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Default Tomato Wilt

David Hare-Brained wrote:
Bunny McElwee wrote:
I have 6 - 4' x 12' x 12" raised gardens. Last year, did fab. This
year, we've had crazy weather (freezing cold well into April) and had
to replace plants twice due to frost burn. So, the garden is a bit
behind this year, so I'm not where I should be on a normal year.
However, things are starting to go a little, so I have hopes. My
problem is this. One of my beds is for tomato plants, a variety from
big boys to better boys to Amelia to Heinz. Average run of the mill
tomatoes from the local Lowes. Planted, deep, caged, watered, etc.
Plants grew quite nicely, although slow to start due to getting them
in late. Started coming on well, nice fruit set, no obvious issues.
All of a sudden, it got quite hot here (I'm in Charleston, SC, not
sure what zone, but I think its 9). so I watered daily to keep up
with the drying soil as the temps got into the 90's every day. No
rain for some time, at least no to speak of to boost the garden. SO,
about 3 days after the temps started rising, I noticed that during
the day, even after I had watered, it looked like the plants were
wilting. Overnight they would perk up, but then about 3 days after
that, they stopped perking up, even though I watered. then they began
to yellow, leaves curled, and the plant just stopped growing or doing
anything. Tomatoes all over them, and they looked ok, but the plant
itself, looked dead. SO research I did, for days on the web. I know I
have wilt. I do not know for sure which one. I took out 3 plants,
looks like I have 2 more almost gone, and 2 more starting to show the
same signs. The soil in the bed was actually brought from a neighbor,
who moved and told me to take the bed and dirt. So I did. Then she
told me, btw I had the same problem with my tomatoes last year, same
bed, same soil. So, by my description can someone tell me what wilt I
have? It appears that I need to remove the plants from this bed and
not plant them there again, but it looks like I am supposed to do
that for 4 years! Can I not use this bed at all? Is there something I
can plant in it's place that isn't susceptible to wilt? Should I
remove all the soil and replace? The info on the net is so confusing
that I am more unsure of what to do now than when I started. I
understand that some of the plants that I had in there were supposed
to be resistant, but they still went down. I tried to find more
plants with the FVNT on them, but local stores show none of those
letters. Some say disease resistant, but they don't say what disease
they are resistant to. I can post pictures I think tomorrow as I
didn't think abut it before writing this if it would help identify. I
was hoping maybe I could plant tomatoes in a different bead that has
gone through a Bush Bean cycle and move the second planting of bush
beans to this bed. But I am not sure if the wilt will just strike
again. Any help would be greatly appreciated, sure would like to get
my tomatoes back on track for homemade salsa and sauce! Thank for
listening!

Oh, and the soil in all of the beds, including the infected one, is a
mix of black soil and mushroom compost, about 60-40 if I had to
guess. I actually helped the neighbor put her box in, it was one of
the reasons I took it, because I knew what was in it.


I find huge paragraphs hard to read. Also with no breaks it is hard for
people to pick out single ideas and questions to answer.

D


A typical comment indicative of someone knowing nothing about
gardening. This is a gardening group, not a creative writing group...
and you can't write very well either, your vocaculary is that of a 4th
grader. And if you have difficulty comprehending that post then you
are functionally illiterate.