Hollow stem

Dave_Z6 · July 21, 2006

Been raising tomatoes for years and never had this happen before.
Plant was small but otherwise looked healthy, then at about two feet tall with three small fruit set it suddenly withered. Applied modest amount of moisture to no avail. No noticeable foliage disease.
Plant just dried up over a period of a week.
When I pulled it today and looked for cutworm damage-saw none. Cut stem the short way in several places and saw that beginning about 6"-8" from ground line it was hollow as a soda straw.
Anyone know what killed it ???
Dave

July 21, 2006	#1
Dave_Z6 CHOPTAG™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 79	Hollow stem Been raising tomatoes for years and never had this happen before. Plant was small but otherwise looked healthy, then at about two feet tall with three small fruit set it suddenly withered. Applied modest amount of moisture to no avail. No noticeable foliage disease. Plant just dried up over a period of a week. When I pulled it today and looked for cutworm damage-saw none. Cut stem the short way in several places and saw that beginning about 6"-8" from ground line it was hollow as a soda straw. Anyone know what killed it ??? Dave

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