Tom im pretty sure il be on the road all next week.I have been home since monday and will be going back out over the road friday if the have me a load.I doubt they will get me turned around and back to florida by next week.If you have a lowes close by you might go to the irrigation isle and look to see if they have any of the booklets there on the system,they did at the lowes where i bought mine.Tom if you email me at captnkirk2112@yahoo.com maybe i can give you my number and i might be able to explain it better.If you wanted to come by and look at it while im out on the road that would be fine too,id get you directions over the phone.I will be needing to get some perlite and fines for fall if i want to freshen my containers up,but then again i might just try to get my fall crop in the same mix and make a new batch for next spring. Well the one florida pink tomato plant is history,im not sure if it was TYLCV or not but it sure looked alot like it.Plant had the usual stunted growth at the top,wish it wasnt such a pain to post pics or i would have taken some.I did notice some whiteflys on some of my plants.As for fruit set goose creek ,solarfire,and costuluto genovese are the only ones so far.I am noticing my plants that get full sun all day are not growing as fast as ones that have shade half of the day.I may need to have my neighbor water more often.He has been watering about every 6 days when im gone.I know that sounds like along time for als mix but he says they havent showed no signs of wilting.I know now that they are getting some size to them they will need water more often.He has alot of plants that i started growing over at his place.His plants at this point are out growing mine but he doesnt have no fruit set yet,he uses mirracle grow fertilizer so that may be why.He has some in the ground and some in containers,not als mix.Tom i sure hope my brandyboy does as well as yours.It has blossoms but no fruit yet.Maybe il download my camera software on this new computer and try to get some pics posted later today. Tom email me sure like to talk to you. kirk

wonder if the black matting is cooking them on 90 degree days ... have you used this product before???? its not only super heating the soil .... which keeps it hot deep into the night .. it also reduces a recovery period ... and may be why.. lower limbs are more affected ... and the hole is so small.. i wonder if water is getting to the plant efficiently .... i dont watch video of inanimate objects... lol ... it is interesting how you labeled the plants on the black stuff ... ken

Yeah, probably just suffering from severe neglect since you "set them aside for a few days in the original containers". Not the thing to do with ordered plants. ;) I'd remove any blooms on them. They don't need any additional stress. You'll likely lose some of the most badly affected leaves - they will fall off on their own - but once the roots have time to recover the new growth should be fine assuming a good sized container, proper growing mix, etc. Dave

Oh wow. After researching Bacterial Wilt, I am certain you are right. I will look carefully tomorrow, but expect I'll have to pull it up carefully to keep it away from the others. In all my years of growing tomatoes, I never had that before. Sounds like I should not use that soil anywhere else as well. Probably need to sterilize the pot for future use. Thank you so much! I just hope none of the others get it.