Oh no... my tomato plants need help

I think there's something wrong with my newborn tomato plants The leaves in all 3 cherry tomato and 1 of my italian tomato plants are looking sick.

Here's what they look like:



What is wrong? Too much water? Not enough? Not enough light? Too much light?
They're kept by the window and get some direct sunlight in the morning (not for a couple of days because it's been cloudy) and lots of indirect light. I keep the soil nice and moist.

Help. I don't know what the plants are trying to tell me and I need some tomato-plant to English translation.

I don't know anything about growing tomatoes

I did find these links for you:

http://gardening.about.com/od/vegeta...TomatoTips.htm

http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/fruit_...y_1_tomato.asp

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...8/ai_n11784198

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/l...222811785.html

Here are some links from horticulturists about tomatoes. Some look excellent.

For this one keep clicking on the pictures. Eventually you get to a printed solution to the problem of the image you clicked on:
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/t...ver/index.html

http://www.rhs.org.uk/Advice/profile...toproblems.asp

http://plantanswers.tamu.edu/vegetables/tomato.html

http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/hortn...92/tomato.html

You could also take it to a garden centre and ask them. They are more likely to know based on the appearance and feel of the soil.

Looks like too much water. See how they are shriveling and browning at ground level?

I'm no gardener, either, but one thing I did learn when I had plants was that humidifying usually really helps when they're still in pots. I misted them a couple of times a day, or put them on a layer of gravel in a tray and kept the tray half-full of water. Just a thought.

Yep, I think too much water too . You may be able to save them- I don't know. Better a little on the dry side than overwatered- that can cause root rot. Good luck . I forgot to start mine last month- I guess mine will be a little late this year, or I may just cheat and buy the plants in a pot...

are you keeping them nice and warm? tomatoes do like the heat.

too much water is possible. I think I have been a little overzealous with the watering. All the other plants are fine, except the spinach also has a few spots like that.

It's not very warm either. I'm not sure how I can fix that, short of turning up the heat in the whole apartment.

Try keeping the plants on top of the refrigerator, where the warmth from the motor will help.

You can also place them on a heating pad!! Don't water them for a while and then if/when the second set of leaves emerge transplant them to a deeper pot.

Well, the leaves look about the same... except that most of the plants now have a tiny second set of leaves

I'll transplant them tonight and move them on top of the fridge.

Sorry, I have a black thumb so I don't give advice..but I'm glad they are doing better.