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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: arronc on June 03, 2007, 17:37

Title: whats wrong with me toms?
Post by: arronc on June 03, 2007, 17:37

I put my spare toms outside in some baskets and left them to it, however looked today and they all look like the pic below! I've have scrapped them all, it's not early blight is it  :? After all they were only spares!

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v303/azzac454/02062007076.jpg)

Title: whats wrong with me toms?
Post by: DD. on June 03, 2007, 18:07

Could be mosaic virus, in which case you've done the right thing in destroying the plants.

Title: whats wrong with me toms?
Post by: DadBear on June 03, 2007, 18:28

see athread bt me a few days ago entitled 'tomato diseases'. There is a close up pic of some of the leaves from my toms... consensus is that the problem is leaf mould. i did think of mosaic virus, however I am pretty sure that you and I both have leaf mould. As per one of the replies, I have been treating my plants with tea tree solution... the problem is mild on mine and has not spread... have a look at the thread and see what you think....DB :D

Title: whats wrong with me toms?
Post by: DD. on June 03, 2007, 18:41

A more less drastic answer could be that the leaves have simply got scorched. Water droplets on the leaves act as a magnifying glass and can leave patterning similar to that shown.

Title: whats wrong with me toms?
Post by: jennyb on June 03, 2007, 20:38

our hanging basket ones look like this but worse - personally i put it down to the rain then strong sun we had.

will the plants survive? and produce fruit still do you think?

Title: whats wrong with me toms?
Post by: noshed on June 03, 2007, 22:06

I've had the same. I think it's scorching

Title: whats wrong with me toms?
Post by: Ann on June 03, 2007, 23:36

I've had this in previous years and the tomatoes have been fine

Title: whats wrong with me toms?
Post by: lucywil on June 04, 2007, 08:27

my mum has this on hers, and apparently according to some guy on lincolnshire radio it is caused by hail stones, i didn't think we had had any but we did has really heavy rain last week so maybe it has the same effect

Title: whats wrong with me toms?
Post by: WG. on June 04, 2007, 09:46

Quote from: "lucywil"

my mum has this on hers, and apparently according to some guy on lincolnshire radio it is caused by hail stones, i didn't think we had had any but we did has really heavy rain last week so maybe it has the same effect

Would that make it "Hailo blight" then  8)  :wink:

Title: whats wrong with me toms?
Post by: milkman on June 04, 2007, 09:53

I think it's scorching.  

I wouldn't go scrapping what looks a perfectly decent specimen like the one in your pic - I've found my ropiest of tom plants to be quite resilient and responsive to a bit of TLC every now and again and they still produce a useable crop of tasty toms.

Title: whats wrong with me toms?
Post by: slow_worm on June 04, 2007, 13:33

Quote from: "milkman"

I think it's scorching.  

I wouldn't go scrapping what looks a perfectly decent specimen like the one in your pic - I've found my ropiest of tom plants to be quite resilient and responsive to a bit of TLC every now and again and they still produce a useable crop of tasty toms.

Agree  - don't scrap them just yet feed them with propriety tomato feed eg tomorite and see how you go!

Title: whats wrong with me toms?
Post by: noshed on June 07, 2007, 15:36

Mine have now started greening up nicely. The ones that I planted out first are back to normal and the others are catching up. Must have been that hot spell and all that rain.