On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:03:14 -0700, Billy
wrote:

In article ,
Fran wrote:

Wilt got all 4 of my plants this year - both the brandywine and the
rutgers. Since this is the 4th time I've tried tomatoes over the last
6 or 7 years, and the plants have all died of wilt, I'm not going to
try again. And, yes, I've tried both in-ground and containered.

And the soil in the container was fresh potting soil? I guess the next
step would be sterilizing the container (bleach solution), and all the
potting soil (heat). You would also want to change the supplier of the
starts. Then you should have a good idea as to whether you were screwing
up (and we all do from time to time;O) or whether it was really wilt,
because if you still got wilt, it would have to come from the supplier.
This can happen, even from seed.


Wilt, once it begins, is spread by air, too. We had it bad last year,
and even in a pristine containers and fresh, bagged soil and plants
grown from packaged seed sown directly in the soil, I have one corner
that is coming up with it much early than usual...nothing like last
years, but the weather is better this year. I've lost most of one tub
of cukes and one of tomatoes, one of yellow squash, but the rest of
the cucurbits and tomatoes seem ok so far....so far....

Boron