Am in the amrket for grow lights in southern Ontario, can someone that knows about these, please point me in the right direction as to what to get, where from and any other info needed to get me going? Canadian tire, wal-mart or HD? I am after a setup like this: http://www.flippygirl.com/growlights.html

Ok, I know this is a wierd question. This year, I did not get to plant as many tomato seeds as I would have liked with my 2 year old in his terrible stage. Since I could not find varieties that I really wanted locally, I bought some heirlooms through the mail. I have received the plants, they are all on the tall, leggy, side,I am sure from being stuck in a greenhouse. While the people seemed to take great care and time to pack each plant separately, the whole plant rolled in moist newspaper,I am not sure that this was the best way. When I received the plants and unwrapped them, several plants had all their leaves severely wilted, beyond repair. Not from disease or anything, but I think from the leaves laying on the moist paper for several days, it made them wilt. But the stems of the tomato plants are still very stury with no problems. So my question is, is it possible for these tomato plants to grow new leaves from the healty stem, even though there are no leaves currently on the stems? Talking to the lady who sent them to me, she says they will be fine and will sprout out new leaves from the stem. She seemed like as if it was no big deal. So I wanted to know what you guys think since I cannot seem to find anything on this subject. Even if new leaves will sprout, will it take a long time for it to happen, pushing the harvest dates further back? Thanks every one! WOW! Exact same thing happened to me, same source I bet too! I have a Black Plum that looks deader than dead. The others are about 16 inches tall and very leggy, a couple leaves on each of the others is dry like the Black Plum, could this be something serious and able to take over the others? Does the bad one need to be separated from the others? With the plants being so leggy just plant them as deep as possible or should I just start over? I would prefer to have strong, healthy plants if I am going to put the time in. I guess lesson learned though. Thanks!

Fleabane! That's what we call this pesky weed over here in Australia. I thought I recognised its mugshot. (Good close-up, sandradee.) It grows into the most eeeenorrrmous monster if it is well watered and not weeded out. There is one other way to kill it. I experimented on it once. Cut it underneath its crown, immediately above where its roots emerge. It will not grow back from its roots if its crown has been cut off. I am referring to the crown that is under the soil or at soil level, not the top of the plant which is also known as the crown. When young, it is easily removed if you don't have a gazillion. As it gets bigger, it gets very determined to stay, gets very strong, grows very tall... has babies. It will then resist all your efforts unless you bring in a tractor. Mowing might be the answer but there is POSSIBLY the possibility that it will then branch, and keep growing, and get stronger. Maybe you could try a couple of different methods and report back. Main thing is to not let it go to seed. Good luck.

The reason why my post was weird was because I deleted it and started over. I didn't know the post went somewhere else other than on the public forum. I am sorry. I had questions about the graft and staking and then decided to go in a different direction. I could not find the graft in the picture. Usually it is quite visable and with yours it wasn't because there were 3 branches growing horizontal. Where I thought the graft would be, you had branches below it. Those are normally removed. I think your graft was on the left of the picture and the main branch became too heavy without staking and guidance. The weight made the branch fall over which explains why it is longer on one side. I am just speculating due to the shape. If a tree is top heavy, then staking is helpful until the stem is thick enough to hold up its own canopy. I normally take the stakes out of a new tree when repotting . It depends on the plant. I brought home this spring a Hamlin orange from Lowes. The tree was U shaped, bending towards the ground. I put it into a larger pot and staked it up for a few months. Now it can hold itself up straight. To get the tree how you want it, it will have to be pruned. You have a lot of thin branches on the bottom which I would remove.