Weed and feed leaf curl recovery?

[attml]

I have over 40 varieties planted this year some of which I had to plant in my Dad's yard due to available sunny locations in my own yard. Last week I noticed my Black Krim and Mortgage Lifter, which I have planted on one corner of my Dad's house, started an odd looking leaf curl. I kind of dismissed it for a couple of days because we had cooler weather, but after no change I decided to do a search on "leaf curl". It turns out that the leaf curl I have looks like it was caused by a specific herbicide in common weed and feed fertilizers. I talked to my Dad yesterday and asked him if he had used any weed and feed? He replied "yeah, I put some down last week and I put more down today". Ugh! He didn't know any better and I can't complain too much since it's his yard, but I am bummed because I was really looking forward to trying those two varieties this year. Also, I have Brandywine, Cherokee Purple and Stupice all in the same vicinity (which haven't shown any damage yet). My question is what should I do? The lower half of the plants are all fine. It is only the new growth that have the leaf curl. Should I leave the plants and water heavy? Would you even trust tomatoes that you knew had chemicals in them? Should I try to move the plants to a different location? Or should I just forget those plants and bury my much smaller backup plants in a different area? The damaged ones have been in the ground for a month and had tomatoes already on them? This whole thing really stinks! Any help would be appreciated!

BTW, Happy Mothers Day to all the Moms out there!

Mark

[mysidx]

Hi, there are several threads on this, including one I just posted about Aminopyralid, which I think is in horse manure compost. Try getting some info from here:


http://whatcom.wsu.edu/ag/aminopyralid/index.html

[mysidx]

I am still waiting on an answer about eating a fruit from an infected plant.

Happy Mothers Day!

[Lee]

Mark,

I had the same problem last year with my plants in pots that
I mistakenly mulched with grass clippings that still had trace
amounts of the herbicide on them after 7 weeks!
I removed the clippings, watered the pots heavily to wash out as much of the herbicide as possible, then fed them with
a little tomato tone. My plants grew out of it and produced
just fine.
You could try the same, although with your's in ground, it may
not be as easy to flush out as mine were. But it still worth
a shot, and I wouldn't worry to much about eating the fruit.
I think the herbicide only effects the growth rate of the
plant and not necessarily it's reproductive response.

Lee

[mysidx]

Thanks Lee, I'm hoping the few toms in containers can be nursed through until fruit ripens.

[remy]

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I think there is a big difference between getting an accidental spraying or mulch with residue(that gets removed) compared to actual soil/compost that is contaminated with it.
In the case of an accidental spraying, I'm going to assume that it will not have the persistent nature being it is only a small dose and not saturated in the soil. With contaminated soil, it might be in quantities that are not easily flushed away with extra watering.
Remy