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Are my tomatoes going to die?

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Pennies · 11/05/2009 20:24

I left the plants out at night over the weekend and now the leaves re getting discoloured and some are shrivelled. Can I save them?

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snorkle · 12/05/2009 00:36

All the leaves or just a few? How cold did it get & were the plants hardened off at all beforehand?

Bring them back in the warm & give them some tlc & they'll probably pull through. Then harden them off in the daytime for a week before moving them out at night again (& make sure it's not getting too cold at night either).

Usually it sets the plants back a bit but they do recover. I left a couple of mine out last week by mistake & the leaves went purpleish, but I think they'll be OK.

kitkatqueen · 12/05/2009 00:37

50/50 chance! get them inside and show them some love good luck!

skankywitch · 12/05/2009 14:15

So glad I brought my baby tomato plant in last night. I put it in it's big pot to live out in the garden, but it lasted all of 5 mins before I decided it was too windy for my baby to be out. It's now sitting on my dinning room table until all this nasty weather stops.

Hope your plants survive.

gardeningmum05 · 12/05/2009 14:29

i have got about 30 tomato plants living outside in their little pots, hardening off in a sheltered spot. have been outside for a week now. maybe they are hard tomatoes or yours are southern softies

MayorNaze · 12/05/2009 14:38

bring them in and give tlc. harden them off by leaving them out during the day and brining in at night. good luck

gardeningmum05 · 12/05/2009 14:40

could always feed them with a good tomato feed, i think you can feed them young i do

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