I can’t tell what I’m doing wrong with Tomato seedlings.
Started in a seedling mix. Have given one half does of 3.6.12. Promix liquid. Try to keep them evenly watered by they thirsty and heat from below dry soil quick. Have moved to bottom water the last week.
by dairyintheprairie
9 Comments
mappel2
Likely need to be repotted or planted outdoors.
JaeFinley
They’ve outgrown their pots.
dahsdebater
There’s generally little or no nutrients in seed starting mix. It’s intentionally designed to be very gentle. By this size they need to be transferred into a soil with more to offer. The Promix will help, but you really need to get them into bigger pots with a regular putting soil of some sort with some organic matter in the mix.
They’re just hungry, but they will be fine. A little leaf curl shouldn’t be a big deal, the zoomed-out pictures show that in general they look quite healthy.
Rickmyross
The leaf curl to me looks like they dried down / wilted a bit.
Yelloeisok
Are the ones with the curled leaves all the same variety? I started 8 different varieties and the only one with curled leaves are all ‘Curtis Cheek’. Maybe it is variety specific?
Agreeable_Classic_19
Too crowded
MissouriOzarker
They just need to be planted out or potted up. They will be fine.
Ok_Heat5973
They are to packed together, get them potted up, and moved out each other way
smokinLobstah
I’d suggest a few things. 1) Switch to a diff fertilizer, something like Cal Mag that has a good dose of nitrogen. 2) Repot. They need bigger pots/space. 3) Get rid of the heat, they don’t need it at this stage, and it can actually be detrimental.
9 Comments
Likely need to be repotted or planted outdoors.
They’ve outgrown their pots.
There’s generally little or no nutrients in seed starting mix. It’s intentionally designed to be very gentle. By this size they need to be transferred into a soil with more to offer. The Promix will help, but you really need to get them into bigger pots with a regular putting soil of some sort with some organic matter in the mix.
They’re just hungry, but they will be fine. A little leaf curl shouldn’t be a big deal, the zoomed-out pictures show that in general they look quite healthy.
The leaf curl to me looks like they dried down / wilted a bit.
Are the ones with the curled leaves all the same variety? I started 8 different varieties and the only one with curled leaves are all ‘Curtis Cheek’.
Maybe it is variety specific?
Too crowded
They just need to be planted out or potted up. They will be fine.
They are to packed together, get them potted up, and moved out each other way
I’d suggest a few things. 1) Switch to a diff fertilizer, something like Cal Mag that has a good dose of nitrogen. 2) Repot. They need bigger pots/space. 3) Get rid of the heat, they don’t need it at this stage, and it can actually be detrimental.