Help for a friend

[Fmk602]

A friend of mine sent a picture to me asking what could be wrong with his tomato. There was no frost at the time. That is all I really know. Is this some kind of wilt?

Thanks, I really appreciate all of your help.
Fran

[Moshou]

In my opinion, root might be affected, by worms or a disease.

What to do? The only way I see is possible to save it is to move it some other place. Very gently try to eliminate all ground round the root. New place should be treated with a common product such as copper. My advice, do it right now, and do it fast. First prepare the new location, and do the rest within 10 seconds

[Fmk602]

Thank you very much!

[Father'sDaughter]

What surprises me is how thin and spindly the main stems are for what appears to be a fairly tall plant (or at least it was before flopping over). Just an observation, as I'm not informed on diseases, pests, etc. as luckily I haven't really had to deal with any so far.

Hopefully your friend gets it figured out and can save the plant!

[livinonfaith]

That's how mine looked when I had voles. You would go in at night, leaving a beautiful healthy plant and come out in the morning to a wilted stick. If you tugged on the top, the whole plant would come right out of the ground because they had eaten it from the roots up.

Of course, sometimes there would only be a hole with leaves sticking out because they had invited a few friends to share.

[Fmk602]

He just told me all his transplants front and back are doing this and is wondering if it is the compost he bought.

[Doug9345]

Was it bagged compost from a big box store or nursery or was it something like composted horse manure that could contain herbicides?

[Fmk602]

It was bagged compost and he can't remember the name.

[Fmk602]

Yes, you are right. You should be very careful of where you get your manure. Poor horse!