On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:00:37 -0700, Paul wrote:

Hello all,

First of all, i'm a newbie. i just moved into a house from an
apartment, and the idea of having an organic kitchen garden has always
excited me, so i built one, and i've got a few crops going now that
are coming out well so far.

The okra, pumpkin vines, spearmint, pepper, and basil plants are
thriving in the soil, and doing very well. I live in central Florida.

My problem: my Heatwave tomato plants have wilted over the past 2
days, even with the same amount of water and plant food and
temperature that they're used to. the only thing different i can
imagine is that a few days ago i bought some Round Up that said it was
safe for use in flower and vegetable gardens to kill some grass and
weeds that had popped up around the tomato plants. However i didn't
use much of it, just enough to get the grass and weed seedlings, and i
thought it should be safe around the plants. but as of now the tomato
plants have their leaves drooped down, very weak and soft, and they
look pretty pathetic.

The other plants that i did not spray the roundup near are doing well
still.

Would that have caused the problem, or can you imagine anything else?
Is there anything i can do to reverse them wilting and dying before
it's too late?

Thanks!

Paul

Round Up will kill any plant whose leaves it gets on. I have used it
in my tomato beds with no problem. I have a dispenser which puts out
a foam. I put the wand almost on the weed and it does not spread to
the neighboring plants.

Check out this site for information on tomato problems.
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/t...ver/index.html
And check with your local extension service. You can locate yours
here. http://www.csrees.usda.gov/Extension/index.html


Last year I swore that my husband got Round Up on some of my tomatoes.
After we talked to a biologist I realized that it was not Round Up but
some other problem.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)