Using garden for first time in over a decade. Planted numerous tomato plants and some are just fine. I have several, however, whose leaves and flowers are curling and stay that way. Have searched everywhere and nothing matches what I am seeing. Any ideas?
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I found this thread interesting because of the mention of steel-type color. One of my 12 Delicious tomatoes does have leaf curl, not to the extent you have it, though. Interestingly, it's color is more steel green than its comrades, similar to what yours manifests in the photo, but with more green than gray.
This particular plant has been a problem child all along. I set eight out on May 10, a few days before a major snow, and I had to cover my tomatoes every night for most of May. Five of them eventually lost their rich green color over those three weeks, paling to a green yellow by the beginning of June. Four quickly recovered. This one didn't.
It was another week before this one began to deepen its color. However, the color it deepened to is a dusty green, not the emerald or grass green of the other seven.
I can't remember when it began to curl its leaves, but I think it was around the time that its color changed. Because I have other problems with these Deliciouses, this one is merely a curiosity, not a concern.
I'll be interested, though, in what you find out. I have eight tomato plants in this 4' x 8' semi-raised bed, and this is the only one doing this, so, going out on a limb, I doubt it's caused by water or wind. I think it could be a lack/excess of some nutrient. I could be wrong, though. It is a corner plant, so I keep thinking its problems must have something to do with positioning.
This particular plant has been a problem child all along. I set eight out on May 10, a few days before a major snow, and I had to cover my tomatoes every night for most of May. Five of them eventually lost their rich green color over those three weeks, paling to a green yellow by the beginning of June. Four quickly recovered. This one didn't.
It was another week before this one began to deepen its color. However, the color it deepened to is a dusty green, not the emerald or grass green of the other seven.
I can't remember when it began to curl its leaves, but I think it was around the time that its color changed. Because I have other problems with these Deliciouses, this one is merely a curiosity, not a concern.
I'll be interested, though, in what you find out. I have eight tomato plants in this 4' x 8' semi-raised bed, and this is the only one doing this, so, going out on a limb, I doubt it's caused by water or wind. I think it could be a lack/excess of some nutrient. I could be wrong, though. It is a corner plant, so I keep thinking its problems must have something to do with positioning.