My Fusarium Survivors

Father'sDaughter · August 25, 2013

Between the weather issues and the Fusarium, my tomato harvest has been really down this year. In past years I have been able to grow early and mid-season varieties and harvest quite a few tomatoes from my plants before they totally succumbed and turned into wilted, crunchy skeletons. Today I finally had the time to do some tomato plant triage and clear out any that were dead, or close to it, with no fruit on them that stood any chance of maturing.

In the process, I surprisingly found a few plants amongst the dead and dying that are still green and healthy with tomatoes in various states of maturity - Zogola, Indiana Red, Dester, Casino Chips, Romeo, and Franchi Giant Pear.

I also found a few that have one or two stems that are dead, but the other stem(s) are still healthy with fruit that should ripen - Russo Sicilian Togeta, Nudi Family Heirloon, Liz Birt.

It'll be interesting to see how some of these do next year--hopefully with more favorable weather patterns!

August 25, 2013	#1
Father'sDaughter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: MA/NH Border Posts: 4,919	My Fusarium Survivors Between the weather issues and the Fusarium, my tomato harvest has been really down this year. In past years I have been able to grow early and mid-season varieties and harvest quite a few tomatoes from my plants before they totally succumbed and turned into wilted, crunchy skeletons. Today I finally had the time to do some tomato plant triage and clear out any that were dead, or close to it, with no fruit on them that stood any chance of maturing. In the process, I surprisingly found a few plants amongst the dead and dying that are still green and healthy with tomatoes in various states of maturity - Zogola, Indiana Red, Dester, Casino Chips, Romeo, and Franchi Giant Pear. I also found a few that have one or two stems that are dead, but the other stem(s) are still healthy with fruit that should ripen - Russo Sicilian Togeta, Nudi Family Heirloon, Liz Birt. It'll be interesting to see how some of these do next year--hopefully with more favorable weather patterns!