Ok after my earlier post of the 21/05/06 all my tomato plants have now died.
I got in from work today and they had all wilted very badly, wife had given
them plenty of water. The leaves were very brittle and curled up. The stem
just snapped off in my hand as I pulled one of them out. I didn't see
anything wrong with the internal structure of the stem. I also noticed that
there doesn't seem to have been a lot of root growth since they were
planted. Anyone offer any advice? The 3 plants in the growbag my mother gave
me as she didn't have the room for them are still going strong though.

TIA

Redman

Redman wrote:
Ok after my earlier post of the 21/05/06 all my tomato plants have now died.
I got in from work today and they had all wilted very badly, wife had given
them plenty of water. The leaves were very brittle and curled up. The stem
just snapped off in my hand as I pulled one of them out. I didn't see
anything wrong with the internal structure of the stem. I also noticed that
there doesn't seem to have been a lot of root growth since they were
planted. Anyone offer any advice? The 3 plants in the growbag my mother gave
me as she didn't have the room for them are still going strong though.

TIA

Redman


What colour were the stems just before they died? I lost all my plants
last year due to them catching a chill, the stems go purplish. They are
extremely susceptible to the cold.

Redman wrote:
Ok after my earlier post of the 21/05/06 all my tomato plants have now died.
I got in from work today and they had all wilted very badly, wife had given
them plenty of water. The leaves were very brittle and curled up. The stem
just snapped off in my hand as I pulled one of them out. I didn't see
anything wrong with the internal structure of the stem. I also noticed that
there doesn't seem to have been a lot of root growth since they were
planted. Anyone offer any advice? The 3 plants in the growbag my mother gave
me as she didn't have the room for them are still going strong though.

TIA

I don't know whether this might be of use to you in the future ? No
help really now as it's after the fact.

I've lost crops from the same thing but it's more sad to hear when
neighbours involved with allotments have spoken of every single
allotment holder having to burn their crops.

http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0803/tomato_blight.asp

Whether the grey fungus clouds that come off the plants when touched is
part of the same symptom but that never seems to get mentioned with blight?

Richard.

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"Broadback" wrote in message
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Redman wrote:
Ok after my earlier post of the 21/05/06 all my tomato plants have now
died.
I got in from work today and they had all wilted very badly, wife had
given
them plenty of water. The leaves were very brittle and curled up. The
stem
just snapped off in my hand as I pulled one of them out. I didn't see
anything wrong with the internal structure of the stem. I also noticed
that
there doesn't seem to have been a lot of root growth since they were
planted. Anyone offer any advice? The 3 plants in the growbag my mother
gave
me as she didn't have the room for them are still going strong though.

TIA

Redman


What colour were the stems just before they died? I lost all my plants
last year due to them catching a chill, the stems go purplish. They are
extremely susceptible to the cold.

The stems were a light green like the rest of the plant. When you mention
the cold though, it's been pretty cold the last few weeks particularly at
night, I wonder if that's what's caused it.

Redman

"Richard Brooks" wrote in message
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Redman wrote:
Ok after my earlier post of the 21/05/06 all my tomato plants have now
died.
I got in from work today and they had all wilted very badly, wife had
given
them plenty of water. The leaves were very brittle and curled up. The
stem
just snapped off in my hand as I pulled one of them out. I didn't see
anything wrong with the internal structure of the stem. I also noticed
that
there doesn't seem to have been a lot of root growth since they were
planted. Anyone offer any advice? The 3 plants in the growbag my mother
gave
me as she didn't have the room for them are still going strong though.

TIA

I don't know whether this might be of use to you in the future ? No help
really now as it's after the fact.

I've lost crops from the same thing but it's more sad to hear when
neighbours involved with allotments have spoken of every single allotment
holder having to burn their crops.

http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0803/tomato_blight.asp

Whether the grey fungus clouds that come off the plants when touched is
part of the same symptom but that never seems to get mentioned with
blight?

Richard.

I'm in Devon and I'm plagued by self-seeded tomato plants growing in my veg
patch. They have purple stems but do not seem to be fazed by it.

Andy.