"songbird" wrote in message
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Terry Coombs wrote:

I noticed yesterday that some of my tomato plants have something
unusual
going on . The lower leaves on a couple of my plants have turned a darker
green and started curling up toward the top side . They feel strange to
the
touch too , kinda "leathery" for lack of a better word .
Anybody got any ideas what I might have going on here ? Plants are in
"virgin" soil , used to be oak forest . Ground was broken for the first
time
this spring , plants were put in holes with a 50/50 mix of dirt and
manure/compost , a tbsp of epsom salts in the bottom of each hole . 3
weeks
after planting about 3 wks ago now I applied a light feeding of
13/13/13 .
THis problem has just shown up in the last few days and I'd like to nip
it
asap . They've all but one got tomatoes on them .

every thing i'm seeing says that this is caused
by the plant top growing faster than the roots
(many reasons) and that the plant should grow out
of it.

has there been uneven weather lately (too much
rain, not enough sun, or vice versa) or are you
watering regularly if it is too hot and dry?


songbird

We've had some really hot/dry weather , and I've been watering when the
soil is dry abt 1/4" deep . Cook - I checked out your link , nothing there
that resembles what I'm seeing , but lotsa good info bookmarked thanks !
Tomorrow or wednesday I need to run into town on some other business , I
think I'll run a sample leaf past the county extension office - along with a
soil sample for testing . Could very well be a ph problem as Pavel314
suggested .
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Snag