I’m new to gardening and I provide the same watering to all of my plants, the creole tomato is the only one thriving and the purple cherokees have curled leaves but slowly growing? And sweet 100 not growing at all
by Noodle_The_Tiny_Dino
4 Comments
Still-Program-2287
What’s in your pots? Do the buckets have holes for drainage? Maybe fertilizer…
Particular-Win-8131
It looks like the first plant has too much fertilizer and drainage problems. The next two are definitely drainage issues.
Solution: squeeze the pots to break up the compacted soil right away. Squeeze from all sides as much as you can; the roots will be fine and will grow back faster once they get more air. Also mix perlite into the soil, it improves aeration and drainage. With perlite, plants will grow 10 times better, leading to bigger, healthier root systems and happier plants.
obliviousCrane
Probably oxygen deprived roots if you ask me.
HighColdDesert
The weirdly curled up leaves could be herbicide damage. Did you use any compost, manure or straw that could have come from a non-organic farm in that pot but not the others?
4 Comments
What’s in your pots? Do the buckets have holes for drainage? Maybe fertilizer…
It looks like the first plant has too much fertilizer and drainage problems. The next two are definitely drainage issues.
Solution: squeeze the pots to break up the compacted soil right away. Squeeze from all sides as much as you can; the roots will be fine and will grow back faster once they get more air. Also mix perlite into the soil, it improves aeration and drainage. With perlite, plants will grow 10 times better, leading to bigger, healthier root systems and happier plants.
Probably oxygen deprived roots if you ask me.
The weirdly curled up leaves could be herbicide damage. Did you use any compost, manure or straw that could have come from a non-organic farm in that pot but not the others?