Hi All,
Attached are picures of my 3 heirlooms (Bucks County, Black Brandywine and Orange Oxheart) growing in a cedar box on my deck in NYC. About a week ago I began to see a lot of curling of the lower leaves. The UPPEr portion of the plants is growing new leaves and branhes well.
At first I thought it might have been too much water as we had torrentil rains after I watered one day. The, I thought not enough, as 2 days later the soilwas bone dry. Now, I am perplexed. The water level has been soradic again, we had a few days of hot and dry and then a lot of rain yesterday. I did tent the plants and cover the soil with sheets of plastic, so hopefully that helped.
I cannot figure out the wilt though. I stopped feeding the plants when they started fruiting (although may start again if recommended).
The plants are frutiing well, and beginning to ripen some of the first fruits - although a lot of my tomatoes seem to be smaller thanthey should be. Right now I just want the plants to pump energy into the fruits!
Please advise...
Thanks,
Tom
Wide view of plants:
[img]https://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn132/tcy1227/CurledLeaves1.jpg[/img]
Close Ups:
[img]https://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn132/tcy1227/CurledLeaves1a.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn132/tcy1227/CurledLeaf.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn132/tcy1227/CurledLeaves2.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn132/tcy1227/CurledLeaves3.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn132/tcy1227/Curledleaves1b.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn132/tcy1227/Curledleaves1c.jpg[/img]
Upper Portion of PLants - Healthy:
[img]https://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn132/tcy1227/UpperPortionofMaters.jpg[/img]
Found this which may explain why they are doing this....
[Curling leaves can be the start of several different tomato diseases: Curly Top, Mosaic and Fusarium all start this way. However, if no additional symptoms appear, you simply have a case of Tomato Leaf Roll. This occurs more characteristically with certain varieties (Big Boy, for example) and although it is somewhat a mystery, it usually shows up after excessive rainfall or over watering. When the soil stays wet for too long, the older leaves on the lower half of the plant start to curl (roll) upward. In a few days, after the soil dries out, it may just go away. It's also thought that this condition can be caused by intense sunlight, which causes the accumulation of carbohydrates in the plant. It doesn't seem to have an adverse affect on yields, so unless other symptoms follow, it's nothing to worry about. Even feeding and watering-about 1 inch per week (more in hotter parts of the country) will produce the best yields. Water in the morning and from the bottom of the plant to keep leaves dry and help prevent disease.]
Hope that helps.
[Curling leaves can be the start of several different tomato diseases: Curly Top, Mosaic and Fusarium all start this way. However, if no additional symptoms appear, you simply have a case of Tomato Leaf Roll. This occurs more characteristically with certain varieties (Big Boy, for example) and although it is somewhat a mystery, it usually shows up after excessive rainfall or over watering. When the soil stays wet for too long, the older leaves on the lower half of the plant start to curl (roll) upward. In a few days, after the soil dries out, it may just go away. It's also thought that this condition can be caused by intense sunlight, which causes the accumulation of carbohydrates in the plant. It doesn't seem to have an adverse affect on yields, so unless other symptoms follow, it's nothing to worry about. Even feeding and watering-about 1 inch per week (more in hotter parts of the country) will produce the best yields. Water in the morning and from the bottom of the plant to keep leaves dry and help prevent disease.]
Hope that helps.
Thanks to reading some posts and then googling, I believe that 2 of my 5 tomato plants have mosaic. The two were purchased from the same place at the same time.
My question is, if I pull these plants, is the soil affected. What will I need to do to the soil if so? My husband wants to pull them up and plant beans in their place. Will the beans now be affected?
Thanks!
My question is, if I pull these plants, is the soil affected. What will I need to do to the soil if so? My husband wants to pull them up and plant beans in their place. Will the beans now be affected?
Thanks!