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March 31, 2014 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
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Is This Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus?
Hello Tomatoville, I wanted to know if my dwarves suffer from Tomato yellow leaf curl virus, and if not I want you to help me identify what it is and how to fight it:
So I transplanted these on the first days of March, I believe, when temps ranged between the high 30s and the low 60s. They started to get brown spots on their leafs, so I cut all of the affected leaves, and while the brown spots never appeared again on the remaining leaves, their growth was stunted as they turned yeallow. I am really worried since some dwarf tomato plants are really healthy. This also happened last year and the dwarf plants died when July's heat waves hit us. The healthy ones:
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April 4, 2014 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
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Does anybody have a clue how to treat this? Anyone?
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April 4, 2014 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
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I don't see much wrong with your tomatoes. I think the second picture looks like a puny one. The others look OK. Maybe because they died last year you are looking for problems. I don't really understand the pictures. Did the small ones grow into the ones in the last two pictures? If so they look like they are doing fine.
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April 4, 2014 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
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Hi.
For sure it is not TYLCV. I get that little heartbreaker every year, so I would know it anywhere. To me, they look like they are hungry. I think they need a pinch of some good organic fertilizer. Any of the ones recommended here for vegetables in general at this stage should help. I bet that will green them up. Also check to make sure you aren't overwatering, because that can stunt and yellow the leaves. Later when they set fruit, change to a fertilizer more suited for fruit set. I just now saw this, sorry for not answering earlier. Marsha |
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Again thank you both for your reply, I hope it is something not so bad as you mentioned, I'll continue to analyze their performance in the upcoming weeks.
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