by Niklas Hjelm
Drooping leaves on tomato plant
4:02 am in questions, Seeking Advice, Water flow by Niklas Hjelm
Hi! I’m having some trouble with my tomato and hope someone can help me. It’s growing well in a drip irrigation system under a LED light but some of the leafs are really soggy and drooping. It’s sitting in a rootit cube with clay pebbles around it. EC is 2.5 flora series with PH of 6. I’ve tried experimenting with the amount of water but cannot seem to get it right. Right now the water runs 4 x 15m with 4 hour intervals. Can someone help me? Thanks
Soggy leaves are usually a sign of overwatering, but also your roots may not be breathing either.
Now the weird thing is that it doesn’t sound like your watering enough either. Last time I did tomatoes they were very thirsty plants.
I would cut off the affected sections of plant, back it off to every 6 hours and see how it does. Fix any drainage issues if they are sitting in water.
If they get worse, then increase the interval to every 2 hours and see if that helps.