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tomato leaf mosiac virus.
My greenhouse toms have been devasted this year by leaf mosiac
virus.Last winter I took out the top spit and brought in soil from my organic vegatable garden, at the same time washing down the greenhouse interior with Jeyes Fluid, but all to no avail.Brandywine is badly affected,also Green Zebra and to a lesser extent Shirley.The fruit is unaffected except without healthy leaves no more are setting.What can I do? What about garlic companion planting? It has worked quite well against blackspot on roses but I am not sure if it is a good companion for tomatoes.I feel shattered. |
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"sam" wrote My greenhouse toms have been devasted this year by leaf mosiac virus.Last winter I took out the top spit and brought in soil from my organic vegatable garden, at the same time washing down the greenhouse interior with Jeyes Fluid, but all to no avail.Brandywine is badly affected,also Green Zebra and to a lesser extent Shirley.The fruit is unaffected except without healthy leaves no more are setting.What can I do? What about garlic companion planting? It has worked quite well against blackspot on roses but I am not sure if it is a good companion for tomatoes.I feel shattered. Do you smoke? -- Regards Bob In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London |
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"sam" wrote in message
... My greenhouse toms have been devasted this year by leaf mosiac virus.Last winter I took out the top spit and brought in soil from my organic vegatable garden, at the same time washing down the greenhouse interior with Jeyes Fluid, but all to no avail.Brandywine is badly affected,also Green Zebra and to a lesser extent Shirley.The fruit is unaffected except without healthy leaves no more are setting.What can I do? What about garlic companion planting? It has worked quite well against blackspot on roses but I am not sure if it is a good companion for tomatoes.I feel shattered. Might be worth doing a Google for manganese deficiency, some superficial similarity to virus symptoms and often shows up on young foliage towards the end of the season if the plants are running out of steam or if you're watering with hard water or haven't been feeding them enough (most feeds contain manganese amongst other trace elements) -- Rod My real address is rodtheweedygardeneratmyweedyisp Just remove the weedy bits and transplant the appropriate symbol at. |
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Rod Craddock wrote:
"sam" wrote in message ... My greenhouse toms have been devasted this year by leaf mosiac virus.Last winter I took out the top spit and brought in soil from my organic vegatable garden, at the same time washing down the greenhouse interior with Jeyes Fluid, but all to no avail.Brandywine is badly affected,also Green Zebra and to a lesser extent Shirley.The fruit is unaffected except without healthy leaves no more are setting.What can I do? What about garlic companion planting? It has worked quite well against blackspot on roses but I am not sure if it is a good companion for tomatoes.I feel shattered. Might be worth doing a Google for manganese deficiency, some superficial similarity to virus symptoms and often shows up on young foliage towards the end of the season if the plants are running out of steam or if you're watering with hard water or haven't been feeding them enough (most feeds contain manganese amongst other trace elements) Thank you, bob, michael, and Rod for your erudite replies. Sam. |
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