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Wilted Tomatoes

JimbolenaJimbolena Posts: 114
in Fruit & veg

I made a couple of mistakes, one within my control.

I didn't check the weather for the afternoon so left the greenhouse closed up, it did cross my mind to open the windows but I thought, I'll be home briefly at around 1pm so I'll open it all up then and water.

I got held up dreadfully at work, I didn't get home till well after 4pm, this is what met me.

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I've since put some screening up

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Also I've been opening the greenhouse every morning and watering but the top leaves aren't recovering.

Help, what can I do and is my crop ruined?

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  • JimbolenaJimbolena Posts: 114

    I forgot to say, the greenhouse was reading nearly 50 c!

  • OnopordumOnopordum Posts: 390

    I'd say they'll probably recover. The lower leaves seem OK and the main stems haven't collapsed. The tops do look permanently damaged, but you should get sideshoots from lower down which will take over. I'd just treat them normally (don't overwater) and not remove any sideshoots until you can choose healthy new ones to take over as leaders (assuming these are cordon varieties). I can see one or two shoots starting in photos 1 & 2.

  • JimbolenaJimbolena Posts: 114
    Onopordum says:

    I'd say they'll probably recover. The lower leaves seem OK and the main stems haven't collapsed. The tops do look permanently damaged, but you should get sideshoots from lower down which will take over. I'd just treat them normally (don't overwater) and not remove any sideshoots until you can choose healthy new ones to take over as leaders (assuming these are cordon varieties). I can see one or two shoots starting in photos 1 & 2.

    See original post

     Thanks

  • cornellycornelly Posts: 970

    Our glasshouse has side windows which are kept open for most of the time now, and Coolglass is painted on the outside to reduce the effects of the sun, as Onopordum has said if the top has perished look for the strongest side shoot to continue.

  • JimbolenaJimbolena Posts: 114
    cornelly says:

    Our glasshouse has side windows which are kept open for most of the time now, and Coolglass is painted on the outside to reduce the effects of the sun, as Onopordum has said if the top has perished look for the strongest side shoot to continue.

    See original post

     Thanks

  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719

    I gave up 2 years ago growing toms in the greenhouse,2014, it was very hot in the day in march and cold at night, got blossom end rot.  Found it very difficult to water etc. while working, so I put them outside the greenhouse in pots and the rest in the veg plot.

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