Help for Wilted Tomato Plants :(
My tomato plants had just started to flower, (Sungold and Early Girl)
and then BOOM! Now they've wilted with a strange twisted shape. (See photos at http://www.inhouzemusic.com/z) I suspect some kind of bacterial wilt. We had some rain the other day, and I understand water splashing on soil and onto the leaves can carry the disease. I'm not sure where the disease came from, as we had strawberries in this bed for the past few years. Sooo, my question is, where do I go from here? Are these plants definitely gonners? Luckily, I have several backup plants still in containers that look beautiful. Can I yank out the infected plants and plant these in their place? The only other place I have for them is in the same bed, the other half of a 4'x8' raised bed where I just harvested the garlic. Is there some way to eliminate the disease or reduce the plant's chances of getting infected again? Thanks. -Fleemo in Zone 9 |
Help for Wilted Tomato Plants :(
On 1 Jun 2004 10:57:47 -0700, Fleemo wrote:
My tomato plants had just started to flower, (Sungold and Early Girl) and then BOOM! Now they've wilted with a strange twisted shape. (See photos at http://www.inhouzemusic.com/z) I suspect some kind of bacterial wilt. We had some rain the other day, and I understand water Offhand, looks more like a virus or herbicide drift. Take a look he http://home.earthlink.net/~shelly.johnson/tomato.html And toss down some mulch... things tend to be happier when mulched. |
Help for Wilted Tomato Plants :(
Offhand, looks more like a virus or herbicide drift.
Oh my gosh, I did just put down some "Weed & Feed" fertilizer on my lawn, which borders the vegetable beds. I wonder if some drifted onto the tomatoes??? If that was the case, ya think they're gonners? I guess my real question here is whether it'd be inadviseable to plant more tomatoes in this same spot, adding mulch and being careful to only water from beneath? -F |
Help for Wilted Tomato Plants :(
On 2 Jun 2004 11:00:35 -0700, Fleemo wrote:
Offhand, looks more like a virus or herbicide drift. Oh my gosh, I did just put down some "Weed & Feed" fertilizer on my lawn, which borders the vegetable beds. I wonder if some drifted onto the tomatoes??? If that was the case, ya think they're gonners? Can't tell. My guess is they'll be mildly to maybe severely set back. If the herbicide was applied a week ago, and you're only seeing this much, you'd probably get some fruit yield. I guess my real question here is whether it'd be inadviseable to plant more tomatoes in this same spot, adding mulch and being careful to only water from beneath? Given that you may have flung some weed and feed in the area, I'd probably forgo replanting there this year unless you know what the chemical was, and what the half life in the soil is (try checking Extoxnet). I'm still wondering about viruses though, as it looks like you've got healthy plants nearby, and I'd expect them to show some signs of stress if it were something like 2,4-D. 2,4-D is rather volatile at high temps, btw... used to see a lot of damaged grapes and poppies in the midwest when the farmers had herbicided cornfields and then we had a hot day and a prevailing wind. Safest thing to do is probably put some of your emergency reserve plants in pots with uncontaminated soil. Some photos for you: http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/dp_hfrr/ext...001/July_4.htm Kay |
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