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LakeOntarioFarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
933 Posts
Brenda
North Rose
NY
USA
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 Posted - Jun 29 2010 : 03:52:42 AM
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I'm so sad! All my hard work is almost gone! I started these guys from tiny little seeds, nurtured them, agonized over them when they were little. Now, they are all dying..... sob...
At first I thought it was too much water from all the rain we've been having, but it was just one plant. Then I thought it was the juglones from the walnut trees we have out back, but again, just one plant.
Now I am convinced it is either Verticillium or Fusarium, which are a fungus that attacks the roots. If it is one of these, it lasts for years in the soil, I won't ever get tomatoes out of there, or potatoes either, unless I use hybrid plants, which I refuse to do.
As of last night, 6 out of 20 plants are affected, and I'm sure the rest will follow shortly.
I'm just so disappointed. I didn't get tomatoes last year, because of the weather in the north east, now I won't have any this year either.
Does anyone know if I planted tomato plants in bags of compost in the garden in the same spot, if it would work, or would the fungus spread to the bags too? I really have no where else I could put tomatoes here....
Brenda
FarmGirl # 711
"If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down. "~ Mary Pickford
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EastTXFarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
731 Posts
Victoria
Farmgirl #549
TX
USA
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Posted - Jun 29 2010 : 04:12:15 AM
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Brenda I am having the same problem with my tomatoes and peppers. They are beautiful one day and the next look like wilted noodles. I am losing the ones that I planted in pots. It is not a watering issue. Here in Texas we have had very little rain and I am hand watering. Sunday I watered, my tomatoes were beautiful. Yesterday I go out to the tomatoes and my biggest prettiest plant is draped over its stake on it's last leg. I don't know what it is. I lost all but 3 of my pepper plants. But my potting soil was fresh this year. I did not reuse any. I have had some people tell me it is in the compost. I had to purchase compost this year.
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
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sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
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Posted - Jun 29 2010 : 07:41:14 AM
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oh my i am so sorry for you girls. my plants have had wilt before. i dissolve baking soda in room temperature water and spray plants soil mulch with it. be sure to do undersides soak the plants. it can help if the plants are not to far gone. same measurements as for the soap and oil spray. 1 tablespoon soda to a gallon water. i make mine a little stronger than this. heres hoping it helps your maters. happy days sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
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msdoolittle
True Blue Farmgirl
1160 Posts
Amanda
East Texas
USA
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Posted - Jun 29 2010 : 3:12:52 PM
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:0( Not sure what it could be. I use raised beds and plant in straight compost mixed with my sandy soil. I have had a great tomato year here. Surely there are heirloom varieties which are resistant to the fusarium wilt, etc. I personally would contact an Extension agent to come out and help you. It should be free to you and s/he would be familiar with your planting zone, etc. That's what I'd do before the rest keeled over!!!
Another thought: Do you rotate your plantings? It is best to rotate your crops so that they are only planted in a spot every 3rd year to prevent the buildup of species specific soil nematodes, which will also attack root systems.
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Edited by - msdoolittle on Jun 29 2010 3:19:00 PM |
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LakeOntarioFarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
933 Posts
Brenda
North Rose
NY
USA
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Posted - Jun 30 2010 : 04:12:29 AM
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Sherye- I tried your baking soda spray yesterday, I had never heard of it before and I knew it wouldn't hurt anything! :) First I pruned off the bottom branches, and weeded if the plants needed it, then I sprayed. I'm glad it was a pretty cloudy day so I didn't have to worry about burning the leaves with spraying.
Amanda- This is only the second year we've been in this house, but I have rotated my tomatoes from last year to a different spot. It's funny because yesterday I read on one website that heirloom tomatoes cannot stand up to v or f wilt, that you have to have hybrids specifically made to resist these. Then on another website I read that heirloom varieties are more likely to resist the wilt!!! Not sure which one is right, will have to do some more research, but all my tomatoes are heirloom varieties from Baker's Seeds.
Brenda
FarmGirl # 711
"If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down. "~ Mary Pickford
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msdoolittle
True Blue Farmgirl
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Amanda
East Texas
USA
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
3775 Posts
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
3775 Posts |
Posted - Jun 30 2010 : 06:51:09 AM
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wow the ag site is a good one. i put it in my favorites place. i will use it for sure. thanks so much. sure hope the baking soda works some. the suggestion to mulch with straw is a good one. i want to mention if anyone smokes a cigarette and then touches a tomato or potato you will have virus on your hands from touching the cig. the tobacco is loaded with virus.just a thought happy days sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
farm girl #1014
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