The Dreaded Wilt is Back - Page 2

**carolyn137** · June 28, 2007

You might want to Google Pith Necrosis caused by Pseudomonas corrigata.

Can also check Google Images.

And take a look at TAMU for some good pictures as well/

Fert1 · June 28, 2007

Thanks! Pith Necrosis was another one I had considered. Does it tend to come back year after year like this?

So far the timber rot photo looks the closest to what I'm seeing, especially as it advances.

beansprout56 · July 8, 2007

I am new here, but this sounds very similar to my problem of 3 years!

Healthy plants for 3-4 weeks, then they wilt! The stem at ground level just appears to be dried-up, and starves the plant!

I mound-up soil around the stems, shade them, and then dig & replant them deeper. Sometimes they recover but they are way behind the others.

I just went out to check & saw 4 more wilted! ****ed it!
The 2 I replanted look good, but are half the size of their neighbors!

I usually grow mostly heirlooms, but decided to try a few hybrids this year to avoid this problem.

The first to wilt were Cherokee Purples, and today I had 1 Costoluta Genovese and 3 Jet Star (hybrids) wilted!

I mounded-up soil around the stems, but will have to replant them today cuz they are really wilted badly! I think I will move 2 of them to the side of my house, completely away from the garden, just as an experiment!

This is so devastating, and alot more work than I like!
Gotta get off here & get into "recovery mode", I guess!

Fert1 · July 8, 2007

Okay, I finally got the equipment to move photos from my cell phone to my computer. So now I can post pictures, bad quality pictures, but pictures none the less.

Here is what I think may be early stages of the disease, a yellowing of leaves.

I will try to get a photo of the next plant that wilts and dies and post it. This could be something entirely different, but I suspect it is related.

Frustrating, isn't it, Beansprout? All that work, then the plant completely dies! Makes you want to cry!

Adenn1 · July 10, 2007

I am getting the same thing...a yellowing of the leaves with no real sign of any spots or anything else. I have been trying to remove them and have been spraying with Daconil...but it continues. I let a couple of leaves go to see what happened and it looks like some sort of leaf mold.

I thought that my Daconil treatments were not working...but in a thread Suze made a comment that leaves that look okay may actually already have the mold spores on them and spraying those with Daconil won't stop the leaf from dying...as Daconil is a preventive measure.

This all started right after some heavy rains on the 4th of July...and I fear I did not put down enough mulch this year.

I continue spraying with Daconil and hope for the best.

I looked over the tomato problem solver and do believe I have leaf mold:

Symptoms appear as light green patches on upper surfaces of older leaves. Underneath the leaves in these areas, a purplish or olive-green patch of mold growth is visible. Infected leaves turn yellow and drop off the plant.

From the above statement...it appears that the spores also attach themselves to the undersides of the leaves...and I have not been doing a very good job of trying to get the Daconil treatments under the leaves...

beansprout56 · July 17, 2007

Geez, it's never-ending!
I don't know what kind of tomatoes you guys are having the wilt problem with, but 2 of my hybrids are wilting...Jet Star & Big Beef! I thought they might be resistant, but I guess not.

Gotta go out there & dig some up & replant them, hoping they recover...YES...very frustrating & alot of extra work!

Makes me lose interest in the whole garden, it's so discouraging to go out there & see more plants wilting, with no resolution in sight because I don't know what is causing my problem! I even have a Brussel Sprout plant starting to wilt, and it's NOT from a water problem!
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!

June 28, 2007	#16
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	You might want to Google Pith Necrosis caused by Pseudomonas corrigata. Can also check Google Images. And take a look at TAMU for some good pictures as well/ __________________ Carolyn

June 28, 2007	#17
Fert1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Upstate SC, Zone 7 Posts: 543	Thanks! Pith Necrosis was another one I had considered. Does it tend to come back year after year like this? So far the timber rot photo looks the closest to what I'm seeing, especially as it advances. __________________ Holly

July 8, 2007	#18
beansprout56 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2	I am new here, but this sounds very similar to my problem of 3 years! Healthy plants for 3-4 weeks, then they wilt! The stem at ground level just appears to be dried-up, and starves the plant! I mound-up soil around the stems, shade them, and then dig & replant them deeper. Sometimes they recover but they are way behind the others. I just went out to check & saw 4 more wilted! ***ed it! The 2 I replanted look good, but are half the size of their neighbors! I usually grow mostly heirlooms, but decided to try a few hybrids this year to avoid this problem. The first to wilt were Cherokee Purples, and today I had 1 Costoluta Genovese and 3 Jet Star (hybrids) wilted! I mounded-up soil around the stems, but will have to replant them today cuz they are really wilted badly! I think I will move 2 of them to the side of my house, completely away from the garden, just as an experiment! This is so devastating, and alot more work than I like! Gotta get off here & get into "recovery mode", I guess! Last edited by beansprout56; July 8, 2007 at 05:41 PM. Reason: spelling error*

July 8, 2007	#19
Fert1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Upstate SC, Zone 7 Posts: 543	Okay, I finally got the equipment to move photos from my cell phone to my computer. So now I can post pictures, bad quality pictures, but pictures none the less. Here is what I think may be early stages of the disease, a yellowing of leaves. I will try to get a photo of the next plant that wilts and dies and post it. This could be something entirely different, but I suspect it is related. Frustrating, isn't it, Beansprout? All that work, then the plant completely dies! Makes you want to cry! __________________ Holly

July 10, 2007	#20
Adenn1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Philly Posts: 559	I am getting the same thing...a yellowing of the leaves with no real sign of any spots or anything else. I have been trying to remove them and have been spraying with Daconil...but it continues. I let a couple of leaves go to see what happened and it looks like some sort of leaf mold. I thought that my Daconil treatments were not working...but in a thread Suze made a comment that leaves that look okay may actually already have the mold spores on them and spraying those with Daconil won't stop the leaf from dying...as Daconil is a preventive measure. This all started right after some heavy rains on the 4th of July...and I fear I did not put down enough mulch this year. I continue spraying with Daconil and hope for the best. I looked over the tomato problem solver and do believe I have leaf mold: Symptoms appear as light green patches on upper surfaces of older leaves. Underneath the leaves in these areas, a purplish or olive-green patch of mold growth is visible. Infected leaves turn yellow and drop off the plant. From the above statement...it appears that the spores also attach themselves to the undersides of the leaves...and I have not been doing a very good job of trying to get the Daconil treatments under the leaves... __________________ Mark

July 17, 2007	#21
beansprout56 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2	More wilt! Geez, it's never-ending! I don't know what kind of tomatoes you guys are having the wilt problem with, but 2 of my hybrids are wilting...Jet Star & Big Beef! I thought they might be resistant, but I guess not. Gotta go out there & dig some up & replant them, hoping they recover...YES...very frustrating & alot of extra work! Makes me lose interest in the whole garden, it's so discouraging to go out there & see more plants wilting, with no resolution in sight because I don't know what is causing my problem! I even have a Brussel Sprout plant starting to wilt, and it's NOT from a water problem! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!