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Post by tucsontomato on Apr 10, 2012 23:35:46 GMT -5
Alright- I need some help here. Desease has come quickly this year. I'm not exactly sure what I have this time. I am experiencing deformation of new growth on the crown of my plants and thick ruffled leaves with yellow splotching. The ruffled leaves are not normal for this variety and have developed recently. The two diseases are independent of each other. The disease on all affected plants is keeping flowers from setting fruit. Here are some pictures. Let me know what you think it is and please give me some advice. I am growing them near some prized melons and I don't want whatever it is to spread. Here is the first pricture: Attachments:
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Post by tucsontomato on Apr 10, 2012 23:37:37 GMT -5
Heres the second picture. Attachments:
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Post by tucsontomato on Apr 10, 2012 23:39:12 GMT -5
And a third picture. This is what is affecting my tomato plant's crowns. Please let me know what you think it is and if I should remove it before it affects my melons. Thanks again! Attachments:
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Post by stratcat on Apr 12, 2012 21:42:24 GMT -5
Hi, Tucsontomato.
How are your plants doing now? Outgrowing the deformities? Was there any herbicide drift, by any chance? Say, from a neighbor?
I don't know what it is. I'd recommend talking to your County Agent at the Extension Office. They should be able to help.
Good Luck!
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Post by tucsontomato on Apr 13, 2012 17:06:14 GMT -5
Most likely cucumber mosaic. See: vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/DiagnosticKeys/TomLeaf/TomLeafKey.html#CucumberThey grew fine, but with the chance of being diseased next to my prize melons and with the fact that they were not growing fruit I couldn't take the chances. The disease took out the majority of my formerly-thought-to-be-disease-resistant Siletz plants along with a couple other varieties. My L. hirtsutum (spelling?), my Stupice, my Hahms Gelbe and a couple others are doing fine though. This disease could not be tolerated as it was spreading fast among plants and continued getting worse on individual plants as time went on. All new growth on diseased plants was showing severe symptoms of the disease. Plants were grown in a sterile medium. No herbicide was sprayed anywhere near the plants. In the future I will probably inoculate my soil or grow beans in it before planting tomatoes there. I believe this could possibly increase my chances of avoiding disease. |
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