Hailstone Damage ?

AlittleSalt · April 29, 2015

We got home late today. I needed to unwind, so I went out in the garden. I started noticing white spots on the tomato plants. They come from the hail last Sunday night. Or that's what they look like. I'm wondering if the hail beaten stems have a chance to be healthy again?

**carolyn137** · April 29, 2015

Yes, if it's hail they will recover. Where I live hail storms in June are very common and can actually break stems and mangle plants.

just be glad there no fruits on the plants, if small fruits hail will put a dent in then but they will still ripen up, if larger fruits hail can actually create holes and thus lead to those fruits rotting on the vine.

Carolyn

AlittleSalt · April 29, 2015

Carolyn, I took a couple pictures of our blue tomatoes and noticed one of the small Helsing ★★★★★★★★ Blue tomatoes was hit.

AlittleSalt · April 29, 2015

I meant to add that our main hail season is May and June here too.

creister · April 29, 2015

We had a nasty hail storm here last June. I lost a fair amount of fruit to hail damageas well as replace my roof. Luckily it was a good season and I still had plenty of tomatoes.

pauldavid · April 30, 2015

Hopefully they will recover. I noticed one of my plants had stems broken on one side after the hail we had last week. It looks healthy now and new leaves are starting to form above the broken ones.

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carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	Yes, if it's hail they will recover. Where I live hail storms in June are very common and can actually break stems and mangle plants. just be glad there no fruits on the plants, if small fruits hail will put a dent in then but they will still ripen up, if larger fruits hail can actually create holes and thus lead to those fruits rotting on the vine. Carolyn __________________ Carolyn

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AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	I meant to add that our main hail season is May and June here too.

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creister Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Abilene, TX zone 7 Posts: 1,478	We had a nasty hail storm here last June. I lost a fair amount of fruit to hail damageas well as replace my roof. Luckily it was a good season and I still had plenty of tomatoes.

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pauldavid Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: NE Louisiana, Zone 8A Posts: 1,179	Hopefully they will recover. I noticed one of my plants had stems broken on one side after the hail we had last week. It looks healthy now and new leaves are starting to form above the broken ones.