My tomato plants all look like they have CMV

ca1ore · June 19, 2012

My tomato plants all look like they have CMV this year - although not all parts of the plants seem equally affected. Most plants are 4-5 feet tall already, although no fruit set on the big indeterminates yet. What is the best thing to do? Since all plants are infected, just ride them out and hope for some harvest, or just yank em all? More aphids in the garden than I can ever recall seeing in past years (and no ladybugs so far). It always seems to be something ......

Heritage · June 22, 2012

ca1ore,

It seems unlikely all of your plants would have CMV, although, I guess it is possible. Herbicide damage has symptoms very similar to CMV so it is something else to consider. At any rate, since all of your plants are inflicted, and unless you have backups, I would just ride it out and see what happens.

Steve

TerpGal · June 25, 2012

Happened to me this year, still not sure whether it was cmv or herbicide damage. First had to replant all my tomatoes, completely lost a few peppers, the noticed the leaves looking off on the rest of the peppers and disortion of new pods. I don't know if herbicide can do fruit damage. I am fairly certain the neighbor used weed and feed this year. I know it wasn't soil amendments, did not sure manure this year, and the leaf compost I used is produced locally and tested for herbicides. haven't really seen any aphids though, either.

June 19, 2012	#1
ca1ore Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Stamford, CT Posts: 13	My tomato plants all look like they have CMV My tomato plants all look like they have CMV this year - although not all parts of the plants seem equally affected. Most plants are 4-5 feet tall already, although no fruit set on the big indeterminates yet. What is the best thing to do? Since all plants are infected, just ride them out and hope for some harvest, or just yank em all? More aphids in the garden than I can ever recall seeing in past years (and no ladybugs so far). It always seems to be something ......

June 22, 2012	#2
Heritage Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: San Diego Posts: 1,255	ca1ore, It seems unlikely all of your plants would have CMV, although, I guess it is possible. Herbicide damage has symptoms very similar to CMV so it is something else to consider. At any rate, since all of your plants are inflicted, and unless you have backups, I would just ride it out and see what happens. Steve

June 25, 2012	#3
TerpGal Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Olney, MD Posts: 23	Happened to me this year, still not sure whether it was cmv or herbicide damage. First had to replant all my tomatoes, completely lost a few peppers, the noticed the leaves looking off on the rest of the peppers and disortion of new pods. I don't know if herbicide can do fruit damage. I am fairly certain the neighbor used weed and feed this year. I know it wasn't soil amendments, did not sure manure this year, and the leaf compost I used is produced locally and tested for herbicides. haven't really seen any aphids though, either.