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Post by sandygayle77 on Jun 14, 2013 11:59:10 GMT -5
Hi everyone, I live in NC and we had a tropical storm last week so we have had a lot of rain! My tomato plants have been turning yellow and wilting so I'm pretty sure that they have gotten too much water, some of the plants are even turning brown now. Can I save any of my plants? What should I do? My plants are not in containers they are planted in the ground and they have green tomatoes on them. I am new to gardening so I just don't know what to do, thanks!
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stratcat
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Post by stratcat on Jun 15, 2013 17:41:07 GMT -5
Hi sandygayle77.
Sorry to hear about your tomatoes. Back in the mid-90s, I had two years in-a-row where I had flooding in my garden. My peppers were totally submerged! I ended up digging channels between my plants and a hole to collect the water. I did some bailing by hand and ended up with a sump pump to get the water away from the garden. Really need to get the soil to dry out.
Also, I was talked into using Miracle-Gro for the first time. I used it following the directions and my plants recovered. My floods were earlier in the season than yours, tho'.
Good luck.
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Post by linuxer1999 on Jun 27, 2013 3:07:26 GMT -5
I hate when that happens. Did your plants make it? My plan this year has been to elevate the early tomatoes in rows then put mulch / plastic around them to keep them out of the muck. This "year without a spring" has been tough in Tennesse too.
Something really weird can happen when a super-hot, clear day follows drenching rain. Dark, wet, flat, bare soil can get well above body temperature, causing a whole plot to wilt and die in a day. Maybe oxygen deprivation (drowning)? With that, I will never speak of it again.
Seriously though, the only thing to do when weather beats down on those precious tomatoes is to raise your arms to the sky, and cry like Nancy Kerrigan: "Why me? Why, why, why?"
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