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davethenovicedavethenovice Posts: 3
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why are the leaves on my tomato plants curling up, or is that normal this is my first time at growing but loving every minute of it

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,129

    David, how are they curling?  If the leaves are rolling in from the sides to the middle, so that the underneath surface of the leaf is showing, that is likely to be due to overwatering.  If this could be the case cut back on the watering and it should resolve.

    If the leaves are curling downwards and the under-surface isn't showing, then that could be due to variations in night and day time temperatures, draughts, or sometimes it's just a tendency of the variety.  

    There are lots of threads on here about tomatoes; just put tomatoes into the search facility and you'll get loads of information, but if you can't find what you need or it doesn't make sense to you, just ask image


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  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384

    Hi David, this is normal when the temperature varies a lot between day and night.  If the leaves look healthy, it's nothing to worry about.

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • davethenovicedavethenovice Posts: 3

    thanks for your input i think its down to the temp as the plants look ok other than that image

  • FleurisaFleurisa Posts: 779

    Check for aphids too

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