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  • From: "Bill Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT inil.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Help with tomatoes!!!
  • Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 08:14:18 -0500


Artificial light is always a substitute for natural light. As the plants
grow, their need for natural light grows too. Get them into sunlight if you
can.

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


>Yes, they are fluorescent lights. Some of the
>tomatoes are actually touching the light. The
>plants are about 8 inches tall now. I was thinking
>I watered them too much or maybe let them get too
>dry. I did do that once.
>
>
>--- Joe Kames <farfish AT francomm.com> wrote:
>>
>> Pat,
>>
>> What type of lights are you using? If they are
>> fluorescent lights, they must
>> be just a few inches above the seedling height.
>>
>>
>> Joe
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > The tomato plants I have under lights are
>> starting
>> > to turn yellow and curl.. What am I doing
>> > wrong????
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > =====
>> > Pax,
>> > Jackie
>> > St. Joseph the Worker Farm
>> > NW, Pennsylvania
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  • Re: [Market-farming] Help with tomatoes!!!, Bill Shoemaker, 05/04/2004

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