gardengater
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:22 pm Post subject: Tomato plants are wilting and leaves turning brown |
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Three of my tomato plants are wilting and leaves turning brown. They have already set fruit. What did I do wrong? There are 6 reasons for wilting in the south, but I don't know which one it is. NO pests in sight. I wonder if I overfertilized.
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gardenmama
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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I would try cutting off some of the dying leaves. That way all the nutriance the plant is getting will go to the fruit and the rest of the plant. If you over fertilized you could have fried the roots and that is why is it wilting, but I would try this and see if you can save the plant.
Good luck!
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gardengater
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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That's what I'll do. Thanks gardenmama.
Carol
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Sjoerd
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gardengater
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 11:31 pm Post subject: |
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Okay, I'll do that tomorrow. It's evening here now. I don't think it's bacterial or fus....whatever that is. Some of the leaves are perfectly all right. I'd love to be able to save them.
Carol
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thomas633957
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 12:21 am Post subject: |
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I think gater that it's the Magnesium but this is just a guess cause my Better Bush although impressive in size and in fruit yield is doing the same thing. I read up on it and it's the only thing I can think of. I read the bag of potting soil I used and it has nitrogen,iron and potash but no manganese. I got some miracle gr* tom fertilizer which has magnesium in it and used it tonight. I will keep you posted.
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gardengater
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 1:34 pm Post subject: |
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Thomas;
Thanks for the tip.
Gardengater
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