Weed and feed leaf curl recovery?

attml · May 8, 2011

I have over 40 varieties planted this year some of which I had to plant in my Dad's yard due to available sunny locations in my own yard. Last week I noticed my Black Krim and Mortgage Lifter, which I have planted on one corner of my Dad's house, started an odd looking leaf curl. I kind of dismissed it for a couple of days because we had cooler weather, but after no change I decided to do a search on "leaf curl". It turns out that the leaf curl I have looks like it was caused by a specific herbicide in common weed and feed fertilizers. I talked to my Dad yesterday and asked him if he had used any weed and feed? He replied "yeah, I put some down last week and I put more down today". Ugh! He didn't know any better and I can't complain too much since it's his yard, but I am bummed because I was really looking forward to trying those two varieties this year. Also, I have Brandywine, Cherokee Purple and Stupice all in the same vicinity (which haven't shown any damage yet). My question is what should I do? The lower half of the plants are all fine. It is only the new growth that have the leaf curl. Should I leave the plants and water heavy? Would you even trust tomatoes that you knew had chemicals in them? Should I try to move the plants to a different location? Or should I just forget those plants and bury my much smaller backup plants in a different area? The damaged ones have been in the ground for a month and had tomatoes already on them? This whole thing really stinks! Any help would be appreciated!

BTW, Happy Mothers Day to all the Moms out there!

Mark

May 8, 2011	#1
attml Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Annapolis, Maryland Posts: 222	Weed and feed leaf curl recovery? I have over 40 varieties planted this year some of which I had to plant in my Dad's yard due to available sunny locations in my own yard. Last week I noticed my Black Krim and Mortgage Lifter, which I have planted on one corner of my Dad's house, started an odd looking leaf curl. I kind of dismissed it for a couple of days because we had cooler weather, but after no change I decided to do a search on "leaf curl". It turns out that the leaf curl I have looks like it was caused by a specific herbicide in common weed and feed fertilizers. I talked to my Dad yesterday and asked him if he had used any weed and feed? He replied "yeah, I put some down last week and I put more down today". Ugh! He didn't know any better and I can't complain too much since it's his yard, but I am bummed because I was really looking forward to trying those two varieties this year. Also, I have Brandywine, Cherokee Purple and Stupice all in the same vicinity (which haven't shown any damage yet). My question is what should I do? The lower half of the plants are all fine. It is only the new growth that have the leaf curl. Should I leave the plants and water heavy? Would you even trust tomatoes that you knew had chemicals in them? Should I try to move the plants to a different location? Or should I just forget those plants and bury my much smaller backup plants in a different area? The damaged ones have been in the ground for a month and had tomatoes already on them? This whole thing really stinks! Any help would be appreciated! BTW, Happy Mothers Day to all the Moms out there! Mark