Top-down wilt - am I definitely doomed?

AprilMayJune · July 1, 2014

I have one Aunt Ruby's German Green that, just in the past day, has begun to wilt at the very top of the plant. Yesterday I thought it was most likely due to high temps and needing to be watered -- it was just about to storm so I just waited until the rain rolled through. It got a good soaking all last night and it's still wilted at the top -- not terrible, but limp for sure.

All of my other plants, including two heirlooms whose containers were practically on top of this one, look fine. The rest of the Aunt Ruby's plant looks beautiful and is loaded in flowers...the top is the only part that looks sick. I have about 20 other tomato plants and see no sign of disease on any others at this time.

What I'm reading online is not encouraging. Am I really looking at a tear-down for this plant? It looks so pretty, it's so depressing to think it's going to have to be ripped out. I moved it away from the others for now, not that that is going to do me much good one way or the other...

July 1, 2014	#1
AprilMayJune Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Zone 5 Posts: 63	Top-down wilt - am I definitely doomed? I have one Aunt Ruby's German Green that, just in the past day, has begun to wilt at the very top of the plant. Yesterday I thought it was most likely due to high temps and needing to be watered -- it was just about to storm so I just waited until the rain rolled through. It got a good soaking all last night and it's still wilted at the top -- not terrible, but limp for sure. All of my other plants, including two heirlooms whose containers were practically on top of this one, look fine. The rest of the Aunt Ruby's plant looks beautiful and is loaded in flowers...the top is the only part that looks sick. I have about 20 other tomato plants and see no sign of disease on any others at this time. What I'm reading online is not encouraging. Am I really looking at a tear-down for this plant? It looks so pretty, it's so depressing to think it's going to have to be ripped out. I moved it away from the others for now, not that that is going to do me much good one way or the other...