Stumped

[duajones]

Its been awhile since I posted about my possible TYLCV problems. Last year I lost all of my starts to whatever the problem is. Ended up throwing in some storebought plants late and got a few tomatoes.

I am starting to see the same problem already. Plants looked great a few days ago, but now the new growth is lighter in color and smaller in size. Same thing as last year that got progressively worse.
I havent seen many whiteflies at all so I am just not sure if TYLCV is my problem. Thinking I might have a soil issue of some sort.
Sure is a bummer. Went from getting loads of tomatoes each year to not even being able to grow them.

[b54red]

Can you post some pictures?

[Farmette]

What a bummer....I'd get my soil tested and start putting some in pots. Don't know how many you have, but is it possible to dig a couple up, rinse off their roots and replant in good potting mix in pots? Also, I had problems last yr, but didn't see them til I looked at undersides of leaves with a zoom lens of my camera. Good luck.

[duajones]

Originally Posted by b54red

Can you post some pictures?

My camera doesnt take very good pictures. But the early signs are there. Marginal leaf yellowing and reduction in leaf size. It usually gets worse from here.

[feldon30]

What about your phone? Has it got a camera?

[duajones]

my sons does. I will ask him to take a picture for me this afternoon

[checkerkitty]

Sorry to hear this, Duane! Hope you get an answer one way or the other.

[b54red]

You are pretty far south and so fusarium after the last two very warm winters is a possibility. Have you tried growing a hybrid that is resistant to the three races of fusarium to see if it does okay in your ground? If you can get an Amelia tomato plant and it does well then you probably have fusarium or nematodes. I got some Amelia seed and Multifort seed to try grafting onto them as a last resort to help me with my dreadful fusarium problem.

Bill

[Rockporter]

I just tossed five beefstake tomatoes yesterday for the same problem and all plants were planted in a new mix I mixed up with the plants finally planted into a 1.5 gallon sand pail.

I did not see any problems with white fly or anything else for that matter. I would like to know what is going on around here as well.

[amideutch]

See if you see anything similar to what your having is in the links below.


http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/v...solver/leaves/

here is another of interest concerning TLYCV.

http://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/ab...DIS-91-4-0466A

Check out page 72 of this link for "Small Leaf Syndrome".

http://books.google.de/books?id=Zk9Q...page&q&f=false

Ami

[coastal bend]

Sorry to hear about your tomato problems. Out here at San Pat my toms are in earthboxes and they look good. They are a little yellow but with the cold nights and not as much sun lately they will green up soon as the weather gets right. They have grow and are starting to bloom. I keep them in the garage at night. Looks like after this cold spell the weather will be back to normal. Hope to put them in out at the end of this week. I have big beef,Cherokee Purple and Amazon Chocolate raised from seed.

[duajones]

not great quality, but if you look closely you can see the new growth at the top of the plant is lighter in color and the leaves are small.

[duajones]

Bill, I have grown a few different hybrids over the past 3 years. This problem has gotten worse each year. I lost every start last year.

[kurt]

White or grey mold.If the stuff wipes off with a moist paper towel that it is.Fungal sprays will control it.But if you say it is coming back year after year maybe tools are vectoring it,bugs will transfer/transmit.Overhead trees,rainsplash,boots wheelbarrows,starting containers etc.

[ginger2778]

Originally Posted by duajones

not great quality, but if you look closely you can see the new growth at the top of the plant is lighter in color and the leaves are small.

This doesn't look the same as what you had last year. This isn't TYLCV because it doesn't have the variegated striated pattern nor the curling upward. So that's not it. Do you want to try to grow it a little longer and see if the new leafs get larger? This doesn't really look like a viral thing to me at all.
Marsha