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What is going on with my tomatoes???
Posted on 4/8/20 at 9:16 pm
Posted on 4/8/20 at 9:16 pm
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Sorry if images didn’t post. Just wondering if anybody has had this problem with their tomato plants. Purple Cherokee planted in a raised bed. My theory is it is the neighborhood cat pissing and shitting in my raised bed. Could this be the problem or not?
Sorry if images didn’t post. Just wondering if anybody has had this problem with their tomato plants. Purple Cherokee planted in a raised bed. My theory is it is the neighborhood cat pissing and shitting in my raised bed. Could this be the problem or not?
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Posted on 4/8/20 at 9:28 pm to WhoDatLSUMan
Looks like overspray from roundup.
Here’s two of your photos, try the “img” button with the photo url vs link button
Here’s two of your photos, try the “img” button with the photo url vs link button
This post was edited on 4/8/20 at 9:39 pm
Posted on 4/8/20 at 9:34 pm to eng08
Thanks for the advice about posting pics. We don’t use any roundup at all. Only watering and Microlife Maximum Bloom applied every 2 weeks at the concentration on the bottle. Could the cat urine and feces cause a problem?
Posted on 4/8/20 at 9:41 pm to WhoDatLSUMan
I doubt it - my kids 2 cats, plus crazy cat lady 2 doors down has like 10 all poop/piss in my garden and it hasn’t hurt it yet.
They tear up seedlings burying their stuff or digging the hole, but have yet to burn something like that.
I said no to the cats but my kids got them from crazy cat lady as kittens.
They tear up seedlings burying their stuff or digging the hole, but have yet to burn something like that.
I said no to the cats but my kids got them from crazy cat lady as kittens.
Posted on 4/8/20 at 9:50 pm to eng08
My wife thinks it is some sort of herbicide poisoning. If that is the case, what are the chances these plants survive? Do we need to just go ahead and pull them out and replant new ones, or give them a chance to recover?
Posted on 4/8/20 at 9:58 pm to eng08
Definitely looks like herbicide damage. If so, you might as well pull them. Even if they recover, your yield will be significantly less.
This post was edited on 4/8/20 at 9:59 pm
Posted on 4/9/20 at 12:51 am to eng08
nematodes
ETA: I only looked at the pics the other poster put up for you, but that is definitely not drift from herbicide spray for 2 reasons: 1) you say you don't use it (and why would you on a raised bed of tomatoes) and 2) the leaves aren't necrotic and burned like damage from herbicide. They (the leaves) don't react and draw up so severely as is typical from herbicide drift.
Assuming you've done a careful inspection for signs of an insect infestation of the plant, I think you have a problem starting from the ground level to the roots. Possibly root rot from over watering in a raised bed is another possibility.
ETA: I only looked at the pics the other poster put up for you, but that is definitely not drift from herbicide spray for 2 reasons: 1) you say you don't use it (and why would you on a raised bed of tomatoes) and 2) the leaves aren't necrotic and burned like damage from herbicide. They (the leaves) don't react and draw up so severely as is typical from herbicide drift.
Assuming you've done a careful inspection for signs of an insect infestation of the plant, I think you have a problem starting from the ground level to the roots. Possibly root rot from over watering in a raised bed is another possibility.
This post was edited on 4/9/20 at 12:57 am
Posted on 4/9/20 at 9:08 am to Bigbee Hills
Herbicide drift happens a lot because of neighbors. He doesn’t have to be the one using it. That looks like herbicide damage to me. I’ve had tomato plants get hit by 24d and that’s exactly how they looked for the first few days, then they died.
Posted on 4/9/20 at 9:10 am to Bigbee Hills
My gardener wife thinks it could be a virus.
Posted on 4/9/20 at 6:09 pm to WhoDatLSUMan
Posted on 4/9/20 at 7:24 pm to boudinman
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Fusarium wilt virus, a soil born pathogen.
This and what we call blight around these parts.
Posted on 4/10/20 at 4:38 pm to fishfighter
Isn't it too early for blight or wilt?
Doesn't it usually start at the bottom, yellowing up as it goes, and not hit in earnest until the hot weather set's in?
Doesn't it usually start at the bottom, yellowing up as it goes, and not hit in earnest until the hot weather set's in?
Posted on 4/10/20 at 7:52 pm to WhoDatLSUMan
You or any neighbors spray any dicamba or 2,4-D?
Posted on 4/10/20 at 8:11 pm to WhoDatLSUMan
Lost 2 cherokee purples this year. First one looked like curly Top virus, second appeared to be septoria. Both were next to completely healthy cherokees and romas that were twice their size when I pulled them.
FWIW, the one that appeared to have curly Top looked alot like yours, but had purple veins on the bottom sides of the leaves.
FWIW, the one that appeared to have curly Top looked alot like yours, but had purple veins on the bottom sides of the leaves.
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