tomato plant problem

 
Hi,
I hope someone here might be able to help me with a problem I have with
my tomato plants. I currently have 15 plants which I started off in
early February. I have been growing these in a polytunnel tunnel and
they seemed to be doing really well until two weeks ago. The lower
leaves of the plants have curled upwards and are very brittle and easy
to tear little paper. The new growth on the plant is dropping. They seem
to have stopped growing any higher and I am really worried they are
going to die after all the work I put in.When I first noticed the
problem I taught large temperature fluctuations from day to day inside
the polytunnel might be to blame but now I am worried it is something
much worse. I have attached some pics so you might get a better idea
what I am talking about.Any ideas what the problem might me? Thanks in
advance


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cjgalway

 On Thu, 19 May 2011 20:11:11 +0000, cjgalway


They look fine to me.

D

 

Me, too.  Are they out from under cover now?

Priscilla

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They look fine.  A little rolling of the bottom leaves is a tendency of many
varieties carrying a particular gene named "wilty" and not neccessarily a
sign of stress (though it will be more apparent in plants stressed by
temperature or moisture).

Bush or determinate varieties of tomatoes slow down somewhat in growth
when they start flowering.  And it's also typical for lower leaves to drop
when they are shaded out.

If you want to do something constructive, perhaps a foliar feeding with a
dilute kelp solution is in order (and certainly won't hurt).

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 They are getting too much water, turn the irrigation down and only
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