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Old 13-05-2008, 04:34 AM posted to rec.gardens.edible
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Default Terrible Two-Tomato Torment.


"www.locoworks.com" wrote in message
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I have three tomato plants in the greenhouse, a Rutgers, a Brandywine,
and a Super Beefsteak. They are growing in large pots. Only the
Brandywine looks to be normal. The other two have developed some kind
of leaf curl in which the leaf rolls up and the underside of the leaf
turns dark purple.

I fear that cats may have gotten into the greenhouse and whizzed in
those two pots. Does anyone have the key to this mysterious 'mater
malady?


Sounds like it could be a nutrient problem. I have a greenhouse and only one
tomato thrived. We call it our "magic tomato" but unfortunately don't know
the name of it. It was give to me last spring. I took cuttings for the
winter. Only this one plant did well, the rest faded away. Not all tomatoes
do well in greenhouses even with the proper nutrition.