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Bees gone for a break too?
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 news:ehrebeniuk-E02AB1.08370707012009@news... 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"? -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) http://chookiesbackyard.blogspot.com/ |
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Bees gone for a break too?
On Jan 7, 9:36*am, "Jonno" wrote:
Do bees pollinate tomatoes or are they self pollinating? Depends on which bees you mean. Honeybees do not pollinate tomatoes, but many native bees do (and if you're in Tasmania bumblebees will also pollinate them). Tomatoes require a special kind of pollination called buzz pollination, which honeybees cannot do. I understand that tomatoes can be effectively wind pollinated, but don't know much about it. HTH Tish |
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Bees gone for a break too?
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"Jonno" wrote: 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 am trying to find out WHICH diseases you thought you were preventing. What does this preparation prevent? -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) http://chookiesbackyard.blogspot.com/ |
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Bees gone for a break too?
The only answer , as I'm not a scientist or expert on diseases is "all of
em" as its a multi purpose dust. I don't know what causes the plants to get sick. When I get my Diploma of Plant diseases, I could answer you.. As it is, I'm as much in the dark as you are regarding the problems I have had in the past. I will take pictures if I see the diseases, and put them on the web, then some one may know. The problem occurs as described previously.. It could be mildew /fungal problems or a virus disease transmitted by thrips. It seem to happen later on into the season and they blacken and dry out. High humidity, lack of air movement seems to hasten the problem and tomatoes are not very productive after that. BTW, I am not as careful lwithe watering the plant as I should be as the leaves often get wet and make contact with the soil... PS I wish I did have that diploma.... but that all I can give you. "Chookie" wrote in message news:ehrebeniuk-9EEC45.22545607012009@news... In article , "Jonno" wrote: 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 am trying to find out WHICH diseases you thought you were preventing. What does this preparation prevent? -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) http://chookiesbackyard.blogspot.com/ |
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