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Tomatoes not growing....solved.....thanks all.....
I posted about a month ago asking about why my tomatoes were not
growing. I went to the extension office and they confirmed what I was pretty sure of from doing some internet research. The tomatoes (13 of the 15 I planted) contracted curly top virus. They are planted next to the alley behind my house and on the other side of it is an irrigation ditch (pecan orchards....did you know here in the hot, dry southern new mexico desert we are the largest producer of pecans in the country?). Around that irrigation ditch is a stand of weeds.....mustard weeds. Curly top is transmitted to tomatoes by leaf cutters. Over the winter, they winter in mustard weeds, from which they pick up the virus. When the tomatoes came up, the little leaf cutters jumped on them, and munched on the juices, transmitting the virus as they did. The giveaway was the leathery, stiff texture of the leaves, as well as the leaves curling and sometimes turning upside down. I pulled them all up, two survived though they don't look great. But I'll let them go to see what they do. Thanks for all of your help. Sarah |
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