Why did my Earthbox plants turn yellow and spotted?
So I went away for my eclipse trip for 7 days, and when I came back, all my beautiful green plants have started turning yellow. Some of them have distinct yellow spots on the leaves.
They've been ripening steadily, and I had someone come in and pick them daily while we were gone. Before we left, we purchased and hooked up the EB watering system. It was in place for at least a week b4 we left so I'm sure it was working. The soil mix is still moist.
Is this just the natural death of my determinates? Or is there a disease or deficiency going on? I fertilized them today just in case. Should I also spray? Or is it too late to bother?
It is making me sad. They were beautiful before we left.
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They are hanging in there. It is definitely some type of leaf mold,
with the characteristic fuzzy spots underneath the leaves. I sprayed
them and clipped off as many affected leaves as I could. There are still
lots of little green tomatoes, but they don't seem to be growing
anymore. They are still ripening but not increasing in size. And now the
leaves on some of the plants have little black spots that look very
much like septoria or bacterial speck, according to my research. It's cooling off here, so there's probably not a lot of tomato time left anyway.
Incidentally, all of the tomatoes in my raised bed have none of these issues and are
still going strong. But I still bought 6 more EBs during their latest
sale, so I'm still in love with the EB despite these issues.I will report on Charger in the other thread where you asked.
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