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White hairy stuff all over a tomato plant

One of my tomato plants has a lot of hairs all over the stem and leaves. But on some places the 'hairs' have accumulated to form a fibrous white stuff.

I honestly can't tell if this is a fungus or not. I will spray but in the mean time I'd like to know.

Any ideas?

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Can you upload a picture?

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I don't know, can I? And if so how?

But I have also noticed that the newest leaves are curling under. It doesn't really look like a fungus but it must be a problem...

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Maybe powdery mildew.

How to upload pix.
https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/v ... php?t=3724

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No it isn't powdery mildew. This is a whole lot of filaments that looks like hairs.

Thanks for the link.

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Without the pictures, I will just throw out there. Whiteflies and or Aphids.

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No not whitefly or aphids. Looks like real hairs

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I am sorry but without pictures you probably wont get much help because we have no way of identifying it.

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Are you growing one of Tom Wagner's "Wooly" line variety tomatoes?

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are they spider mites

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Hi I have included some diagnostic links see if any of these pictures or descriptions help. Look closely with a magnifying glass on the undersides and stem of the plant. Curling leaves is usually a sucking pest. Whitefly, mealy bugs, spider mites, aphids leave residues that you will notice before you even see the bug.
Google search tomato mealy bugs
https://gardenofeaden.blogspot.com/2011/ ... eases.html
https://www.hgic.umd.edu/_media/documents/hg56.pdf
https://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/insect/05507.html
https://plantdiagnostics.umd.edu/level2. ... egoryID=59

Blue woolly mammoth tomato
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I'd love to post a picture if my iPhone/Mac would just play along!

Ok I wasn't clear - the plant is healthy, does not have powdery mildew and the hairs are 100% not insects at all. There is a little curling of a few leaves though.

But, this
imafan26 wrote: Blue woolly mammoth tomato
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is the closest. I suppose it really could be a hairy tomato but the only problem with that is that this is the only plant. This is one of 5 seedlings that grew on their own so they are surprise tomatoes. But seeing as we only get round red tomatoes and rosa tomatoes from the shops I don't know how.

Thanks imafan26

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Finally here are some pictures

https://imageshack.us/f/685/tomato1.jpg/
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https://imageshack.us/f/577/tomato2.jpg/
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Yeah not quite as woolly maybe but similar with extra hairs. If this was a volunteer, I guess seed with the longer pubescent hair gene in it was introduced into the garden at some point. I think there are several different varieties around.

It would be interesting to see how it performs and tastes. You could save seeds from this one's fruits and see if the trait will continue to showup. If you learn to breed tomatoes, you could try crossing this one with another one.

It would be great if you could kep us updated. 8)

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Ok cool. So I had better keep it alive then hey? Thanks guys. I will keep you posted :)

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there are several variety's of tomatoes with a peach fuzz to them. lol that's what it looks like to me.

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Pretty cool hairy tomato plant.

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dustyrivergardens wrote:there are several variety's of tomatoes with a peach fuzz to them. lol that's what it looks like to me.
Yeah I see. But it is weird considering all my other tomatoes are no where close!

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Yes, some kind of sport / mutation or else a seed of some other variety that accidentally got slipped in the packet.

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save the seed send me a dozen or so....what kind were they suppose to be

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Furry that so funny good luck



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