I have seen my tomatoes turn up their toes become very straggly and get sick
like I described. If I knew the cause I would not be trying to prevent
everything..The Dusting powder is recommended to be applied every 5 to 10
days and is a multiple disease preventative..Unfortunately this had some
disastrous effects with the bees.
I think some of the survived and I saw a couple in my garden again. The
problem is they're few and far between.
Do bees pollinate tomatoes or are they self pollinating?

"Chookie" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Jonno" wrote:

I am concerned that after using a tomato dusting powder, that the bees
have
gone missing in my garden.
While I would like to prevent tomato diseases which have decimated my
tomato
plants later on in the season, with the leaves curling up, and going
brown
and drying up. I am not sure of what do.
Yates do warn of not using the dusting powder, when bees are foraging,
but
what else can you do to prevent diseases?
Any ideas anyone?

What disease were you trying to prevent with this dusting powder, and does
the
powder claim to prevent it at all?
Can you be a bit more precise than "leaves curling up and going brown"?

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