[Community_garden] HELP : One ofthe huge Patio Tomato plants is wilted!

[Mike McGrath]

too much water can make plants wilt as well. that's why I recommend people 
'rock' their containers to see if they're wet or dry.

anyway, what have you fed them?

                                                            ---Mike McG
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From: <cordalie.benoit at aya.yale.edu>
To: "Community_Garden at List.Communitygarden.Org" 
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Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 3:10 PM
Subject: [Community_garden] Fw: [bridgeportgardenerscoalition] HELP : One 
ofthe huge Patio Tomato plants is wilted!


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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Deb
> To: bridgeportgardenerscoalition at yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 2:16 PM
> Subject: [bridgeportgardenerscoalition] HELP : One of the huge Patio 
> Tomato plants is wilted!
>
>
> The other 3 are doing very well. All 4 were purchased at the same time
> from the same place and were growing at the same rate and are even in
> the same area on the patio. They are given the same amount of water
> cause I use a small watering can to do them all.I tested the soil and
> the meter reads between dry and moist. I check them all before I water
> them to see where they are.... They all have tomatoes that are growing
> nicely, even the wilted one has tomatoes, but I am concerned about the
> wilting and the brown leaves near the bottom. Now it looks like the
> plant is shrinking...All four were doing better than any other tomato
> plants I have . The leaves are thick, DARK GREEN and very bushy. All
> my other tomatoes are a lighter green but they also are doing very well.
> Can anyone give me an idea? Should I give it food? Fertilizer? More
> water? Skip a day of watering? I though wilting was from lack of
> water....But I don't think that is the case here.Thank you guys for
> any help you can give you all have been helpful in the past.
>
> Deb in CT
>
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