Hey everyone,
Having some major issue's with the tomatoes in garden, seems like overnight 40 plants up and welted and no particular reason and its hit/miss? One weltered and one right next to it 1 foot away still doing fine.
First thought was herbicide drift as I got myself into trouble with this a few years back so I now know better. Sunday evening I sprayed some acorns that have popped up into tree's in the front yard (100 feet away from garden). I waited till late evening when the winds were calm, used low pressure and put LI700 in the mix as a drift control so I don't believe the 2,4-D was the culprit here. Besides, its to sporadic not every plant. Besides, herbicide drift would have the leaf's rolled up, my whole vine just went limp.
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Second thought was I over fertilized (not my choice) I put Osmocote around the plants when I set them out. That was enough to last 3 months but "someone kept griping at me to put triple 10 around them so I did (Last Thursday) and the following Monday was when they started welting?
Local extension office says end of leaf's would be brown if over fert. so that ruled that out
Third, I have done a little research online, looks more like a fungus based on THIS:
I pulled up 42 plants last night, all that I seen that looked infected. Today I see another 10 that are welted
Any more idea's anyone?
Thanks in advance
Having some major issue's with the tomatoes in garden, seems like overnight 40 plants up and welted and no particular reason and its hit/miss? One weltered and one right next to it 1 foot away still doing fine.
First thought was herbicide drift as I got myself into trouble with this a few years back so I now know better. Sunday evening I sprayed some acorns that have popped up into tree's in the front yard (100 feet away from garden). I waited till late evening when the winds were calm, used low pressure and put LI700 in the mix as a drift control so I don't believe the 2,4-D was the culprit here. Besides, its to sporadic not every plant. Besides, herbicide drift would have the leaf's rolled up, my whole vine just went limp.
(pics attached)
Second thought was I over fertilized (not my choice) I put Osmocote around the plants when I set them out. That was enough to last 3 months but "someone kept griping at me to put triple 10 around them so I did (Last Thursday) and the following Monday was when they started welting?
Local extension office says end of leaf's would be brown if over fert. so that ruled that out
Third, I have done a little research online, looks more like a fungus based on THIS:
So, this is my best guess so far.Bacterial Wilt Southern bacterial wilt attacks the tomato plant at the base, causing rapid collapse and death of the entire plant. Cut through the stem and note a dark water-soaked center or even a hollow stem. The cause of this bacterial wilt is Pseudomonas solanacearum, according to the University of Tennessee Extension Service.
I pulled up 42 plants last night, all that I seen that looked infected. Today I see another 10 that are welted
Any more idea's anyone?
Thanks in advance