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Tomatoes don’t look right - shall I plant up or get new ones?

EscapetothegardenEscapetothegarden Posts: 188
edited June 2023 in Plants
Good morning ☀️

My tomato seedlings germinated too late so they are obviously still too small.  However, I had a few seedlings that my daughter brought home from school which were doing well.

I don’t know which variety they are, but anyway, I think I left them out when the evenings weren’t warm enough and their colour changed (from a normal (lol) green to a paler green, with the edges blackened. I have left them out during the day and I thought they would improve but they haven’t.

Will they get better with the improvement in weather? Or have they been irreversibly affected? If so, should I buy new ones?

Many thanks 


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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    They just need potting on,  the weather’s warmed up a bit they should be ok now,  although I never grow mine outside,  cold nights here.
    Pity you don’t know what they are as some you pick out the side shoots and some you don’t. They look like tall ones,  the others would be more bushy by now. 
    It’s too late to start again,  they should be getting little fruits by now or at least flowers, ready to ripen in the summer. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • EscapetothegardenEscapetothegarden Posts: 188
    Thank you @Lyn 💐
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    edited June 2023
    I agree - they yellowing is happening because they've used up all the nutrients in the compost and are lacking nitrogen which is causing the yellow leaves (interveinal chlorosis is the techy term:))
    If you re-pot in fresh compost they'll soon recover.

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • didywdidyw Posts: 3,573
    They'll be fine - pot them into their final destination and they'll be good to go.  For the past few years I've been sowing my tomato seeds later and planting them out later so they fruit later - but, fingers crossed, I've avoided blight that way.
    Gardening in East Suffolk on dry sandy soil.
  • EscapetothegardenEscapetothegarden Posts: 188
    Thank you @Pete.8 and @didyw

    I have just potted one up and I could see loads of roots - hopefully they will perk up!

    👍
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