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Re: Yellow leaves on tomato seedlings - advice, please!

Make sure the fish fertilizer is not full strength if your seedlings are
still young.  Also be careful not to splash the leaves.  I turned a few
brown doing this and mine were about 7 inch tall seedlings.  Good Luck!
diana

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>From:  Robert Arbic[SMTP:rarbic@NORTHERNWAY.NET]
>Sent:  April 17, 1997 12:33 PM
>To:    Multiple recipients of list SQFT
>Subject:       Re: Yellow leaves on tomato seedlings - advice, please!
>
>At 02:11 PM 4/17/97 EDT, you wrote:
>>The leaves on some of my tomato seedlings are starting to turn yellow.
>>For reasons unknown to me, leaves are yellow, but the main "veins" in the
>>leaves are still very green.  The yellow started at the outside edges of
>>the leaves and progressed inwards.  The problem is only with 1 kind of
>>tomato - a Burpee determinate- the other tomatoes planted in the same
>>cell pack and treated the same way are fine, as are the peppers and other
>>veggies.  In fact, I had 100% germination of all the tomatoes and
>>peppers, so I didn't expect problems. They are currently getting 18-24
>>hours of fluorescent light at a distance of 5 inches.  They are top
>>watered with a spray bottle (by my 7 year old) , so they may be getting
>>too much water, but the other tomatoes are just fine.  Advice on treating
>>the problem  would be appreciated. Being in zone 4a, I have another month
>>before I can set them outside.
>>Thanks in advance for helping an amateur gardener.
>>
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>>My master gardener tells me your problem is a lack of nitrogen. I use
>Ortho "Natural Fish Fertilier". Just follow the directions for house plants
>until they get in the ground. Hope this helps.
>
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