I grew 5 cherry tomato plants from seed.... planted outdoors in April. (Western Pennsylvania) They did not germinate until late June and by the end of summer were about 7 feet tall, very verdant with a fair amount of fruit. The fruit will not ripen.....and with the frost season due I transplanted them into pots and bring them indoors when not sunny. They survived the transplant fine but the fruit has remained dark green. Anyway, my problem now is: I decided to use some fertiliser for the fisrt time, applied the prescribed dose of Miracle Gro this morning, on leaves and roots. The large plants appear to be drooping a bit, and a small plant which was doing very well has virtually dropped dead within an hour!!! What have I done?
A day later, how are the plants, any recovery? Other than the droopiness, are there any other symptons like discoloration or shriveling?
Thanks for the reply Monkey. I flushed the small plant several times and woke up to it fully revived. The large plants seem OK as well now...so hopefully I simply overdid the M/Gro a bit and will use less than the prescribed dose from now on...if the plants even continue to survive with winter knocking hard on the door and I rely on sunlight through the windows. Dennis.
Remember that instructions are based on optimal growth during the correct season. Being that we are entering winter, minimize the strength. Light and heat are minimized, so MG should too. You also took the plants from their environment and changed the habitat completely. Monkeydog knows a thing or two about tomato plants:)
Glad to hear the plants are doing good, excellent first aid! Have to agree totally with Acoma in that it was simply too vigorous a therapy for "older" slightly stressed plants. I guess it's kind of like humans...in the twighlight years when the body is weaker, the treatment that would save a young strong person is just too big of a shock for the older, weaker body. (on a side note-Thanks Acoma, but boy I've learned my lessons the hard way!)
