Tomato Leaves Curling

Frank97 | 11:41 Sat 07th May 2011 | Gardening

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Good morning
Any idea what has happened to these Tomatoes?
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They were purchased from a local garden centre at about the beginning of March as seedlings then potted up grown on in the greenhouse and then planted into a Tomorite grow-bag still in the green house, they are now outside as I've replaced them with some much healthier specimens. I don't think it's frost damage as they were inside and I can't
see any sign of insects on them, someone suggested spider mites could be the cause but I can't see any sign of them. They are now starting to flower and have a couple of small tomatoes forming but the leaf curling has persisted. Any Ideas?
The pictures were taken today BTW.

Potatoes in a bag

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Trimeresurus

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Leaf Roll - a good sign on young leaves, if they are dark green.

Rolling of older leaves is usually due to excess de-leafing or a wide variation between day & night temperatures (I suspect the latter).

Providing there are no other obvious pests & diseases, just leave 'em be.

11:51 Sat 07th May 2011

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Frank97

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Thanks Trimeresurus.
Looks like I'm in for a glut of Toms this year then.

ssharon01

This article will be helpful to you for growing healthy tomatoes.

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Frank97

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A good sugestion ssharon, but I could buy an awful lot of tomatoes for the price of a hydroponics set up not to mention the price of the nutrients. Don't ask me how I know that.:-)
I'll stick to grow-bags!
I just thought the twisting was wierd as I've not seen it before.

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