Suddenly Yellow Leaves - Page 2

Worth1 · May 25, 2016

Just cut of anything and I mean anything that has the least bit of a sign of this.
I dont think it is F wilt.
Worth

Dewayne mater · May 25, 2016

I was worried about fusarium as well. That browning stem isn't totally clear, but, could be it as well. Not sure though. IF so, pull it and destroy it.

https://extension.umd.edu/growit/fus...ato-vegetables

ginger2778 · May 25, 2016

Salt, I do unfortunately think it is Fusarium, because the cut stem shows brown all along the vascular area of the stem. Kind of classic.

AlittleSalt · May 25, 2016

It isn't wasting any time - there are more yellow leaves since I cut the others off earlier today. The plant is a foot shorter and nowhere near as wide the other plants near it. They are all Porter plants.

I'm thinking of pulling it. I have over 160 tomato plants - it's not like I'm going to miss this one.

Worth1 · May 25, 2016

Kill the thing and burn it with kerosene.
Is this that same bed you had problems with last year?

Worth

AlittleSalt · May 25, 2016

A completely new bed. The bed I had problems with last year is no longer there. I burned the boards and used the soil to fill a hole out in the pasture.

AlittleSalt · May 25, 2016

Well, it is gone. I'm wondering if it was more like the runt of the litter? Weaker, smaller and more prone to disease than the other plants. I was curious as to why it was growing slower than the other plants near it.

I inspected the other 8 plants and I didn't see as much as a yellow spot on them.

When I pulled the plant, the root system didn't look as big as I expected it to be, and then I noticed the few tomatoes were shaped odd. They were the right size but the shape wasn't right. That was another thing different about it - It only had a few tomatoes on it. The other plants are loaded down with them.

Starlight · May 25, 2016

You probably made the best decision by ripping it out. Better to be on the safe side, especially since you have more. Hope you other ones do well for you. : )

Gardeneer · May 26, 2016

I think probably it was just a weak plant, possibly with not so healthy roots that could not support the foliage. Maybe part of the root was rotted.

Gardeneer

AlittleSalt · May 26, 2016

I did brush the potting mix and soil from the roots. They didn't appear to be rotted - just not enough roots for a plant that size. I dug around in the surrounding soil with my hands to see if I had broken the roots as I pulled the plant. It just didn't have much of a root system.

OzoneNY · May 27, 2016

I got it too. Looks like all of them are affected. I tore out 3 of the worst plants but it looks like the remainder will turn yellow in not much more than a week or two at the current rate.

AlittleSalt · May 27, 2016

Ozone, I noticed/removed some from our main garden this evening. We're going to lose a Sungold - with tomatoes on it.

Worth1 · May 27, 2016

Guys this sucks we all worked so hard this winter too.
The darn rain hasn't stopped and it sounds like an artillery barrage outside.
I'm covered in kerosene to keep the chiggers and flies off.

Worth

AlittleSalt · May 27, 2016

We moved here 36 years ago. We lived a mile away from 1980-1992, and here ever since (Same county road) - I have seen/experienced a lot of different weather, but the past 2 years have been something unusual - it isn't normal to have this much rain here.

As a gardener, it's difficult not to be depressed. I pulled an Umberto plant today that had no chance of surviving. It is/was surrounded by two other varieties that look great. Sweetie and WOW.

I started documenting plants that did well in record rainfall last year - I'll be adding to that list this year, and yes, it sucks to make that list.

It's starting to storm again.

OzoneNY · May 27, 2016

Quote:

Originally Posted by Worth1

Guys this sucks we all worked so hard this winter too.
The darn rain hasn't stopped and it sounds like an artillery barrage outside.
I'm covered in kerosene to keep the chiggers and flies off.

Worth

You said it. I think I will lose them all in just a few weeks time. I just bought the soil this past February and built the planter and if this FW is all the internet says it is, its not really treatable. 2 yards of compost and soil is rubbish now.

May 25, 2016	#16
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Just cut of anything and I mean anything that has the least bit of a sign of this. I dont think it is F wilt. Worth

May 25, 2016	#17
Dewayne mater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2008 Location: DFW, Texas Posts: 1,212	I was worried about fusarium as well. That browning stem isn't totally clear, but, could be it as well. Not sure though. IF so, pull it and destroy it. https://extension.umd.edu/growit/fus...ato-vegetables

May 25, 2016	#18
ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	Salt, I do unfortunately think it is Fusarium, because the cut stem shows brown all along the vascular area of the stem. Kind of classic.

May 25, 2016	#21
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	A completely new bed. The bed I had problems with last year is no longer there. I burned the boards and used the soil to fill a hole out in the pasture.

May 25, 2016	#23
Starlight Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: AL Posts: 1,993	You probably made the best decision by ripping it out. Better to be on the safe side, especially since you have more. Hope you other ones do well for you. : )

May 26, 2016	#24
Gardeneer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7 Posts: 4,918	I think probably it was just a weak plant, possibly with not so healthy roots that could not support the foliage. Maybe part of the root was rotted. Gardeneer

May 27, 2016	#26
OzoneNY Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Frisco Texas Posts: 390	I got it too. Looks like all of them are affected. I tore out 3 of the worst plants but it looks like the remainder will turn yellow in not much more than a week or two at the current rate.