UPDATE!!--I think my Costoluto Fiorentino (tomato) has transplant shock. [View all]

Last edited Tue Jun 12, 2012, 11:33 AM - Edit history (1)

UDATE in separate post below....



I try to be a good tomato mother and transplant early in the morning or late in the evening when the temps are cooler, but life intervened and I had to put that Italian gentleman in his pot at about 11am on one of the hotter-than-it-should-be-for-May days. Now he's crying "Porca Miseria!" and I am riddled with guilt.

Fortunately, he is the only one of this year's tomatoes subjected to this rough treatment. The place where his pot was to go was conflicting with some last-minute unexpected house repairs and by the time they were done he desperately needed to get out of his seedling pot and I was facing three solid days with no time but the present to attend to him. Mi dispiace, caro pomodoro!

I think his size at transplant and well-established roots will eventually pull him through, but I wonder if there is anything I could/should do for him in the meantime to ease his pain?

Any advice?