Help Wanted Identifing Disease-Yellow Leaves

[pauldavid]

I need some help identifying this disease. Yellow leaves at bottom of plants then yellowing ascends plant. This is a Mortgage Lifter, the worst looking one. Thanks as all help is appreciated.
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[AlittleSalt]

Paul, a lot of those are the leaf part. It's okay to cut the leaf part off that are growing downward (I still think of them as downward growing branches - just not what they are called)

[AlittleSalt]

I meant to add this picture. Right in the middle, one branch is growing upward and is green - it will produce tomatoes. The yellow on beside it growing downward will not produce tomatoes.

[Dewayne mater]

Consider fusarium wilt in your diagnosis. Good luck.

Dewayne Mater

[Hunt-Grow-Cook]

Originally Posted by Dewayne mater

Consider fusarium wilt in your diagnosis. Good luck.

Dewayne Mater

This.

[pauldavid]

I feared that its Fusarium, as I had 5 plants succumb to this very same thing last season. All tomatoes on those plants last year got sunscald because there weren't enough leaves to shade them. Thanks everyone.

[Dewayne mater]

Fusarium lives in the soil and will be back year after year if you grow in the same spot. However, I would look up the posts from Bill in Alabama as he is a disease warrior, including fusarium. I believe one of his tools is root grafting for fusarium onto F resistant root stock. That maybe your only option. I've been fortunate enough to not have that disease (practically everything else!) so I'm of not further help on this one. Good luck.

[pauldavid]

Thanks Dewayne. I have a lot of research to do.