black crucifix virus

garden381 · April 26, 2015

my extention service in jacksonville florida identified the reason that one tomato plant was stunted and had curled leaves and purple veins.

They reported that it is the deadly black crucifix virus.

This usually is a cabbage issue but given the proximity the best they could say is that it was insect borne-even though there are no insects visable in my 1250 sq ft garden. Voulenteers from my neiborhood assisted me in checking all of the leaves of ALL of my plants and did not come up with any insects in 3 hours!

they said to pull the plant immediatly and bag the plant put it in the trash, my other tomatoes are not effected. any body had this experiance?

April 26, 2015	#1
garden381 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: jacksonville florida Posts: 67	black crucifix virus my extention service in jacksonville florida identified the reason that one tomato plant was stunted and had curled leaves and purple veins. They reported that it is the deadly black crucifix virus. This usually is a cabbage issue but given the proximity the best they could say is that it was insect borne-even though there are no insects visable in my 1250 sq ft garden. Voulenteers from my neiborhood assisted me in checking all of the leaves of ALL of my plants and did not come up with any insects in 3 hours! they said to pull the plant immediatly and bag the plant put it in the trash, my other tomatoes are not effected. any body had this experiance?