My problems just got worse- additional photos

TeamTeke · April 20, 2013

Three days ago I posted a thread which discussed bottom yellowing of leaves.

Most agreed (as well as me) that it most likely was fusarium wilt. I cut back and removed the yellowing then. Now, several days later the yellowing is progressing into the upper leaves and some tomatoes have black flecks. Two tomatoes also have extreme bottom darkening and softness. I don't think the bottom problem is blossom end rot but I really do not know.

In my future crops I will use Daconil and I am interested in trying b54red's comments in other threads about using a diluted bleach spray. Totally soil-less mixes next time. Hopefully, some of these will ripen.

Thanks for all your help and comments-
Ron

Vespertino · April 20, 2013

Sorry to hear about your tomato plant

RayR · April 20, 2013

Daconil or the diluted bleach spray would be useless against fusarium since it's a vascular fungal disease that starts in the soil and enters through the roots, it's not a foliar fungal disease.

b54red · April 21, 2013

Ditto on that. No spray will help with fusarium. Best bet is to dump that soil out and disinfect your pots and start over with a clean soil-less mix. I have a thread going on my fusarium experiment with my grafted plants this year where I will let you know which ones hold up the best against the raging fusarium I have in my garden soil. I have found that Big Beef has been slightly better holding up against fusarium in my garden than Celebrity and I like the taste better. There are tomatoes out there like Amelia that are even more resistant since they resist all three races of fusarium where BB and Celebrity only are resistant to two.

Bill

Bill

April 20, 2013	#1
TeamTeke Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Silverthorne, CO &Fl Keys Posts: 13	My problems just got worse- additional photos Three days ago I posted a thread which discussed bottom yellowing of leaves. Most agreed (as well as me) that it most likely was fusarium wilt. I cut back and removed the yellowing then. Now, several days later the yellowing is progressing into the upper leaves and some tomatoes have black flecks. Two tomatoes also have extreme bottom darkening and softness. I don't think the bottom problem is blossom end rot but I really do not know. In my future crops I will use Daconil and I am interested in trying b54red's comments in other threads about using a diluted bleach spray. Totally soil-less mixes next time. Hopefully, some of these will ripen. Thanks for all your help and comments- Ron

April 20, 2013	#2
Vespertino Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Southlake, TX Posts: 743	Sorry to hear about your tomato plant

April 20, 2013	#3
RayR Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Cheektowaga, NY Posts: 2,466	Daconil or the diluted bleach spray would be useless against fusarium since it's a vascular fungal disease that starts in the soil and enters through the roots, it's not a foliar fungal disease.

April 21, 2013	#4
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	Ditto on that. No spray will help with fusarium. Best bet is to dump that soil out and disinfect your pots and start over with a clean soil-less mix. I have a thread going on my fusarium experiment with my grafted plants this year where I will let you know which ones hold up the best against the raging fusarium I have in my garden soil. I have found that Big Beef has been slightly better holding up against fusarium in my garden than Celebrity and I like the taste better. There are tomatoes out there like Amelia that are even more resistant since they resist all three races of fusarium where BB and Celebrity only are resistant to two. Bill Bill