new growth dying

MarineCorps · June 30, 2013

The tops of three of my plants have suddenly started dying all at once. I noticed it was a little yellow yesterday but thought it might be from the rain but now today the top have started dying off. My Rutgers, better boy, and mandarin cross all look like the attached picture. help!

tlintx · June 30, 2013

Some of mine looked like that. Sure hope you get an answer.

JamesL · June 30, 2013

That looks like gray mold to me.

tlintx · July 1, 2013

For mine, I'm pretty sure it was heat stress, aggravated by thrips. The new raised bed is in full sun and the plants were a bit tender/used to being overwatered when I put them out. Some seem to be growing out of it, whatever it was, and I replaced a couple that weren't.

Do you think the overwatering from the rain could be stressing them out? It's a hard thing to google -- "tomato growing tips".

If it is Gray Mold, what should be done?

July 1, 2013	#4
tlintx Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: SeTx Posts: 881	For mine, I'm pretty sure it was heat stress, aggravated by thrips. The new raised bed is in full sun and the plants were a bit tender/used to being overwatered when I put them out. Some seem to be growing out of it, whatever it was, and I replaced a couple that weren't. Do you think the overwatering from the rain could be stressing them out? It's a hard thing to google -- "tomato growing tips". If it is Gray Mold, what should be done? Last edited by tlintx; July 1, 2013 at 12:41 AM.

June 30, 2013	#2
tlintx Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: SeTx Posts: 881	Some of mine looked like that. Sure hope you get an answer.

June 30, 2013	#3
JamesL Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 1,992	That looks like gray mold to me.