Subj : Re: tomato plants
To   : The Godfather
From : Darkman Almighty
Date : Wed Mar 29 2023 20:07:00

On 25 Mar 2023, The Godfather said the following...
 
 TG>  DA> I planted some tomato plants, by seed and they germinated and grew no
 TG>  DA> too bad. The first bit of greenery is healthy and now they are lookin
 TG>  DA> like how a tomato should look.. but, some of the leafy bits are white
 TG>  DA> color.. i dont think ive over watered? any ideas 
 TG> 
 TG> Hope I'm not replying too late.  Where are these growing?  Indoors in
 TG> small seed start containers, within an indoor greenhouse, a windowsill? 
 TG> This will be helpful info.

Hey tG, so the plants are indoors in a tray with a plastic dome and a grow light on top. I have it in the basement.
 TG> Usually white either means fungus / excess moisture, excessive sunlight
 TG> causing scorching, or too little water which normally can be seen if the
 TG> soil is "shrinking" away from their containers.   

hmmm.. could be excess moisture.. i know the plastic dome always has condensation on it. Not sure about excessive sunlight unless you think maybe the grow light is the same as sun in that way. I have been turning it off later at night now, maybe I should be doing it earlier.
 TG> Also, how tall are they?  As they grow it's a good practice to prune off
 TG> any limbs that are growing too close to the soil.  As they mature,
 TG> clearing out some of the inward growing limbs to allow for air
 TG> circulation.  The more energy focused on good limbs, and not new growth,
 TG> the more fruit the plant should produce.  

they vary in size, two are about 7" or so and the rest smaller. I don't think they are too close to the soil. This is the first time I started plants from seed. Sadly, I won't me planting until mid May. I'm almost tempted to start another batch just to be on the safe side. 

Thanks for the input here.
/)arkman /\lmighty

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