My tomato seems to stop growing and the leaves are curled up.
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The leaves on my Salvia are curling up
Comments (6)It's been so wet and cool in NJ so far this season. I still haven't planted out most of my Salvia Lady in Red and Coral Nymph. Ones in ground are just sitting there. They take off so fast once it warms up I'm not worried. The ones I potted up to 5" plastic pots are much larger and stronger than those in 3" Cow Pots which are water hogs and roots don't penetrate as promised. I didn't know TMV was a problem with Salvia! I just read something about it when trying to figure out how to grow Tomatoes for the first time. They warned about smokers touching certain vegetable plants and TMV. Being a smoker (bad, I know) I'll be using my tub of bleach/water solution I keep on the patio before I touch Salvia in addition to washing my hands/tools for cleaning off dirt, possible bacteria/viruses and while working on roses. The first couple weeks of rain were okay on plants but they're not getting a chance to dry out by now with more rain. I figure I'm lucky when it rains after I plant things out because I don't have to lug around watering cans for a few days. There seems to be a lot of aphids this year. They've even been landing on my arms which never happened before. I can give roses hard water spray in morning but not new little plants. Weather's been so fritzy there haven't even been bees or Cabbage Whites on Salvia Victoria, Caradonna or May Night this year while they mobbed them last year. Guess patience with Mother Nature, which we can't control, is in order....See MoreRed spider mites or aphids?!! My tomatoes are curling up!
Comments (4)Initially I thought it was the roundup that my well intentioned friend sprayed along my fence line (same friend who raked through the pepper seeds I had just planted!), but after seeing the little red bugs and reading up on the damage they do to tomato plants, I kind of let him off the hook and settled on the aphids being to blame. I tried to enlarge the pics, but it wouldn't let me save it "big." They have antenae, which the spider mites don't have, so I guess they must be aphids. The twisty growth is terrible, the leaves are now tight little balls on most of my plants. I have had blossom end rot on one plant, so I applied lime, but that hasn't solved the aphid problem, nor has it done anything to prevent new growth from curling up. I have recently applied a soapy mixture of insecticide, but have not reapplied the sevin dust. I am now in the process of "pruning" the twisty leaves off, but the plants I've done this to look like little spindly green sticks in the dirt. What now?!!! Do I dig them up and throw them out or wait, pray, and hope for the best? Thank you sooo much!!!...See MoreHelp! Bottom Leaves Curling On My Tomato Plants
Comments (5)KerenR, As Dave said, leaf roll is a sign of stress and the most common cause is too much water. Even though the soil surface looks dry, clay soil generally does not drain well, and can even act like a tub if you have amended a hole for planting. Have you checked soil moisture 3-5" below the surface? GardenWebber sprouts_honor (Jennifer from Cleveland) had a wonderful suggestion on how to tell whether or not you need to water your tomatoes, and I quote here: "Get a wooden dowel rod (or two) and sink it in the ground near a plant or two and leave it. Pull it out when you think you need to water. If the top is dry and the bottom is a little damp, it's time to water. If it looks dark and feels saturated, wait to water. I use this technique with potted plants that don't like being over watered and it's helpful with in ground plants too." I find that is a simple way to monitor the moisture level in the soil where it counts, at root zone. You don't say how long it's been since you planted the basil and marigold seeds, but I think they should have sprouted by now. You may need to mist the soil surface 2-3 times a day to get them to sprout, since it looks like the surface is very dry. If you just moisten the top inch or so, it should not add any more stress your tomatoes and might germinate your other seeds. If they don't sprout, you may want to start some in some soilless potting mix and transpant them to where you want them. As some of your FB responses noted, mulching will help even out the moisture and add organic matter to the soil. After you have pulled your plants this fall, you may want to till in some compost or well aged manure to improve the soil. Betsy...See Moretomatoes with leathery curled up leaves
Comments (10)Here are the pictures on a facebook album. I had a few technical difficulties getting the pictures, hence the delay. I planted the tomatoes in the first half of April. I have Early Girls, Big Boys and a grape. The tomatoes are in a raised bed that has been enriched with well rotted leaves. They are mulched with about 1.5 inches of well aged pine bark. No other fertilizer was used at planting but one application of Miracle Grow was used about 10 days after planting. During the first week of May, the leaves started to curl up into little knots. The newer leaves are the worst affected. We were gone at this time, and came home to find the tomatoes this way. At that time I dusted with a little Sevin, thinking it was an insect problem and then side dressed with a little Plantone and rock phosphate. Other than that there have been no feeding or chemicals applied. The weather has been quite cold and damp since about April 20. There have been multiple days with the high in the low 50s and some days with lows in the high 30s. There has not been a frost since the tomatoes were put in. The weather seems to be moderating at last and we are getting more seasonal temperatures, in the 70s and 80s but still a great deal of rain. That is about all the information I can provide. I hope it is sufficient for you to provide some idea of the problem. Thank you for your assistance. Here is a link that might be useful: Facebook album...See Morekevin9408
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