Curly top virus

desertlzbn · September 8, 2012

How can you tell if this its what you have?

mcsee · September 8, 2012

Can you post a close up photo of the top of the plant?

gixxerific · September 8, 2012

I had it this year and it was ugly. The leaves basiacally fold in on themselves. Kind of like a phisiological leaf curl due to stress but 10 times worse. I lost 16 plants to it. Very disheartening.

desertlzbn · September 10, 2012

Not a great photo, but basically the leaves are very tiny, and just does not grow right.

ginger2778 · September 10, 2012

This looks alot more like Yellow leaf curl virus. Spread by whiteflies. Are whiteflies in your area? Are your fruit ripening unevenly and not much on the inside at all?

desertlzbn · September 10, 2012

What fruit, I barely got any. I finally just pulled all of the plants.

ginger2778 · September 10, 2012

It's sooo frustrating.

September 8, 2012	#1
desertlzbn Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Tucson Posts: 659	Curly top virus How can you tell if this its what you have?

September 8, 2012	#2
mcsee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Victoria. Australia Posts: 543	Can you post a close up photo of the top of the plant?

September 8, 2012	#3
gixxerific Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: in the gutter, with my mouth Posts: 123	I had it this year and it was ugly. The leaves basiacally fold in on themselves. Kind of like a phisiological leaf curl due to stress but 10 times worse. I lost 16 plants to it. Very disheartening.

September 10, 2012	#4
desertlzbn Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Tucson Posts: 659	Not a great photo, but basically the leaves are very tiny, and just does not grow right.

September 10, 2012	#5
ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	This looks alot more like Yellow leaf curl virus. Spread by whiteflies. Are whiteflies in your area? Are your fruit ripening unevenly and not much on the inside at all?