Is she toast? Anything I can do to help before I transplant her? Should I prune the dead leaves?
Is she toast? Anything I can do to help before I transplant her? Should I prune the dead leaves?
by nirvroxx
15 Comments
_jackietreehorn1
Not sure if you have a better reason for why it looks like this (like left it in your closet for a week by accident), but if it’s looking like this it could be a fungal/bacterial infection and you don’t want to introduce it to your garden. I’d say throw it out
BlckLdyWd
Actually still salvageable. Cut off those burnt parts and plant deep. It can recover in the right conditions.
56KandFalling
If this is due to neglect, so I’d prune it right back to the side shoots that look OK (those branches with dead leaves are just costing the plant a lot) and pot it on.
Faverolle
You put it in direct sun before hardening it off, didn’t you?
The suckers will still be good. Keep watering and loving the plant until the sucker is about 4″ long, then pinch it off and plant it in new, damp soil about 3″ deep. It will root and take off within days. You can do this with as many suckers as you get from the plant.
If you have bonemeal, mixing that in the soil will help it grow more roots quicker.
From now on, don’t put your plants directly under the sun. Ease them into outdoor life by putting them out on a shaded patio for a few days first.
Faverolle
You put it in direct sun before hardening it off, didn’t you?
The suckers will still be good. Keep watering and loving the plant until the sucker is about 4″ long, then pinch it off and plant it in new, damp soil about 3″ deep. It will root and take off within days. You can do this with as many suckers as you get from the plant.
If you have bonemeal, mixing that in the soil will help it grow more roots quicker.
From now on, don’t put your plants directly under the sun. Ease them into outdoor life by putting them out on a shaded patio for a few days first.
SusanOnReddit
Hard prune then plant deep – right up to those first leaves. The entire stem will readily root, giving you a stronger plant!
TheRealMasterTyvokka
Cut at the red lines and plant with everything up to the blue line covered with dirt. Tomatoes grow roots from their stems and are supposed to be planted with about 2/3rds of the stem in the dirt. Given the damage to your tomato you don’t want to plant it that deep. What are your day and night temps like? Any risk of laye frost or freeze left?
In my experience the tomato plants from the store are hardened off before they are sold. Usually hardening off is when you start your own seeds. That said, maybe they missed that step with this one. Odd.
gottagrablunch
It’s salvageable as the others have stated. I don’t see anyone else mention it but there are insects on it. Some of these can spread diseases like curl. Would suggest you give it a good spray w water or better yet an insecticidal soap.
squirrelcat88
DD
izmaname
Take it back and exchange it. They have a guarantee and it’s easy cuz it’s packaged still.
Wild-Eagle8105
It’ll be fine. Take off the suckers and bottom leaves and plant it til the top. Add some bone meal to the soil or another source of phosphorous during the planting.
mbrown7532
I live in Virginia. It use to be 7b now it’s 8a. I grow my plants in a hoop green house and when they get big I grow them in grow bags. The plant you have is salvageable but with lots of love.
Always harden off your plants. They can take cold nights if you do.
15 Comments
Not sure if you have a better reason for why it looks like this (like left it in your closet for a week by accident), but if it’s looking like this it could be a fungal/bacterial infection and you don’t want to introduce it to your garden. I’d say throw it out
Actually still salvageable. Cut off those burnt parts and plant deep. It can recover in the right conditions.
If this is due to neglect, so I’d prune it right back to the side shoots that look OK (those branches with dead leaves are just costing the plant a lot) and pot it on.
You put it in direct sun before hardening it off, didn’t you?
The suckers will still be good. Keep watering and loving the plant until the sucker is about 4″ long, then pinch it off and plant it in new, damp soil about 3″ deep. It will root and take off within days. You can do this with as many suckers as you get from the plant.
If you have bonemeal, mixing that in the soil will help it grow more roots quicker.
From now on, don’t put your plants directly under the sun. Ease them into outdoor life by putting them out on a shaded patio for a few days first.
You put it in direct sun before hardening it off, didn’t you?
The suckers will still be good. Keep watering and loving the plant until the sucker is about 4″ long, then pinch it off and plant it in new, damp soil about 3″ deep. It will root and take off within days. You can do this with as many suckers as you get from the plant.
If you have bonemeal, mixing that in the soil will help it grow more roots quicker.
From now on, don’t put your plants directly under the sun. Ease them into outdoor life by putting them out on a shaded patio for a few days first.
Hard prune then plant deep – right up to those first leaves. The entire stem will readily root, giving you a stronger plant!
Cut at the red lines and plant with everything up to the blue line covered with dirt. Tomatoes grow roots from their stems and are supposed to be planted with about 2/3rds of the stem in the dirt. Given the damage to your tomato you don’t want to plant it that deep. What are your day and night temps like? Any risk of laye frost or freeze left?
https://preview.redd.it/nsupg10zqhvc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c15013e0c39201073de892ad83f7540d6a0fb577
In my experience the tomato plants from the store are hardened off before they are sold. Usually hardening off is when you start your own seeds. That said, maybe they missed that step with this one. Odd.
It’s salvageable as the others have stated. I don’t see anyone else mention it but there are insects on it. Some of these can spread diseases like curl. Would suggest you give it a good spray w water or better yet an insecticidal soap.
DD
Take it back and exchange it. They have a guarantee and it’s easy cuz it’s packaged still.
It’ll be fine. Take off the suckers and bottom leaves and plant it til the top. Add some bone meal to the soil or another source of phosphorous during the planting.
I live in Virginia. It use to be 7b now it’s 8a. I grow my plants in a hoop green house and when they get big I grow them in grow bags. The plant you have is salvageable but with lots of love.
Always harden off your plants. They can take cold nights if you do.
https://preview.redd.it/4m6ftokonjvc1.jpeg?width=1760&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a1e86270d05d28c2ad522e7a7c16148f40c4520a
Just plant it. It will be fine.
It’s still alive. Just cut the dead parts and let the plant grow.