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Originally Posted by bower
Today I realized I've been overwatering my fishtub tomatoes. I was reading SueCT's thread last night, and there was a link to another thread where overwatering + high UV I think was discussed as cause of curling leaves. Well my toms have been a bit curly topped and I just put it down to general stress... until I read that, I never thought too much water could be part of the problem. So this morning I didn't water, left em to warm up and dry out a bit - voila! Tops uncurled.   |
Oh it's such a fine balance! Too much water = gutation, what looks like dew drops at leaf margins & curly tops while not enough water always gives me a few varieties with blossom end rot.
Early in the season with cooler nights it is sometimes hard to get it right.