Thanks for the thorough reply. I'm pretty sure that this baby got mostly overwatered, coupled with the odd occasion where I missed watering it. The compost is new and decent quality, but because it always looks dark, it's hard to tell when it's wet or dry. For this one, I took a look at the roots and they are sandy coloured and not mushy. Just enough to hold the rather sandy compost together.GillyBee wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 2:49 pm Hi Jenny
1) Overwatering
2) Underwatering
3) Nasty compost.
4) Too MUCH fertiliser.
5) Too cold.
It may be possible to rescue your baby but it probably won't be able to give you a good crop now. if you want the learning experience, you will need to take drastic steps. I would take it out of it's pot and check the roots If they are OK, check that the soil is just damp, put the whole thing in a plastic ag and keep it ont h the widnows sill. ...
That will leave you with a tomato cutting which is hopefully green all over and may or may not have a few roots.If it all fails I recommend a trip to the garden centre for some that are almost ready to go out.
Everyone has trouble sometimes. My Moskvitch tomatoes which are usually tough as old boots have refused to grow this year while all the others given the same treatment are fine.
Since I took the picture this morning, I held off watering it and it has gone much weaker. Indeed I think it's quite dead
I'll try the plastic bag trick.
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I DO LIKE the idea of treating it like a cutting. One of it's siblings might get that treatment.
Nipping down to the garden centre was last years trick But blight destroyed all of that crop. These little tinkers are supposedly blight resistant. They just aren't neglect resistant.
Off to amazon to seek out a decent moisture meter.