Why the drooping leaves??

[Medbury Gardens]

I cant work out why the plant in the photo has drooping higher leaves as well as the tip hangs down but only in the day time, at night it comes right again and has been doing this for month or so but has been still putting on growth.Its been well watered as well as has been sufficiently fertilized,its the only one of 20 plants in my hot house thats doing it.
Could the pot its growing in be getting to warm?? as the temps inside the hothouse are now getting up in to the low 30degC (90F),i wouldn't have thought that those kinds of temps would be to warm for tomatoes,but again its the only doing it ...so me

[Medbury Gardens]

Odd, the photo was too big but when i resized it in Photobucket it reminded the same size on the forum.
So here it is.

[amideutch]

I would say due to stress. What variety is it? Ami

[ddsack]

Have you checked the base of the stem to see if there is a partially shriveled area due to fungus damage? I had a plant in the garden last year that struggled through the season despite very little healthy stem left. I left it alone out of curiosity to watch the progression of the disease. I did spray the damaged stem with hydrogen peroxide a few times, but I doubt that had much effect on the internal tissues. One of the characteristics was the wilting during the heat of the day and at least partially reviving by morning.

[Medbury Gardens]

Originally Posted by ddsack

Have you checked the base of the stem to see if there is a partially shriveled area due to fungus damage? I had a plant in the garden last year that struggled through the season despite very little healthy stem left. I left it alone out of curiosity to watch the progression of the disease. I did spray the damaged stem with hydrogen peroxide a few times, but I doubt that had much effect on the internal tissues. One of the characteristics was the wilting during the heat of the day and at least partially reviving by morning.

As you can see in the photo there doent appear to be any sign of fungus damage

Originally Posted by amideutch

I would say due to stress. What variety is it? Ami

Black Zebra,which is a new one for me this season

[amideutch]

Medbury, That stone wall behind your plant. Does it heat up during the day. It looks like it is painted black and could act like a solar collector. I've seen this happen at my surrogate garden at work which is up against my building and the walls are metal slabs with insulation sandwiced between the metal panels. They heat up during the day and cause the plants to wilt if it gets hot outside. Ami

[Medbury Gardens]

Yes i was thinking that today Ami,i painted it a year or so ago to see what difference it would make in heat retention but i'm thinking now that i don't need it painted a dark colour.
I'll paint white and see if helps and report back.

Richard

[amideutch]

Richard, just drape a white bed sheet or white plastic over the wall first and see if that makes any difference. Ami

[Medbury Gardens]

That could be an idea too,that way it could be taken down for the winter so the sun can still heat it which is tends to do at the time of year.