By Pathumwan
Nottinghamshire,
United Kingdom
I am doing something wrong but what, I have sown some Tumbling Tom Tomato seeds twice when they get the second leafs I have planted on to pots after about a week they wilt and die.I have used a peat free potting compost to grow them on but to no avail, out of 25 seeds only 2 plants have come through. All my other tomato plants have come through Gardeners delight and roma. Can anyone help me on this issue?
19 May, 2022
Answers
Thank you for that I will give it a go.
19 May, 2022
As suggested, try leaving them a little longer before potting on. Use 9cm pots and plant them deep but only handle by the leaves and not the stems. Somtimes you can get a packet of seeds which are of poor quality so perhaps if this continues you could email the seed merchant and ask for a replacement.
19 May, 2022
Bad seeds wouldn't sprout at all. Are the seedlings getting plenty of light? Stretched out, light starved seedlings will have a tough time adapting to separation and repotting.
23 May, 2022
Thank you for that Tugrethil, I thought that they were gettin to much direct sunlight so I put up a net defuser up where they were in the greenhouse but they the still keeled over. I will try again next year but with a differant compost and leave them in longer. What do you mean Stretched out?
24 May, 2022
Seedlings without enough light look like a bowl of spaghetti, with 2-6 inches of stem from the ground level to the seed leaves. Ideal is less than an inch. I would plant the seeds where they can get at least a half day of direct sun from before they sprout.
26 May, 2022
Thank you for that Tugbrethil I will try that next time I sow some seeds.
27 May, 2022
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Try leaving them to grow on a bit larger instead of moving, to get some decent roots on them first
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