stonewall
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What Does Tomato Disease Look Like?

Any clue as to what the problem is?

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I hope its not a disease!

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Roger
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I am not a horicultural expert : but I do know if you are not watering tomato plants enough, or the soil isn't draining enough, they will often wilt and the leaves will look folded. A quick way to determine if this is the case is to check the plant early in the morning before sunrise. If it is too much water, the plant will often times look 'normal' before sunrise.

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I think a disease or fungal infection has more obvious lesions and such on the leaves.

stonewall
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Thanks for replying!

The soil is somewhat sandy and therefore well-drained. I try to be careful about overwatering, but you never know. :? They've been like this for the past few days without any change.

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Grey
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Roger is right, overwatering can cause leaf curl.

Actually, I think there is a nutrient deficiency that can cause leaf curl in tomatoes... for the life of me, I can't recall what it is!

Here are some other causes:

https://www.gardenline.usask.ca/pests/tomato.html

And a good page for other common tomato problems:

https://www.coopext.colostate.edu/4dmg/Pests/Diseases/tomaprob.htm



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