plant dying or dead

[TightenUp]

what would cause this? i dont know how sudden it happened as its a garden i only visit a few times a year and have someone else water and pick most of the fruit. i do think it happened rather quickly as it wasnt like this a few weeks ago when i was last there

this plant is a kelloggs breakfast.

[b54red]

It looks like fusarium wilt in the final stages.

[TightenUp]

any signs that are specific to fusarium wilt i can look for?

[tjg911]

i see dark lesions on 2 stalks and that makes me think of late blight tho the leaves do not look like LB.

tom

[TightenUp]

pretty sure its not late blight or early blight for that matter

[lakelady]

Wow Jeff, I came home from Maine this weekend and saw one of my plants looking exactly like that! I was wondering if it was fusarium, there are some dark patches on my stems, but I still have good viable stems too. This is in a bed where no veggies have grown for years, and I didn't even know fusarium was in NJ.

LB was another consideration as well, but the plant is yellow, not black and I don't think early blight would look quite that yellow.

I have been researching this myself, and last night couldn't come up with anything as each time I think I figured it out, I end up more confused . Would love to hear what others think because one plant looks exactly like that one in my yard.

[TightenUp]

i'm not sure if its FW or VW but from what i read they can last for years and crop rotation isn't a remedy. i could be wrong. still waiting for some knowledgeable folks to post some answers

[beeman]

Looks like some of my plants. I have focussed on the leaves for some years, now I'm looking at the roots.
Dig (don't pull) then examine the root structure. Mine have no root ball, just the secondary roots formed up the planted stem, all the lower stuff has rotted out, leaving a corky stem. I believe I have Corky root rot. This affects, tomatoes, strawberries, rasps, melons, cucumbers.