Possible Tomato Curly Top Virus?
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Comments (2)Cindy, I do wish you'd make a call to your local Ext Office b'c I don't think Curly Top would be common in your area. If they say yes, it can be found in your area, then fine, but I've not heard of anyone in your area having that disease, so far. The natural host is sugar beets which are grown as a commercial crop for processing for beet sugar, which are widespread in the SW, which is the major area where Curly Top is found in the US. Carolyn...See MoreIs this Curly Leaf Virus - Tomatoes and Green beans
Comments (3)Well, took my plants to the extention office, and they said it was not curly leaf virus, but was a herbiside.They stated since we have not gotten a lot of rain, any of my neighbors could have sprayed, and affected my plant. They stated that the curly leaf virus would have been much more curled, and distorted. Case closed, hope they last. LG...See MoreCurly top virus??
Comments (8)Thank you so much Carolyn! I do NOT live in western US. (NorthEast actually) Phew! Well, that at least eliminates 1 virus from the list. Lol. Sadly, I've had such poor luck with my tomato plants this year. Up to date I have lost 3 seedlings. 1 to heat stroke (maybe??) and the other 2 were malnourished and perhaps infected. I of course helped their demise by overpruning them. Now, I am left with 5 tomato plants. All of different variety. 2 were from the previous batch (which have been pruned...but seem to be thriving)..and there are 3 newbies. Of the 5 remaining, the Celebrity (which I purchased for it's disease resistence) is the only one with this curly leaf issue. It has been relocated, but still same amount of care. I am washing my hands between care of the plants (just in case). The other 4 plants are husky cherry red, patio, big boy, and yellow gold. HOPING at least 1 of the 5 produces an edible batch of fruit to enjoy during it's season. Hence my username. LOL. Wish me luck, and thanks all for the support! Happy and healthy growing to ALL! :)...See MoreCurly Top Virus on my tomatoes
Comments (5)jean001a, thank you for the response. Posted this also in other garden forum on California Gardening. Sorry for the poor quality photo. This was from a tomato I already tore out days ago! Ugggg! I took some plant leaves to Armstrong and they told me to pull it immediately. The bottom of the leaves looked purple, with some leaves having only half the leaf purple. The leaves also seemed to be growing down. This plant was in front of my garage in a wine barrel, but I have a much larger garden in the rear, behind some structures (a garage and a library.) That part of the garden is in raised beds on a drip watering system covered in red plastic mulch. I amended the soil this year with some planting mix and add some organic fertilizers for tomatoes, and some extra potassium and potash, as the soil testing kit said those were extremely low. I had high nitrogen so didn't add any. Like I said, I pulled out this and two other plants in wine barrels because they told me at Armstrong Garden Center that this virus would spread if I didn't. I did look it up and everything online seem to agree. Plus, I was so worried about my 11 tomato plants in the raised bed in back. Now the tomato plants in back are starting to get leaves with purple veins. And the weird part is is that I have not seen any leaf hoppers in my yard, the supposed vector. I have sprayed with Neem Oil and Spinosad -Captain Jacks on all the plants and after the folks at Armstrong said I had the curly top virus, I sprayed with pyrethrin. Any help is much appreciated!!!...See Moregorbelly
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