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Re: Help! Indoor starts drooping

Sounds like too much water to me. Get them out of the standing water and 
let them dry out a little.:-)
Windy One wrote:
> 
> Hi all, need some advise on my veggie starts.  I bought 3 tomato plants
> (Burpee Big Girl and 2 Beter Boys), a green bell pepper plant, Wala Walla
> onions, and Green comet brocolli about a week ago.  They were doing great
> in the house in a fairly sunny location, being watered enough to keep the
> soil very moist and about 1/8 of an inch of water in  the trays.  I have
> had the flu for the  last 2 days  and when I came out of my bedroom for the
> first time today, my hubby had put them outside because "they looked
> horrible, they were droopy and tying to lean towards the window".  When I
> told him to bring them back in, he was right.  The tomato plants dont look
> too bad, but the onions and brocolli look horrible.  They are practiclly
> lying  down.
> 
> We have had overcast days for the  last couple of days, so I dont think
> they were getting enough sunlight.  Would it be OK to use a florecent shop
> light (one of those long ones) over the plants?  Do I have to use a grow
> light?  It is still cold outside and not nearly time to transplant (geez,
> we dont even have the garden dug up yet!!) the nursery said not to move the
> tomatoes outside until the first of June.  All of the plants have grown
> about 3-5 inches in hight  and have sprouted the 3rd set of leaves.  The
> plants themselves look good, green and no dead leaves....just really
> droopy.
> 
> Any  help would be great, I dont want these poor things to die before they
> even get a chance in the garden!!
> Jessica
> Zone 4/5
> N.W. Montana


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