I took these seedlings outside on Sunday to get a couple hours of outdoor time. They seemed pretty happy. Next weekend is our last frost date, so it is time to start hardening them off.
I have been having a little trouble with my tomato seedlings (and now maybe the peppers too). I think they are malnourished. The tomatoes have lost their bottom leaves, which turned purple. The upper leaves got little brown flecks on them (not wet-looking) that have grown in some cases to large black spots.
I used two storage containers of potting soil I dug out of my shed when I transplanted these, and I think some of it was less than fresh. A couple of the Rainbow Cherry Tomatoes are doing fine, but a third is dying. Check out this picture two of the same kind of tomato transplanted at the same time and sitting next to eachother ever since:
What a shame the rest of the tomatoes all must have gone into the same soil as that one on the left, as they are all doing poorly. I have added fertilizer and am hoping for the best.
