Southern Bacterial Wilt

b54red · April 27, 2016

I guess it could be fusarium which is not quite as sudden as bacterial wilt except on small plants where it can be very fast acting. Since I have been grafting my plants using rootstock that has resistance to all three races of fusarium my problems with that plague have diminished greatly. However I have only found one rootstock that seems to be somewhat resistant to Bacterial wilt and that is RST-04-106-T. I am using it as my main rootstock this year and since I usually lose at least a half dozen plants most years to BW this should be a good trial for it.

Bill

April 27, 2016	#2
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	I guess it could be fusarium which is not quite as sudden as bacterial wilt except on small plants where it can be very fast acting. Since I have been grafting my plants using rootstock that has resistance to all three races of fusarium my problems with that plague have diminished greatly. However I have only found one rootstock that seems to be somewhat resistant to Bacterial wilt and that is RST-04-106-T. I am using it as my main rootstock this year and since I usually lose at least a half dozen plants most years to BW this should be a good trial for it. Bill