Fusarium Wilt?

Mojave · May 25, 2015

Two of my potted tomatoes (Rutgers and Visitacion Valley) are starting to yellow from the bottom up. These two plants were growing next to each other and I've segregated them from the rest. Fusarium maybe?

Rutgers:

b54red · May 26, 2015

That sure looks like fusarium wilt.

Bill

Stvrob · May 26, 2015

Ive lost two to fusarium so far this year. I feel your pain.

Fiishergurl · May 26, 2015

I thought that wasn't a concern so much in a container?

Ginny

beeman · May 27, 2015

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Originally Posted by Fiishergurl

I thought that wasn't a concern so much in a container?
Ginny

That's what I always thought??? Perhaps 'mojave' used older medium from a previous year which was infected with Fusarium Wilt spores?
I would be interested to find the answer, please.

Mojave · May 27, 2015

Thanks for the input folks.

I planted both of these in a commercial potting mix (Gardner and Bloome Organic). The only thing I can figure is both of these containers were used previously and maybe I didn't clean them well enough. I usually sterilize my pots with a bleach solution, this year I only used soap and water.

I guess that's what I get for cutting corners.

beeman · May 27, 2015

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Originally Posted by Mojave

Thanks for the input folks.
I guess that's what I get for cutting corners.

Perhaps not. I would get others views on whether it really is Fusarium, just might be something else, possibly early blight?
I would really suggest you sort it for real, as it means that container mixture would be infected with spores and need replacing for next year.

b54red · May 28, 2015

I have had fusarium get into container plants with new sterile planting mediums before but it has only happened a few times. I don't know how it got in but it did. That looks so much like fusarium that I doubt it is anything else. I have been fighting that disease of tomatoes my whole 40 years of gardening and only with grafting and resistant rootstock was I able to have some real success in overcoming it. Sometimes even my super resistant rootstock will eventually get the stuff but at least it is late in the season. This year I have allowed a number of volunteers to grow and almost all of them are showing signs of fusarium already. I may or may not get any ripe fruit from any of them even though they are loaded with half grown tomatoes. It can work on a plant really fast or sometimes really slow. Hopefully it will be slow on your plant.

Bill

May 25, 2015	#1
Mojave Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: SF Bay area Z9a Posts: 821	Fusarium Wilt? Two of my potted tomatoes (Rutgers and Visitacion Valley) are starting to yellow from the bottom up. These two plants were growing next to each other and I've segregated them from the rest. Fusarium maybe? Rutgers: __________________ Bill _______________________________________________ When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe. -John Muir Believe those who seek the Truth: Doubt those who find it. -André Gide

May 27, 2015	#6
Mojave Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: SF Bay area Z9a Posts: 821	Thanks for the input folks. I planted both of these in a commercial potting mix (Gardner and Bloome Organic). The only thing I can figure is both of these containers were used previously and maybe I didn't clean them well enough. I usually sterilize my pots with a bleach solution, this year I only used soap and water. I guess that's what I get for cutting corners. __________________ Bill _______________________________________________ When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe. -John Muir Believe those who seek the Truth: Doubt those who find it. -André Gide

May 26, 2015	#2
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	That sure looks like fusarium wilt. Bill

May 26, 2015	#3
Stvrob Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 1,413	Ive lost two to fusarium so far this year. I feel your pain.

May 26, 2015	#4
Fiishergurl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Oak Hill, Florida Posts: 1,781	I thought that wasn't a concern so much in a container? Ginny

May 28, 2015	#8
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	I have had fusarium get into container plants with new sterile planting mediums before but it has only happened a few times. I don't know how it got in but it did. That looks so much like fusarium that I doubt it is anything else. I have been fighting that disease of tomatoes my whole 40 years of gardening and only with grafting and resistant rootstock was I able to have some real success in overcoming it. Sometimes even my super resistant rootstock will eventually get the stuff but at least it is late in the season. This year I have allowed a number of volunteers to grow and almost all of them are showing signs of fusarium already. I may or may not get any ripe fruit from any of them even though they are loaded with half grown tomatoes. It can work on a plant really fast or sometimes really slow. Hopefully it will be slow on your plant. Bill