Monday, July 2, 2012

Gardening Question....

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I need HELP!  My tomato plant is turning yellow and is appearing to die.  I keep finding mixed answers online for this.  Please leave a comment with a way to save this plant!  It is full of tomatoes that are healthy, but not ripening.  When I think about it, none of my tomatoes are ripening on the vine... even the plants to the left of the yellowing plant.

Thanks!

   Ellen

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12 comments:

  1. Well, I am definately no expert but the first thing I would try would be enriching the soil or adding in some tomato fertilizer. My plants were yellowing earlier this year and that fixed them up in a couple of days.

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  2. Could be several things. Try coffee or ground egg shells around the plant. I've had trouble with mosaic and blight this year. If it's tomato mosaic disease, its highly infectious and will spread to your other tomatoes and possibly potatoes, cucumbers, etc. If that's what it is, you should pull the plant right away, bag it and trash it to prevent spread.

    It's kind of hard to tell from the picture what it might be. Do you have curling leaves? Have you been watering consistently? Have you fed them?

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    1. forgot about the coffee grounds... I'll be adding it in the morning!

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  3. Could it possibly be that you're watering during the day? Typically they suggest to wait until evening and also to not water the leaves just the base. I know tomato plants can be more susceptible to blight if there's water on the leaves. No expert but there's my "two cents" :)

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    1. I've been watering at sunset and at the base of all the plants per square foot garding. Thanks for your thoughts!

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  4. My experience has been trail and error too! My tomatoes was doing the same thing but we had sprayed too much stuff on them to stop the worms from eating them. Got through that phase and then the tomatoes starting coming in. Still had problems with the leaves wanting to turn yellow too. But I winded up with getting a few tomatoes daily and all in all it provided what I needed for me. They are through now though. We finally pulled up the remains of the vines we had. Good luck girl. Hugs and blessings, Cindy

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  5. I certainly wish I could help. Last year I had beaucoup tomatoes from four plants. This year three have withered and died and one is thriving. Sometimes you can over-fertilize, other than that I don't know. Wish I did.
    I can give you some good advice though. Take a sample of the plant in question to your county (or parish) agricultural extension agent. They have someone who can analyse your problem and tell you the remedy.
    Good luck.

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  6. Sorry to hear about your tomato plant. I don't have an answer, but you might try contacting your local Master Gardeners at the cooperative extension office in your town. They are usually up on all of the local plant diseases and pests, and may be able to help you narrow down exactly what is going on so you can then determine the best way to treat them. Good luck, and happy 4th!

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  7. I have some yellowing on my tomato plants too - I am really hoping that it doesn't spread. I'll keep a watch on your blog to see how yours do.

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  8. I'm definitely no expert, but it resembles verticillium wilt. Google "tomato problem solver", then see if you find a link to "aggie-horticulture". This will be a link to Texas A&M's agricultural extension service. There's lots of good tomato info there. Good luck.

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  9. Do you have any walnut/black walnut trees nearby? That's our problem and we had similar symptoms. Look up walnut toxicity & tomatoes if you do.

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  10. From the photo it looks like too much watering.

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