New with tomatoes and trying to learn about "reading the leaves." The first guy looks a little overwatered to me (drooping stems/leaves at the base and not much curl), but not sure. The second one looks ok to me. Is this an accurate assessment?
by panther705
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As long as you are using adequately draining potting soil you can’t really overwater a tomato in a fabric grow bag.
Has it been hot where you are? Tomato leaves can curl in the heat as a way for the plant to preserve moisture. Many growers put up shade cloth to cool things down.
–“New with tomatoes and trying to learn about “reading the leaves.”
You probably already know this, but please allow me to state it again anyhow because it’s important. You can’t reliably tell the watering status of your tomato plants by visual cues alone. Need to assess the soil. Either stick a finger into the soil or use a hydration meter.
Don’t let drama queen leaf curling fool you.
Container grown tomatoes in the heat of the summer will need at least one thorough watering per day, and if it’s really hot and/or windy they may need even more water. Unless there’s something unusual going on here (like the weather is very cool and damp, or the containers are sitting in a kiddy pool filled with water, or your containers don’t have any drainage at all, or you used straight clay as a potting medium), you really can’t overwater them right now.