What should I do? I’m a beginner. Any tips? It’s a cherry tomato plant.
What should I do? I’m a beginner. Any tips? It’s a cherry tomato plant.
by MilesHacker
8 Comments
Isotope_Soap
That is two plants in one pot. Cut the larger (near) dead stem off at the base. Replant into a 5 gallon (~20L) or larger pot. You could also back-fill your pot with more soil, tomatoes will form new roots from any part of the stem that touches or is below ground.
last-pirate
You can always cut off the dead section and treat the other half as main branch of the plant.
tomatocrazzie
That plant has some big problems. It looks like it has timber rot/white mold. It is going to take some work and luck to get it to survive, let alone produce fruit.
Personally I would pull it and move on with my life, but if you want to try to save it, here is your best chance:
Prune off the entire left yellowed stem. It is gone and not coming back. Get a copper based fungicide and spray the remaining stems and leaves. You will probably need to do this weekly until the plant recovers then every other week after that, so be ready for that commitment.
Fertilize it with liquid fertilizer made for tomatoes twice a week. You want to mix the fertilizer at half the label instructions.
If any leaves start to turn yellow, prune them off.
Keep the plant dry to the extent you can. Water it in the morning to let it dry out before it gets cooler at night.
Once the plant looks like it is recovering and starts to put on new growth, you will want to repot into a bigger pot. 10 gal, minimum.
drawzalot
Repot it into a much bigger pot and throw away the dead plant. Also it looks like something is going on with the leaves, possibly leaf miners and that other plant with the yellow spots on the leaves indicates too much fertilizer
graywailer
pot is way to small. tomatoes need a huge pot. 20-30 gallon pot, and quality soil to avoid problems.
beans3710
This one looks like it was planted too early and has stunted. Like a bad relationship you might be able to keep it alive but it may never really recover. I believe it is best for you to move forward. Sometimes it happens.
Personally, I would take a deep breath, chuck this one in the bin, and go buy a new healthy one at the nursery. If you see a Cherokee Purple grab it. They are the best tasting tomato ever. Black Krim is close. Sungold is my recommendation for cherry tomatoes.
Get very large pots ~5 gal, one per pot, with saucers, and use miracle grow tomato fertilizer. Full to mostly full sun. Keep them moist but not wet. Stake as needed. Prune if you feel like tending your plants but you don’t have to.
Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
EducationalFix6597
I agree it looks like two plants. I would trash the left one, spray fungicide on the other one once a week for about 4 to 5 weeks and it should be ok. Give it some TomatoTone or other calcium + magnesium fertilizer as well.
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That is two plants in one pot. Cut the larger (near) dead stem off at the base. Replant into a 5 gallon (~20L) or larger pot. You could also back-fill your pot with more soil, tomatoes will form new roots from any part of the stem that touches or is below ground.
You can always cut off the dead section and treat the other half as main branch of the plant.
That plant has some big problems. It looks like it has timber rot/white mold. It is going to take some work and luck to get it to survive, let alone produce fruit.
Personally I would pull it and move on with my life, but if you want to try to save it, here is your best chance:
Prune off the entire left yellowed stem. It is gone and not coming back. Get a copper based fungicide and spray the remaining stems and leaves. You will probably need to do this weekly until the plant recovers then every other week after that, so be ready for that commitment.
Fertilize it with liquid fertilizer made for tomatoes twice a week. You want to mix the fertilizer at half the label instructions.
If any leaves start to turn yellow, prune them off.
Keep the plant dry to the extent you can. Water it in the morning to let it dry out before it gets cooler at night.
Once the plant looks like it is recovering and starts to put on new growth, you will want to repot into a bigger pot. 10 gal, minimum.
Repot it into a much bigger pot and throw away the dead plant. Also it looks like something is going on with the leaves, possibly leaf miners and that other plant with the yellow spots on the leaves indicates too much fertilizer
pot is way to small. tomatoes need a huge pot. 20-30 gallon pot, and quality soil to avoid problems.
This one looks like it was planted too early and has stunted. Like a bad relationship you might be able to keep it alive but it may never really recover. I believe it is best for you to move forward. Sometimes it happens.
Personally, I would take a deep breath, chuck this one in the bin, and go buy a new healthy one at the nursery. If you see a Cherokee Purple grab it. They are the best tasting tomato ever. Black Krim is close. Sungold is my recommendation for cherry tomatoes.
Get very large pots ~5 gal, one per pot, with saucers, and use miracle grow tomato fertilizer. Full to mostly full sun. Keep them moist but not wet. Stake as needed. Prune if you feel like tending your plants but you don’t have to.
Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
I agree it looks like two plants. I would trash the left one, spray fungicide on the other one once a week for about 4 to 5 weeks and it should be ok. Give it some TomatoTone or other calcium + magnesium fertilizer as well.
And what are the white dots on the leaves?