Yellowing leaves on tomato seedlings

[jackb]

Welcome Todd! My plants are started in horticubes and then straight into soil when the roots poke through, never used Jiffy pellets. The seedlings are fed with dilute nutrient solution starting right after they sprout. I am still about two weeks from being able to get them in the ground and my annuals are starting to flower already.
jackb

. I do feed them a mild

 

[ninnymary]

I've only tried Gala Diplomat in a large container but it didn't do well. The plant grew and flowered but then it started dying. No one that I know grows melons here. There must be a reason for that.

Mary

 

[ducks4you]

Sounds like they are sitting in water. Can you put them on top of a mesh and then water from below?

 

[Todd Ziegler]

I've only tried Gala Diplomat in a large container but it didn't do well. The plant grew and flowered but then it started dying. No one that I know grows melons here. There must be a reason for that.
Evan with growing in a tub you might try plastic to raise the temperature and poly spun row cover during the day to help hold in the heat for the night


Mary

 

[Todd Ziegler]

Sounds like they are sitting in water. Can you put them on top of a mesh and then water from below?

They are definitely not sitting in water. They are doing better since I put potting soil around them. Thanks

 

[seedcorn]

If lower leaves are yellow and new growth is green, it's a nitrogen defiency.

 

[Todd Ziegler]

If lower leaves are yellow and new growth is green, it's a nitrogen defiency.

I thought that to so I mixed up a little fertilizer to feed them the next time I water them. Since I keep aquarium plants I have the ability to customize my fertilizer mixes

 

[Todd Ziegler]

I've only tried Gala Diplomat in a large container but it didn't do well. The plant grew and flowered but then it started dying. No one that I know grows melons here. There must be a reason for

Mary

Here's a link to a melon being grown in Manitoba
http://www.saltspringseeds.com/products/gnadenfeld-muskmelon-cucumis-melo

 

[seedcorn]

Once they go yellow (lower leaves) they will not come back as plant is now making new leaves.

 

[baymule]

Interesting that you mention Russian melon varieties. We have a member here from Moscow. @Larisa do you grow melons at your country house?

We moved to 8 acres last year and for the first time in many years I have ROOM! I ordered from rareseeds.com too (my favorite seed company) and I ordered melon seeds.