On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:46:06 -0500, zxcvbob wrote:

:Marie Dodge wrote:
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: "Dan Musicant" wrote in message
: ...
: 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.
:
: Did one of your neighbors spray with a weed killer like Round-Up?
:
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: Dan
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:Sounds more like 2,4-d to me.
:
:Bob

I don't believe I've used anything like that. The only weed control I've
used is Roundup and as I just posted, not for around a year.

Dan