On Jun 5, 10:52�am, Dan Musicant ) wrote:
On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 20:13:10 -0700 (PDT), "www.locoworks.com"

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:On Jun 4, 6:52?pm, Dan Musicant ) wrote:
: I've seen this sort of strange growth on tomatoes before. I read a line
: or two in a book that seemed to suggest tangentally that over
: fertilization of some kind might be responsible for this. However, I
: want some confirmation because it was very anecdotal.
:
: I have 6 Early Girl tomato plants growing where I usually have very good
: luck. They are planted in soil that was mixed with a considerable amount
: of my own compost do a depth of nearly 2 feet. However, the plants
: aren't doing terribly well, the the corkscrew-like twisting has me
: wondering if I did something wrong. Does anyone know what causes this
: unusual growth pattern? I don't usually get it.
:
: Dan
:
:Is it the stems that are curling up, or the leaves?

It's the stems. I always seem to have some leaf curl too, and do this
year also (exposing the bottoms of the leaves, and it's pronounced), but
I think this is probably a different issue.

Look on the bright side, you can stake them just by sliding a bamboo
stick down the middle of the curl!