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Tomato problem

turmericturmeric Posts: 830
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  Help!  I potted on my tomatoes last weekend and something is happening to the leaves.  They've been kept inside my conservatory from seed and were doing really well until this.  The upper part of the plants is still healthy but the lowest leaves seem blanched.  I've never seen this before, does anyone have any idea what has caused it?

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  • turmericturmeric Posts: 830
    OMG sorry, I'm getting old and my mind is going.  Here are the photos!!!

  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    It looks like cold damage.  Maybe a bit wet or it’s been outside.  If the rest of it’s good I’d not worry.  When you pot it on next time into either it’s big pot or the ground you’ll need to bury it deep so won’t see them. Just snip them off. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • turmericturmeric Posts: 830
    Thanks Lyn.  I had to do the potting on outside as it makes such a mess.  The wind was blowing and it was a bit chilly, so perhaps even those 10 or 15 mins outside was enough to shock them.  You've put my mind at rest, thanks.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    It would have been,  I put a tray of dahlia seedling outside for about 10/15 minutes while I had a sort out,  next morning some of their leaves had turned white. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • turmericturmeric Posts: 830
    Thanks Lyn.  It's reassuring to know they'll be ok.  And I'll be more careful next time.
  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    Hi @tumeric  Mine did the same early April - I'm in the S. of France. Quite a shock.  I kept them indoors after that and they recuperated nicely.  It's just the cold.
    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • turmericturmeric Posts: 830
    Thanks tuikowhai34.  I don't want to lose them and I hadn't seen anything like it before.  I'm reassured now.
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