Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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August 14, 2019 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2013
Location: New Mexico
Posts: 2,052
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Misshapen Leaves!
I am experiencing some weird leaf development on a Grandma Oliver's Chocolate and a Lucky Tiger plant, and it looks like I might have a couple more plants beginning to develop the same condition (Cherokee Purple and Talvez).
I've been treating my plants with homemade compost tea consisting of homemade compost, poultry litter, fish bone meal, rock phosphate, worm castings, mycorrhizal inoculum, feather meal, shrimp meal and kelp extract. Everything has been going gangbusters until the past few days when these plants began showing this weird leaf structure and great growth slow down. Their fruit trusses are extremely heavy with flowers and fruit. I have many other plants that don't show any of this symptom and they are all growing in the same conditions. I suspect too much phosphorus or potassium or magnesium. Any thoughts? (thanks) |
August 14, 2019 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2013
Location: New Mexico
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Here's a shot of a truss on the Grandma Oliver's Chocolate. I count 18 flowers on this one truss.
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August 14, 2019 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Ontario
Posts: 3,893
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Unless it's herbicide drift!!!!!!
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August 14, 2019 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Long Island, NY
Posts: 421
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second herbicide damage, happens often to me from neighbors spraying
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August 14, 2019 | #5 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2013
Location: New Mexico
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Herbicide drift is most likely. My past experiences with herbicide drift cause the leaves to buckle in on themselves, compared to the spikey serrations on these leaves. I saw my neighbor spraying weeds a few days ago. He probably Rounded Up my plants.
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August 14, 2019 | #6 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Ontario
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Oh no! Could you ask him to let you know when he's going to do it so that you can cover your plants? Why do these idiots have to spray chemicals when it's windy?
Linda |
August 14, 2019 | #7 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Romania/Germany , z 4-6
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Those leaves are still too young to tell, you need to wait and see. In any case, none of the big nutrients is involved with this, but I have had (as well as other posters here) similar stuff going on (which did indeed look a lot like herbicide but wasn't).
Not really sure which micronutrient was at fault, most likely seem copper and boron, since those are related to deforming leaves. |
August 14, 2019 | #8 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: El Lago, Texas
Posts: 1,100
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Herbicide damage?
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August 15, 2019 | #9 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2019
Location: Serbia
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My friend has a plant with similarly misshapen leaves. But the fruits are misshapen too, elongated and crooked. One fruit on the bottom of the plant is normal, round and flat-ish.
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August 15, 2019 | #10 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Vancouver Island Canada BC
Posts: 1,253
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Is it safe to eat ?
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August 15, 2019 | #11 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: ohio
Posts: 4,350
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oh, yah, 2-4d damage. the neighbors sprayed their lawn for weeds and if you can smell it in the air it will affect your tomatoes.
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August 16, 2019 | #12 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
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August 16, 2019 | #13 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Williamsburg VA Zone 7b
Posts: 1,110
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Agree. Herbicide drift IS the most heartbreaking way to lose tomatoes. The neighbor use to use a lawn service - they have a route and spray no matter what.
The other way was self-inflicted - I used lawn clippings from someone's yard and thought that it wouldn't harm my tomatoes if I left them over the winter - wrong! |
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