Plants in SWC have leaf curl/leaf fold and are slowely dieing??

Salty_Dog · January 13, 2010

Ok, i am probably a touch late posting this, but the 2 of my strongest plants in my SWC used to always show some signs of Leaf Curl during growth.

There are a Black Russian and a Green Zebra.

Both are my biggest plants out of the 22 i have, the most vigor and the most fruit.
First of all the Green Zebra seemed to always have this strange leaf curl and the leafs were also dry and brittle to handle, not lush at all.

I then noticed that the Green Zebra hadn't grown any further, kind of just stunted at 3/4 Growth... Then i noticed the fruit wasn't getting any bigger on the Green Zebra, it has small, hard fruit that is tightly ribbed, now it seems the whole plant is just slowly dieing.

The Black Russian which was going ok, and has grown to over 7 feet tall, seems to be showing signs of the same.

Neither have had new fruit growth for some time, both have curling leafs.

The other thing i noticed, that alarmed me, was the Green Zebra had stopped drinking like it should. The Black Russian will empty the container of water in 6 hours given a warm day with full sun.... The Green Zebra will still have half of its water.

My mate told me to use Tomatoe Dust ages ago when he first noticed it (he has 30 years of growing Tomatoes on me).
This is what he uses and suggested to me: http://www.yates.com.au/products/pes...s-tomato-dust/

I have only ever treated them for Insects and Bugs etc, never for Dieseases.

Does this sound familiar to anyone?

Sorry, i still don't have my digital camera, or i'd post some pics.

Thank You.

Blueaussi · January 13, 2010

Sounds more nutritional than disease. What is your watering and fertilizer routine?

Can you post a picture?

Salty_Dog · January 13, 2010

Plants both started with a fert ring of slow release.

They also get a fortnightly feed of liquid Seafeed or Thrive. As do all 22 pants.

Seafeed
http://www.scottsaustralia.com.au/Mi...o/Seafeed_3in1

Thrive
http://www.yates.com.au/products/fer...se-plant-food/

They have also had 2 application of Sulphate of Potash

January 13, 2010	#1
Salty_Dog Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Lorne, Australia Posts: 188	Plants in SWC have leaf curl/leaf fold and are slowely dieing?? Ok, i am probably a touch late posting this, but the 2 of my strongest plants in my SWC used to always show some signs of Leaf Curl during growth. There are a Black Russian and a Green Zebra. Both are my biggest plants out of the 22 i have, the most vigor and the most fruit. First of all the Green Zebra seemed to always have this strange leaf curl and the leafs were also dry and brittle to handle, not lush at all. I then noticed that the Green Zebra hadn't grown any further, kind of just stunted at 3/4 Growth... Then i noticed the fruit wasn't getting any bigger on the Green Zebra, it has small, hard fruit that is tightly ribbed, now it seems the whole plant is just slowly dieing. The Black Russian which was going ok, and has grown to over 7 feet tall, seems to be showing signs of the same. Neither have had new fruit growth for some time, both have curling leafs. The other thing i noticed, that alarmed me, was the Green Zebra had stopped drinking like it should. The Black Russian will empty the container of water in 6 hours given a warm day with full sun.... The Green Zebra will still have half of its water. My mate told me to use Tomatoe Dust ages ago when he first noticed it (he has 30 years of growing Tomatoes on me). This is what he uses and suggested to me: http://www.yates.com.au/products/pes...s-tomato-dust/ I have only ever treated them for Insects and Bugs etc, never for Dieseases. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Sorry, i still don't have my digital camera, or i'd post some pics. Thank You.

January 13, 2010	#2
Blueaussi Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: South Carolina Zone 8a Posts: 1,205	Sounds more nutritional than disease. What is your watering and fertilizer routine? Can you post a picture?