John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you how he handles caging and training some plants that were not originally caged, staked or trellise…
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Question by Emma T: Why are the leaves on my tomato plants curling up and going crisp?
I was given 4 tomato plants and I am growing them inside on my window sill. Over the past 3 days, the leaves have started to curl up and are going crisp. Some leaves at the moment are still ok. I have never grown tomatoes before and I don’t know where I’m going wrong with them. They are in grow bag soil and I put 1 and a half litre’s of water between the 4 plants every day. Where am I going wrong?? Please help.
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Answer by Samantha
Could be 2 things that can cause that. One is sun burn. Tomatoes need full sun, but still can get burned. Second suspicion is tomato bugs. There green worm like things that munch on our tomato leaves. They leave black dots on the plant, its there poop. That’s how you can tell. There very hard to find since there the color of the plant. But you must find the bug and kill it. One tomato big will eat an entire plant.
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I am so jealous of your garden! And to think so many people waste their resources on lawn…
Thanks for the answer.Gypsum seems to improve the shelf life of the tomato what i’ve read compared to other sources of calcium.
Aren’t the berries going to rot without the air flow between the leaves granted it looks way better now that it’s off your sidewalks always totally impressed with your garden
I just bought these today and saw your video when I got home pretty cool timing just would be really cool if I could get as much produce out of my garden as you do should be much better this spring those butterflies are all over the place watch out for the tomato worms
Superb information as always John. One of the absolute best subscriptions on Youtube.
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If you need additional calcium, gypsum is good. I have been using a locally harvested oyster shell calcium in small amounts.
While some mycorrhizae added to a fertilizer may be a good thing, often times, I find the fertilizer that contains the mycorrhizae may be nearing expiration, plus there may be a (overall) small % of the mycorrhizae in the fertilizer. so.. it may be better than not using it, but dont base “full tests” on this, as there may not be enough and/or right “kinds” of beneficial fungus/bacteria in the mixture. I prefer the plant success brand for the wide variety of organisms. It did work.
hey John great video, I was just at Home Depot a couple of days ago and I wish I saw this deal but i did buy a pack of Beats Peat to try out and I was amaze to find that it was only 7.25 after tax for a pack.
Another thing, I am not completely sold on mycorrhizae but I do want to try it and I saw that Home Depot carries Kellogg OMRI listed fertilizers with mycorrhizae, do you recommend it?
Your thoughts about the use of gypsum in the tomatoes as calcium supplier!!Looks my own garden from a year ago.lol