fusarium wilt can i leave plnat in ground?

FILMNET · August 6, 2012

Can i leave the plants in the garden to ripen fruit even if the plants have no leafs left. Because i have tied up the center stems all summer and they will stay up. I do see that any new flowers are dieing now on these plants, so i will get only 1 crop from these. The fruits are 1-2 weeks away from ripen. My Amazon Chocolate is loaded but only 1 stem and a few leafs.

b54red · August 6, 2012

There is really no benefit from leaving them on the dead plant. I sometimes do out of laziness but other than the fruits sometimes getting sun scald I see no difference in the ripening process from those picked and put on a table on my porch in the shade.

deerhunter · August 8, 2012

if they do ripen thay will be tasteless. pull em up so they don't spread to other plants.

FILMNET · August 8, 2012

Hi Deerhunter do you have the same disease ever, i have read that its in the dirt. A fungus which does not spread around, Thats maybe why my cherries never get it and only 1/3 of my plants now. Last summer it took all summer to kill all 19 plants, This summer some same seed do not have it yet and some new fruit are on top of plants. I am by the coast here no fruits yet are ripe August 8th, May 18th was the start 72 days so far. I have some much fruit on 3 plant which are dieing, last year i got the plant out early. With green fruits

rsg2001 · August 10, 2012

Filmnet, I sometimes leave plants with fusarium in the ground to let the fruit ripen naturally. (Next year try something like Root Shield - it seems to have a beneficial effect against fusarium.) I sometimes find that fusarium plants will sprout new shoots low on the plant that also yield fruit but not all the time. I have not found any difference in the taste of these tomatoes. You're correct that fusarium is soil borne and it can stay in that spot for several years.

deerhunter · August 13, 2012

i don't have it on any of mine, thank god. been lucky so far. try rotating next year and a winter rye cover crop this fall. thats what i do. but my gardens pretty big.

August 6, 2012	#1
FILMNET Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North Charleston,South Carolina, USA Posts: 1,803	fusarium wilt can i leave plnat in ground? Can i leave the plants in the garden to ripen fruit even if the plants have no leafs left. Because i have tied up the center stems all summer and they will stay up. I do see that any new flowers are dieing now on these plants, so i will get only 1 crop from these. The fruits are 1-2 weeks away from ripen. My Amazon Chocolate is loaded but only 1 stem and a few leafs.

August 10, 2012	#5
rsg2001 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New York Zone 6 Posts: 479	Filmnet, I sometimes leave plants with fusarium in the ground to let the fruit ripen naturally. (Next year try something like Root Shield - it seems to have a beneficial effect against fusarium.) I sometimes find that fusarium plants will sprout new shoots low on the plant that also yield fruit but not all the time. I have not found any difference in the taste of these tomatoes. You're correct that fusarium is soil borne and it can stay in that spot for several years. Last edited by rsg2001; August 10, 2012 at 11:08 PM. Reason: correct a word

August 6, 2012	#2
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	There is really no benefit from leaving them on the dead plant. I sometimes do out of laziness but other than the fruits sometimes getting sun scald I see no difference in the ripening process from those picked and put on a table on my porch in the shade.

August 8, 2012	#3
deerhunter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: hopkinton ma. Posts: 70	if they do ripen thay will be tasteless. pull em up so they don't spread to other plants.

August 13, 2012	#6
deerhunter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: hopkinton ma. Posts: 70	i don't have it on any of mine, thank god. been lucky so far. try rotating next year and a winter rye cover crop this fall. thats what i do. but my gardens pretty big.