Why are our tomato plants looking sad?
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Try sprinkling baking soda around the plants. Not only helps them to be healthier but also removes acidic taste & deters bugs. Would love to know if you try this and hoe it works for you. Good luck!
how hot is it - tomatoes do not like super heat (but they do like direct sunlight - so do basil plants, they do not like shade), or over watering. I have a hard time with plants in pots personally, hard to get the nutrients just right since they sap them out of the soil so quickly - maybe try more fertilizer, Epsom salts is good for plants too (1 tablespoon per 1 gallon of water).
You might want to test your soil too. Maybe you have overfertilized??
I have never done good with tomatoes in pots. Do they have good drainage? If their pots don't have holes, you can put some rocks in the bottom of the pot. Follow that with a layer of newspaper. Then add the soil and plants. This method prevents the roots from sitting in water. My soil is a mix of one-third soil, one-third manure and one-third sand. The sand is for water retention. It will make the water last longer. I hope this info helps you. Best wishes.
thank you so much for your reply. We’ll give your suggestion about changing our potting a try.
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It sounds to me like they’ve been overwatered ... I would sacrifice that green tomato and pinch off any remaining flowers. Stop fertilizing for about three weeks. Sometimes when you over fertilize it’s trying to make up by building up it’s root system... this is what you want for a healthy plant. Very important reminder to mulch the base of that pot with either leaves or dried grass clippings if they don’t have fertilizer or herbicides on them. Dirt can splatter on the tomato leaves when watering or during rainfall which will cause A fungus . Cut back your basil leaves it will branch out, make sure both plants are getting at least six hours of full sunshine each day ... that’s the beauty of pot gardening as you can move them around if you need to ..
Good article with lots of info and descriptions:
http://www.saferbrand.com/articles/common-tomato-plant-problems-how-to-fix-them