Towards the end of last year, my sister and I decided to grow tomatoes (and peppers too) for fun. We cleared very small area of land, burst open real tomatoes (and peppers and scattered their seeds). We didn't expect it to grow so well. To our surprise, they flourished and within a short period brought forth very juicy tomatoes (The peppers never grew!). It was a rewarding experience.

At this point, let me point out that my knowledge and experience of agriculture is limited to Agricultural science as taught in secondary school. It was one of my favourite subject and we did lots of practicals.

So we decided to take a risk and grow another batch in the second week of December, in the middle of harmattan. The land was do hard and dry but we went ahead anyway. We cleared a bigger portion of land. There is no water tap on that side of our house, so we had to haul lots of buckets of water to soften the land and then we planted. At a point we were not sure it would grow because of the very dry harmattan. Yet we went ahead. We Planted the tomatoes (and a very small quantity of peppers too). We both have busy schedules but we managed to create a roster to wet and weed morning and evening with lots of water. Tomatoes aren't so expensive, but there was something fun about growing your own food.

To our surprise, our efforts paid off. The tomatoes grew fresher and faster than the last. It appeared that in our zeal, we had planted too many within too little space, and it all looked choked up, so we reckoned there was nothing we could do but just let the plants grow. By a months, there were small yellow flower, indicating that the tomatoes would soon begin to come out. I was happy.

Pause, the reason for my long story is so that you would know the pains we went through for the sake of these tomatoes.


Then last week, I washed one of my new shirts, and the colours were bleeding out a lot. I went outside and then I dipped the shirt in a 30 litres bowl of water that was beside the house to rinse it it before spreading. So the colour of the water turned very slightly greenish (it was a green shirt) and then my sister said she had intended to wet our tomatoes with that bowl of water, and that she was not willing to go inside to get another one. Because it was just one shirt and the water was plenty, I told her we could still use it. And so we wet the tomatoes.

The following day I was inspecting my tomatoes, and there was a pile of humus lying close by - dead plants that had been cleared out earlier and had decayed. I remembered my Agric. Science teacher said humus was good for plants, so I took a shovel and spread the humus all over the tomatoes and then wet them so that the humus would make it to the bottom where the roots would tap the nutrients.

In the middle of last week, my sister alerted me that the tomatoes were dying, starting from the ones at the centre. I told her it was probably just one or two plants that are dying for some reason. Besides, there were a lot more flowers than the last time, so the tomatoes must be growing....so I thought. But today, I saw it clearly. They were dying!! like seriously dying!!. The leaves are going limp and are wilting. And they haven't grown taller since last week. At this rate, there would probably be no single plant standing by next week. Its so, so saddening.

Now I wonder, was it the clothes water (my sister thinks it was)? Or was it the humus? Or was it some kind of disease?

More importantly, what can we do to save our tomatoes.
By the way, the peppers never grew. I wonder why.



Here is a photo of a section of the tomato garden. It used to be very very green, now its like lemon-yellow.

It is the clothe water that cause it not the humus becos the water contain the chemical from the cloth.It will grow back but it will first die and it will take some time.What you need is SUPER GRO PRODUCT. For more info call me on the no in my signature

opeadura:
It is the clothe water that cause it not the humus becos the water contain the chemical from the cloth.It will grow back but it will first die and it will take some time.What you need is SUPER GRO PRODUCT. For more info call me on the no in my signature

first of all that is crap, and I think you know it. Super GRO is no fertilizer or anything super important. it's just something which makes water intake by plant easier. Seriously, we are here 2 share information that helps us out, not sell worthless products like u are doing right now. Pls sir, refrain from that. Thanks.

Viktour01:
first of all that is crap, and I think you know it. Super GRO is no fertilizer or anything super important. it's just something which makes water intake by plant easier. Seriously, we are here 2 share information that helps us out, not sell worthless products like u are doing right now. Pls sir, refrain from that. Thanks.

Thanks for pointing this out!

Anyway, the tomatoes died. Every single one.

It's very likely that the chemical from the water caused this death of your tomato.

Replant and keep going on. You might have just discovered your line of business

INFOTECH2:
It's very likely that the chemical from the water caused this death of your tomato.

Replant and keep going on. You might have just discovered your line of business

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Viktour01:
first of all that is crap, and I think you know it. Super GRO is no fertilizer or anything super important. it's just something which makes water intake by plant easier. Seriously, we are here 2 share information that helps us out, not sell worthless products like u are doing right now. Pls sir, refrain from that. Thanks.

You didn't have any good advise to give and you still criticized the good ideas I gave to him which had worked for me and you talked as if u know the work of the product. Ignorance is a disease and its kills.

A lot of things could have gone wrong. Possibly the concentration of the water, 2. The population of tomato seedlings per sqr foot. 3. Maybe leafborne disease.
General cultural practices is weed, running regularly and don't pour just anyhow water again... When wetting wet carefully to avoid splashes of soil to the leaf surface.

Seeing that it is a matter of life and death of the tomatoes, I suggest that you fast and pray.

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