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  • From: "Bill Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT inil.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] tomato seedlings
  • Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 10:33:32 -0500

It's quite normal for the stem of tomato seedlings to have a purple color.
While cool conditions can lead to poor phosphorus uptake and result in
purple leaves, the stems can be purple even when nutrient availability is
fine. I wouldn't worry about it. There's nothing wrong. Once things warm up
a little more they'll probably look better.

Bill Shoemaker
Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
Univ of Illinois - St Charles Hort Research Center


>Hello. We're growing our own plants on a larger scale this year for the
>first time. I have about 500 little tomato plants up in the hoop house and
>the underneath of every plant and the stems looks purple. What's the
>matter with them or is this normal?




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