Sooo much pooping

[sundayatwindsor]

Hello I'm brand spanking new on here -so hello everyone. I have started a veg corner in my garden for the first time this year. I have no clue what I'm doing but I'm totally loving it. Up to this point i have been so proud of my tomato plants. I have a yellow one and an alicante - does that make sense? They were so healthy with loads of flowers and baby toms. Sadly i had to go on holiday for two weeks. I left them in the charge of a plant sitter. When I have come back all the leaves have wilted and some have dried out. The soil is totally sodden. I have removed all the dead leaves and have added more compost to sort the soil out. Is there anything i could do to save them?

Thank you

[Clur]

I'd give them a bit of tomato plant feed to see if that helps sort them out!

[chickencam]

Let them dry out a little then give them a good feed being careful not to over wet them again.

 

It is either the case that they have been over watered or let to dry out them over watered to try to repair the damage wither which way they hate to be too wet.

 

You have done the right things so hopefully they will perk up. make sure that the water can drain through and that they are not sitting in wet saucers or anything like that.

[sundayatwindsor]

Thank you so much for your replies -fingers crossed

[yannovitch]

the feed without wetting them too much sounds right to me...

 

by the way, i thought tomatoes were fruits...

i thought you call it a fruit if it comes out of a flower,

so technically, if that is right, tomatoes, aubergines, peppers, cucurbits, and all that... they're fruits....

 

is this right?

 

 

bisous,

Yann

[SAB]

I had also thought tomatoes were fruits, but I saw something somewhere recently that said that they are technically berries - either way, not veg.

[chickenanne]

Yep, i think they're furits too, along with cucumber/courgette/aubergine/ etc - because the bit you eat have seeds are inside and arise from the flowering bits. I think peas and beans are, too, for the same reason.... I know, sounds really odd.

[sundayatwindsor]

Just a little update and another question. The bottom of the plant is looking a little healthier -phew!!! I am still worried about the tomatoes at the top. This old boy on our road is amazing and he inspired me to get started. I had tomatoes on my plant way before his but his are now starting to go red but mine are still green. His are light green where mine are dark green like a pepper. Do you think they have just given up? I never knew you could get so obsessive about veg growing.

[chickencam]

They are most likely just taking their time, conditions like where the plant is light temperature etc have as much effect on the plant as when the seeds were sown. They will suddenly turn when you least expect it.

[Trish]

Definately fruits, come from flowers and have seeds on the inside. Strawberries being the only fruit with their seeds on the outside

[sundayatwindsor]

Thank you to all those who gave me advice. They have started turning red. I'm so excited