Do some varieties not like 80 degree weather and consistent watering with good grow lights? I'm teaching my friend to start seeds indoors, and she received some seeds from a local swap. Everything but this specific variety has been doing great since potting up. There is no indication of what might be wrong to me. They were mixed in with my main tray and still doing the same curling thing. Perhaps it's a disease, the seeds were older… or maybe it's the type of tomato isn't used to the same conditions as everything else I grow? I appreciate any ideas about what's going on.
Pictured in 1, the tomatoes given to my friend and I, labeled as Princepe De Borglasa. Not exactly sure if that's the right name. Pictured in 2, my other tomatoes of various varieties which the Princepe seemed happily mixed in until curling began about 6 days ago.
by OffToTheLizard
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Some varieties just love drama.
Yeah some varieties be pretty picky with temps and humidity especially in my grow tent I notice…also watering could play a bit of a roll in this. In general curling is just classified as “environmental stresses” I have like 1-2 varieties out of 18 that are more likely to do this currently. When you get them outside they usually bounce right back.
Saved seeds may not grow up like they’re parents if they aren’t heirloom varieties. I did the same thing this year. Grew some seeds from supermarket tomatoes. They’re growing fine but are kind of weak. Lower leaves keep dying and falling off. My store-bought varieties all seem happy and healthy in the exact same conditions. These seeds just aren’t stable.
“Physiological leaf roll” would be the term to google.
They’re fine (most likely), but just getting too big for the containers they’re in, if nothing else is at play.
Some varieties will be WAY more dramatic about it than others, too…don’t worry too much.