots
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Nanny Beach said:
    It read in a gardening mag, (or maybe it was Monty) that it's an old wives' tale that water on leaves, in the sun causes problems, having said that of course it's a waste of time and water, definitely needs to be on the roots
    The water droplet would need to hover about 1" above the leaf to create a magnifying effect.

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    So if the greenhouse glass has droplets of water on it and the sun shines, that would do it to leaves near the glass? 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Dovefromabove said:
    So if the greenhouse glass has droplets of water on it and the sun shines, that would do it to leaves near the glass? 
    I doubt it as the droplet would be flat on one side, so not sure that it would act as a magnifying lens.

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
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