Ill formed leaves on mortgage lifter

beef1020 · May 31, 2008

I have a mortgage lifter variety that has some weird shaped leaves, does anyone have a thought as to what is going on with this plant. Just as background, this plant is the middle plant between a brandywine and and a black krim. This is the only plant showing these signs.

Thanks for your help.

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feldon30 · May 31, 2008

Possible herbicide damage? Has anyone been using Roundup or Weed & Feed products near your garden?

I suppose it could also be a virus.

beef1020 · May 31, 2008

I am not sure if anyone has been using either of those. Is it strange that this one, the middle of 3, would be the only one affected while the others, only 3 feet away, were not.

Tomatovator · June 8, 2008

Hey Beef1020 why not try posting this in the general discussion area or even on Garden Web. I'd like to see you get more responses as I have 4 or 5 plants (out of 22)that look like yours does. I'd like to know what it is as well. Has yours improved at all since you first posted this?

beef1020 · June 8, 2008

I left this in the ground and it has continued to grow, it is actually bigger then the two on either side.

With that said, some of the leaves are still pretty misformed. But it is still growing and now discoloration I will leave it. I will try to get some more pictures of it and post them up.

May 31, 2008	#1
beef1020 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2008 Location: New Market Md Posts: 17	Ill formed leaves on mortgage lifter I have a mortgage lifter variety that has some weird shaped leaves, does anyone have a thought as to what is going on with this plant. Just as background, this plant is the middle plant between a brandywine and and a black krim. This is the only plant showing these signs. Thanks for your help. DSC_0536.JPG DSC_0537.JPG DSC_0538.JPG DSC_0540.JPG

May 31, 2008	#2
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	Possible herbicide damage? Has anyone been using Roundup or Weed & Feed products near your garden? I suppose it could also be a virus. __________________ [SIZE="3"]I've relaunched my gardening website -- [B]TheUnconventionalTomato.com[/B][/SIZE] * [I][SIZE="1"]*I'm not allowed to post weblinks so you'll have to copy-paste it manually.[/SIZE][/I]

June 8, 2008	#4
Tomatovator Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Zone 6 Posts: 461	Hey Beef1020 why not try posting this in the general discussion area or even on Garden Web. I'd like to see you get more responses as I have 4 or 5 plants (out of 22)that look like yours does. I'd like to know what it is as well. Has yours improved at all since you first posted this?