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cecilsgarden1958 · October 12, 2008

Did you ever update everyone on your plants? I was going through the forums and found this thread, I was wondering how they did. Was it TSWV? I saw you were in PA, which woud be unusally far north for the TSWV, unless you bought seedlings already affected, like I did one year.

CECIL

Wi-sunflower · November 18, 2008

Hi,

I'm a new member here and have just been going thru some older threads. I don't know if this problem was ever solved and I know that the weather probably solved it for this year.

It looks to me like aphid damage. The curling of new groth is a give away to look for aphids. That sooty black color is another clue as is the white flecks in a couple of the pics. If the plants or fruit were "sticky" that would be the convincer.

We had a horrible aphid problem this year on our eggplants. Never saw it so bad in 30 years of gardening. In my case I believe it was the lack of hardly any hard rains for about 2+ months that gave them the growing conditions they needed.

The sticky "honeydew" residue on the fruit will wash off fairly easily. A good spray with the hose would wash off / kill enough of the aphids that the plant might get ahead of them. There are plenty of chemical sprays that will help too.

Tomatovator · February 15, 2009

Cecil, I never really found out what the problem was with the plants. My mother passed away in August 2008 and that sort of took the fun out of the gardening (and everything else) as she was the big tomato lover in the family. I didn't keep any records like I usually would either. I let the plants grow for awhile but as I recall they really didn't produce much except for the Black Cherry that kept producing at a slow rate most of the summer.

October 12, 2008	#16
cecilsgarden1958 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: swPA Posts: 629	Did you ever update everyone on your plants? I was going through the forums and found this thread, I was wondering how they did. Was it TSWV? I saw you were in PA, which woud be unusally far north for the TSWV, unless you bought seedlings already affected, like I did one year. CECIL __________________ Hybrids Rule, Heirlooms Drool!

November 18, 2008	#17
Wi-sunflower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,591	Hi, I'm a new member here and have just been going thru some older threads. I don't know if this problem was ever solved and I know that the weather probably solved it for this year. It looks to me like aphid damage. The curling of new groth is a give away to look for aphids. That sooty black color is another clue as is the white flecks in a couple of the pics. If the plants or fruit were "sticky" that would be the convincer. We had a horrible aphid problem this year on our eggplants. Never saw it so bad in 30 years of gardening. In my case I believe it was the lack of hardly any hard rains for about 2+ months that gave them the growing conditions they needed. The sticky "honeydew" residue on the fruit will wash off fairly easily. A good spray with the hose would wash off / kill enough of the aphids that the plant might get ahead of them. There are plenty of chemical sprays that will help too.

February 15, 2009	#18
Tomatovator Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Zone 6 Posts: 461	Cecil, I never really found out what the problem was with the plants. My mother passed away in August 2008 and that sort of took the fun out of the gardening (and everything else) as she was the big tomato lover in the family. I didn't keep any records like I usually would either. I let the plants grow for awhile but as I recall they really didn't produce much except for the Black Cherry that kept producing at a slow rate most of the summer.