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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Posts: 15
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So I *think* I have the gray mold under control that you all helped me figure out a week or two ago. I sprayed with b54red's bleach solution once and wow, it was a nuclear option. After a few days I definitely had dying leaves, although a lot of damage seemed to happen too (brown stems that weren't there before, seemingly relatively healthy leaves also looked damaged, plants around the tomatoes seemed to get damaged). The tops that were most healthy looking did all right, but the bottoms were pretty much defoliated. I will certainly start spraying preventively next year to hopefully avoid this. Lesson learned. I pruned heavily the diseased leaves off heavily and have been alternating Daconil and Actinovate. Some plants have healthy foliage coming back. I pulled my WI 55 yesterday that was the only one with new yellowing and just not doing any better and wanted to just not see it anymore.
Now I seem to have another problem: Wilt! One of my best looking tomatoes, the brown berry cherry, is now having wilt spreading across it. Seems to start with curling of the last leaf on a branch and then the whole thing wilts, no yellowing, no spotting, and then dries up. I did the stem in water test for bacterial wilt on a wilted branch and saw nothing strange (no milky substance). My Italian heirloom is also getting wilted leaves, though that has more yellowing accompanying it (and aphids). Any guesses? Could this be insect related and not a virus? What should/can I do? Thanks! |
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