What is wrong with my young Roma Tomato plants? They are just over 5 weeks old and were doing beautifully until about a week ago, ~1 week after moving into larger containers. What’s wrong with my babies and how can I save them?
by Ayelith
In Tomatoes
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Some additional context:
These plants came up perfectly and at about 3 weeks had outgrown their seed pods and were separated and moved into larger living quarters. The first week they seemed to be doing great, they grew quickly and looked healthy as can be! Then they started displaying these white/translucent spots here and there on only a couple plants at first. I did some searching on Google and it appeared to match closest with what looked like Sunburn, so I tried moving them further from the light source at first, and then I also reduced the quantity of light they received to see if it would help. I have them in a zoned growing rig with herbs and peppers, and none of the other plants are showing issues, only my tomatoes.
At this point I don’t think it’s Sunburn anymore, but I don’t see any presence of bugs/pests, and there’s no residue or powder or anything else, just the spots. When I came down this morning I saw the plant in the third picture with a dead, dried out leaf. I’m so worried about losing all of my plants and hope I can save them.
I believe this is edema; I had similar last year. Too much water makes the veins in the plant burst and you get spots and dead leaves. Make sure the new soil isn’t staying overly moist. They should be able to bounce back, all of mine did. Thankfully tomato plants are pretty resilient.
The outside part of the leaf is the coolest part, so sunscald can’t start there, it starts in the middle.
It’s not edema because edema makes “pimples” on your leaves.
This is how my plants look like when I add too much beneficial bacteria to the soil with no organic matter or competitors in it. It could be that, bacterial wilt.
What I do to remedy this:
Prune dead/dying diseased. Water plants using a mixture of cinnamon, hydrogen peroxide, chlorinated water.
You could also try a copper based fungicide
It could be something else, but watering your plants once with this won’t hurt them and will only help so give it a shot (it will kill bacteria).
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