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Tomatoes #931389
Asked May 11, 2026, 6:10 PM EDT
Crow Wing County Minnesota
Expert Response
Thanks for your question. Your poor tomato seedlings look very stressed but not yet dead. I'm pretty sure you can get them to recover if you move quickly.
Before suggesting remedial steps, I want to be sure that I understand the situation.
You initially planted tomato and pepper seeds in an organic seed starting mix containing coir. The seeds germinated and grew a bit. You then transplanted the seedlings to larger pots. These larger pots also contained organic seed starting mix with coir. The pictures you sent were of the transplanted plants.
Do I understand things correctly? Many thanks.
I actually transplanted them with seed starter mix with the coir into a bigger container then few days later realized what I did and replanted with potting mix. I also added organic liquid fertilizer. I actually used the organic fertilizer full strength this morning and actually they look better this evening than this morning. We even bought new growing lights . The peppers didn’t change that much and are looking great . I’m feeling the tomatoes are getting better after this morning.pictures are from this evening . Thoughts ? Thanks for helping .
Thanks for getting back to me. You put some missing pieces into the puzzle. I will be back to you later this evening with my analysis and suggestions.
Thanks very much.