Once upon a time on usenet Boron Elgar wrote:
On Thu, 30 Jul 2015 15:17:20 +1200, "~misfit~"
wrote:

Once upon a time on usenet Derald wrote:
"~misfit~" wrote:

Thanks for the links
Hope you find the information useful. Use with caution: Those
sorts of guides can easily lead to confusion. Concentrating on the
visuals only can be misleading. It is important also to be aware of
contributing factors such as season, prevailing weather conditions,
soil conditions, nutrient levels, etc. etc.

Understood. Thanks again.


I have found that another variable is tomato variety, too. Over and
above the specific ones that are wilt-resistant, some are just overly
sensitive to it.

I have found that Pink Berkeley Tie-Dye are highly susceptible to
fungal attack...also to scald and blossom end rot. Damn fine tomatoes
if they make it through, though.

I am growing a lot of different varieties this year, each in large
tubs, each in exactly the same growing medium. The different tubs are
being treated as similarly as one can do under home gardening
conditions, so I really believe some of what I am seeing is variety
based.

Handy to know. I wonder if that information is out there somewhere? Last
year I decided to just grow Grosse Lisse as the previous year they were my
favourites. However we had a wet season and they lost all their lower leaves
first then the stems rotted. A later crop I put in was too late.

I've never sprayed tomatoes before, just figured if I get a crop then that's
great. However as finances get tighter and mobility more limited I can't
afford to put the effort in for little or no return so will have to learn to
work out what the trouble is (if any) and sort it out this year.

Cheers,
--
Shaun.

"Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy
little classification in the DSM*."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)
(*Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)