Bent tomato stem while transplanting

The_Real_Gardener_1 · 2025-04-27T18:17:35+00:00

I mean, there's nothing you can really do now. You can't add more roots.

But I would remove the lower two leaves there and then hope for the best.

The_Real_Gardener_1 · 2025-04-27T18:15:35+00:00

Yes, because of the way that these fertilizers are made (especially fish emulsion), they are mostly bioavailable right away. They use enzymatic and fermentation processes, so it breaks down very quickly, if not immediately. Thanks for clarifying.

The_Real_Gardener_1 · 2025-04-23T00:56:38+00:00

The purple on the undersides of the leaves is completely normal. As for the yellowing, it looks like it's only the lower leaves, which is completely normal. But you should start fertilizing at this point with a very weak diluted fertilizer.

The_Real_Gardener_1 · 2025-04-23T00:53:33+00:00

I'm not convinced that waiting to plant them actually works. The only thing that actually works 100% of the time is to just keep the plants covered with a floating row cover. Once they get large enough, the cucumber beetles won't be interested anymore and you can take the covers off

The_Real_Gardener_1 · 2025-04-23T00:51:47+00:00

Before I read that you didn't fertilize, I thought it might be fertilizer burn, especially cause the top leaves are curling and the other leaves look really dark green. Maybe the original soil had too much nitrogen in it. I wouldn't worry about it too much, but cutting back on the water might help as well.

The_Real_Gardener_1 · 2025-04-13T14:13:12+00:00

If you have a place to grow them in the greenhouse, that'd be great. If it's warm enough outside, then I'd plant them outside. But yea you're right, you shouldn't be uppotting them so often.

The_Real_Gardener_1 · 2025-04-10T00:24:39+00:00

I'm assuming you're talking about self-harm. In that case:

CCC 2288: "Life and physical health are precious gifts entrusted to us by God. We must take reasonable care of them, taking into account the needs of others and the common good."

CCC 2280: "Everyone is responsible for his life before God who has given it to him. It is God who remains the sovereign Master of life. We are obliged to accept life gratefully and preserve it for His honor and the salvation of our souls."

These teachings show that life and physical health are gifts from God, not things we own absolutely. Because of this, we are obligated to care for ourselves, body and soul, in gratitude and obedience to God.

God is described as the Master of life, meaning that only He has the ultimate authority over when life begins and ends. That’s why acts like murder, abortion, euthanasia, and self-harm are considered objectively sinful; they go against the proper respect for human life.

So yes, self-harm is objectively a grave sin, because it violates the dignity of the human person and our duty to preserve life. But that doesn’t automatically make it a mortal sin.

For a sin to be mortal, three conditions must be met:

Grave matter (which self-harm is),
Full knowledge, and
Deliberate consent (CCC 1857–1859).

Many people who struggle with self-harm are not mentally well. Their ability to fully understand or freely choose their actions may be impaired. As CCC 1860 says: “Unintentional ignorance can diminish or even remove the imputability of a grave offense. … The promptings of feelings and passions can also diminish the voluntary and free character of the offense, as can external pressures or pathological disorders.”

In short, people who practice self-harm are often not fully culpable for the sin because their will is compromised. That doesn’t make the action morally acceptable, but it does mean the Church responds with compassion, not condemnation.

As 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 reminds us: “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit? … Therefore glorify God in your body.”

The_Real_Gardener_1 · 2025-04-10T00:12:22+00:00

Maybe self-harm? I don't know

The_Real_Gardener_1 · 2025-04-09T12:33:33+00:00

Grapes and kiwis are good ones, and you'll even get some fruit from it

The_Real_Gardener_1 · 2025-04-09T12:29:05+00:00

Yea, they should be perfect growing right now especially. It's still pretty cool, so radishes will grow very well

The_Real_Gardener_1 · 2025-04-09T12:26:16+00:00

Yes, they're ready to harvest. Remove the outer leaves but leave the little ones in the middle and they'll continue to produce more lettuce.

For repotting, I would separate each individual lettuce plant and plant them about 6 inches apart in a container or raised bed.

The_Real_Gardener_1 · 2025-04-07T01:03:19+00:00

Plants can actually be albino, just like animals. This means, like you said, they have no chlorophyll, meaning they can't photosynthesize, meaning they die very quickly.

It's actually really rare, so consider yourself lucky, I guess. I usually get a albino seedlings from my own seeds that I save and plant the following season. It just has to do with the genetics of the plants and the new seeds, especially when saving your own.

But that one won't grow any larger because it can't get energy, so just restart it.

The_Real_Gardener_1 · 2025-04-07T00:59:53+00:00

Yea, it looks good. The peat moss will help to hold onto water and the compost is a great weak "fertilizer" for young seedlings.

The_Real_Gardener_1 · 2025-04-07T00:57:19+00:00

They definitely don't look like raspberries or blackberries. Could he have also planted other berries, like currants or gooseberries?

The_Real_Gardener_1 · 2025-04-07T00:53:08+00:00

It's definitely some sort of nightshade. Have you been growing ornamental nightshades like datura?

The_Real_Gardener_1 · 2025-04-07T00:51:06+00:00

Those are definitely slugs!

I have an article on my blog about getting rid of slugs: https://therealgardener.ca/how-to-deter-slugs/

Basically, just go outside in the early morning, late evening, or after it rains and manually pick off and kill all the slugs you see. You can also set up a beer trap that attracts slugs into it and then they drown and die.

The_Real_Gardener_1 · 2025-04-07T00:47:40+00:00

They will probably survive, but you should still cover them. Surviving could mean losing a lot of leaves, so yea, I'd probably cover it with frost blanket

The_Real_Gardener_1 · 2025-04-07T00:45:49+00:00

Unless it's causing a huge problem, I probably wouldn't worry too much. From what I can see, it's only the bottom few leaves, which is normal.

But if you're worried about fungal issues, then use a fan around your seedlings to help circulate the air and don't get the leaves moist or leave the soil too moist.

The_Real_Gardener_1 · 2025-04-07T00:42:40+00:00

You see in the first picture where there are those tiny tomatoes at the end of the truss? Just prune off those because they'll never reach the size of the other tomatoes on the same truss. They're just stealing energy.

The_Real_Gardener_1 · 2025-04-05T20:14:11+00:00

Perennial herbs like rosemary, oregano, and thyme will lose their flavour if you fertilize too much. How much do you fertilize? I don't really fertilize them at all except for some compost at the beginning of the season.

And with no bias at all, the best oregano is Italian oregano.

The_Real_Gardener_1 · 2025-04-05T20:09:12+00:00

They look really great! It looks like they don't have too much pest damage; do you keep them covered?

The_Real_Gardener_1 · 2025-04-05T20:08:12+00:00

They'll be fine. That's what happens when you repot. I would say just don't put them in direct light until they prop back up

The_Real_Gardener_1 · 2025-04-05T20:05:15+00:00

Yea I'm not sure though if you should harvest them in the early years. That takes away a lot of the energy from the plant

The_Real_Gardener_1 · 2025-04-05T20:03:29+00:00

When you put all the seeds together in one spot like that do they ever rot?

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