Wilted...starting at the top:(

Chessnut23 · July 12, 2009

I have yet to find someone else who has experienced this..
I have had something cause my tomatoes to start wilting, starting at the top. (Not from the bottom as is described with some virus attacks).
The wilt moves downwards then until the whole plant is dead.
Other tomato plants planted in that same area suffer the same fate so it is probably a bacteria or virus rather than a nutritional deficiency because all of them are fertilized the same etc.
I have not found anything in any gardening books etc about any disease that starts at the top like this one does.
I moved my tomatoes to a different area last year and again this year and have not had that problem again but the cause is still a mystery.

July 12, 2009	#1
Chessnut23 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: North Carolina Posts: 5	Wilted...starting at the top:( I have yet to find someone else who has experienced this.. I have had something cause my tomatoes to start wilting, starting at the top. (Not from the bottom as is described with some virus attacks). The wilt moves downwards then until the whole plant is dead. Other tomato plants planted in that same area suffer the same fate so it is probably a bacteria or virus rather than a nutritional deficiency because all of them are fertilized the same etc. I have not found anything in any gardening books etc about any disease that starts at the top like this one does. I moved my tomatoes to a different area last year and again this year and have not had that problem again but the cause is still a mystery.