Tomato foliage not filling out

[FaTRippz]

As you can see by the picture something must be wrong with the tomato on the left. does anybody might know what the problem is or have any ideas??

[dustyrivergardens]

what kind of tomatoes are they some tomatoes don't have as much foliage as others.

[FaTRippz]

they are polish liguisa or they could be beefsteaks i mixed them up early on. they have a couple set of flowers i guess ill just wait and see what happens. by the way i cannot find polish liguisa tomato seed anywhere anymore. what a bummer i am having a very hard time germinating and grow is strain of tomato.

[suncitylinda]

I cant see it very well but Polish Linguisa has different (Sparse, weepy) type foliage as do many of the paste types. They carry a gene, I think it is actually referred to as the "Wilty Gene" I presently have growing some Opalka and San Marzano Redorta and they tend to look like they are sick, but it is normal, I am told. I think Knapps Fresh Veggies has Polish Linguisa seed. If not PM me, I think I have some, somewhere.

[dustyrivergardens]

I agree... the wilt gene is fairly normal to elongated tomatoes and hearts they look sick but thats just the way they grow ...

[FaTRippz]

i hope so, i don't want to pull it prematurely, but its getting yellow and some brown spots. i think im gunna have to. i need the bucket its in, ill wait till the other seeds i got from suncitylinda germinate then its outta there.

[suncitylinda]

The plant in question looks more undernourished to me than anything else. I keep liquid nirogen around by way of a gallon of fish emulsion. It absorbs quickly - smells bad though.....

[Tonio]

I cant see it very well but Polish Linguisa has different (Sparse, weepy) type foliage as do many of the paste types. They carry a gene, I think it is actually referred to as the "Wilty Gene" I presently have growing some Opalka and San Marzano Redorta and they tend to look like they are sick, but it is normal, I am told. I think Knapps Fresh Veggies has Polish Linguisa seed. If not PM me, I think I have some, somewhere.

Interesting Linda, I am growing San Marzano redorta this year also. I have never seen such a scraggly tomato plant. Leaves are all floppy.
Hopefully I am not having a K- phosphorus deficiency- as they have a purple tint.

[tbenton]

I live in Northern Va (zone 7) and none of my tomato plants are growing 'fat'/bushy like they usually do either. They are not in containers. I have several varieties and they are nice and green with no disease YET but look kind of scraggly. We had a really early warm spring and then it got too cool and I had to cover them at night and then really hot and weather roller coaster ever since. I have picked two tomatoes a bit larger than golf ball; there are a few green ones on each plant and lots of flowers at the tops but the plants are just not thick like they usually are by now. I water them every other day and Miracle Grow every 2 weeks and replenished the soil in the planting holes with M Grow garden soil this year. I am puzzled.