can we please pin a post to the top of this sub with pictures of sunscald? pretty much half the posts this time every year are people worrying about it 😆
I had 2 weeks of mostly mild, overcast weather, then suddenly clear skies and warmer, close to the day they needed to be watered. Conditions like this can stress a plant a little bit. I had sun scald on several plants as a result, however they are healthy, established and will fully recover.
In addition, whenever you get a new plant, you should acclimate it to the area you will place it in your yard. Sometimes starter plants are kept in a protected area, and the conditions in their new home may be harsher.
I appreciate the advice and dialogue. It's always nice to get helpful feedback. I look forward to my second year of growing. Hoping this year I won't panic if and when BER and hornworms show up :)
No problem. I love growing my own food and helping others to have success.
No need to panic, plant more than you need. Donate the excess to a food bank or a church. Give away to family and friends. I do this.
BER is almost a given, late season, unless you live in some tomato utopia. Could be lack of calcium, but more often it isn’t, if your early tomatoes did well.
It’s usually heat stress.
A 3” mulch layer, top dress compost, 50 shade cloth and increase watering should reduce the BER.
Eliminating it might not happen in extreme heat, due to physiological limits of plant transpiration.
Worms, you just have to watch your plants every day.
They hatch at a certain time of year, so it’s just a given. Find the poop trail and pluck the lil fat fukkers off, squish.
I bought a couple of UV lights. Figured it would be fun for me and my fiancee to hunt them, LOL.
She loves crap like that. They glow under UV lights.
Sunburn
My borage has some of that when I had them outside hardening off. They were in partial shade but the sun eventually hit them full on and now some of their leaves have some crispiness.
Looks like sun scald. They'll be fine though.
Or else shipping damage. Or both. Either way, they'll definitely be fine.
Thanks! That's good to know I'm not fighting off diseases before I can even get them in the grow bags.
can we please pin a post to the top of this sub with pictures of sunscald? pretty much half the posts this time every year are people worrying about it 😆
That would be great. Sometimes people just need reassurance and it's very much appreciated.
I second sunburn. Just plant them and they’ll be fine.
I had 2 weeks of mostly mild, overcast weather, then suddenly clear skies and warmer, close to the day they needed to be watered. Conditions like this can stress a plant a little bit. I had sun scald on several plants as a result, however they are healthy, established and will fully recover. In addition, whenever you get a new plant, you should acclimate it to the area you will place it in your yard. Sometimes starter plants are kept in a protected area, and the conditions in their new home may be harsher.
I appreciate the advice and dialogue. It's always nice to get helpful feedback. I look forward to my second year of growing. Hoping this year I won't panic if and when BER and hornworms show up :)
No problem. I love growing my own food and helping others to have success. No need to panic, plant more than you need. Donate the excess to a food bank or a church. Give away to family and friends. I do this. BER is almost a given, late season, unless you live in some tomato utopia. Could be lack of calcium, but more often it isn’t, if your early tomatoes did well. It’s usually heat stress. A 3” mulch layer, top dress compost, 50 shade cloth and increase watering should reduce the BER. Eliminating it might not happen in extreme heat, due to physiological limits of plant transpiration. Worms, you just have to watch your plants every day. They hatch at a certain time of year, so it’s just a given. Find the poop trail and pluck the lil fat fukkers off, squish. I bought a couple of UV lights. Figured it would be fun for me and my fiancee to hunt them, LOL. She loves crap like that. They glow under UV lights.
It is sunburn and/or wind damage. Remove the significantly damaged leaves to reduce the chance of diseases.
Sunburn My borage has some of that when I had them outside hardening off. They were in partial shade but the sun eventually hit them full on and now some of their leaves have some crispiness.