Tomato lost leaves, can they regrow?
toffee123
9 months ago
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Comments (6)If you let the bottom part of the stump regrow it has got the roots so it will be stable ...the other parts of the stump you can make into a hedge if you just leave them on the ground some will sprout and others won't. Either way its good mulch if the tree isn't diseased. Otherwise just use the stumps or compost them and only let the base with the roots regrow. You can wax the top of the stump with beeswax to seal the open wound and stop it rotten and getting diseased. we have an apple tree that grew back like that and ive got horse chestnuts growing that way. You can also employ a proper arbour maintenance guy to cut your trees into shapes that are less likely to get ripped up in a storm hey take a lot of the longer branches and shorten them so you get new flimsy growth which the wind can't break as easily and they look nice after a few years and if it is properly done. They do third in Europe a lot and it looks great. Here in Ireland a lot of people with an electric saw think they can do work with trees and really they have not a clue. So be careful to find a guy and see his work. Sometimes they cut them so ugly but when cut right it make a them a lot safer and still looks nice. Bit like a lollipop lol! But better than having no trees at all. You can also plant other trees around large trees to create wind break... Trees like poplar are good for that and birch they break the wind up and divert it before the fall force hits the big tree. Its not bad for buildings to have some wind break too. Might not make much difference during a hurricane though. If its a big oak its probably been there longer than you and birds may have lived there for generations ...trees are an amazing asset and take so long to mature that I'd do everything I could to protect them and help them endure safely before cutting them down. They do so much good. And you might find problems if you fell a lpt of them... Landsliding away flooding in paddocks and other things which the trees have been preventing for years....See MoreHave I lost my entire tomato crop?!?!
Comments (9)Thanks for the responses! Based upon your collective input I decided to just remove the affected fruit, continue trying to eradicate the whiteflies and hope I can still get a fall crop. I tried doing the homemade soap spray and I kept burning my plants (even steering clear of antibacterial) so right now I'm using a combo of neem oil and safer insecticidal soap spray and it seems to be working - yay!!! It's more expensive in the short term but if it works I can start experimenting with different soaps again to make it more cost effective. In reading through earlier whitefly/host plant posts I determined that they seem to be drawn to my bush beans. When the spring crop was done I pulled them out but the infestation was already so bad that it wasn't going to be enough. Since it didn't appear as though it would make a difference I went ahead and planted my fall crop of bush beans and sure enough the whiteflies loved them. What can I do? They are my best crop! I'm spraying nightly now b/c with or without the beans there were just too many whiteflies..... I can't figure out what this means for future bean crops, they aren't usually named as a host plant for these darned little buggers. Anyone have a similar experience with them? Thank you all for talking me off the ledge! Fingers crossed, the plants will pull through and I can get a few maters before the season is over. There isn't a lot of info out there on crop survival for this particular problem - I really appreciate being able to come here and ask for/receive advice from all of you young AND old pro's. Here is a link that might be useful: Desert Dame's Blog...See MoreWhen is a tomato plant a lost cause?
Comments (3)Most common diseases can't be "cured". Many can be slowed down and managed so that you can bring in a harvest. Some diseases affect fruits, some do not. It can depend on how systemic the disease is (as in the case of viruses) or how severe the disease is. Many spots on fruit are pest damage that are mistaken for disease as well. But some diseases just don't affect fruit just because that's not how the disease organism works. Some affect the fruit only cosmetically, and the fruit can still be eaten and will taste fine--so the market grower may pull those plants, but the home grower may try to manage the disease until frost. When to pull depends on a lot of factors. In general, I would say--always pull anything with late blight because of how quickly it kills, how easily it spreads on the wind, and how destructive it can be not only to to tomatoes but to potatoes as well. I would also pull any viruses that stunt the plant seriously and ruin fruit, especially since many common viruses have no cure, cannot be slowed down, and often can spread to plants other than tomatoes. Viruses and some bacterial diseases also necessitate controlling the pest that vectors them. As for your plants--do you know what they have? And are you taking the right steps to control/manage that problem? Because it's impossible to know whether to pull those plants without that information....See MoreHave I Lost this Tomato Plant?
Comments (4)Root bound means the plants roots are over-crowded in, contained too tightly, in a container. You hadn't indicated if this plant was in ground or in a container. Since it is in a raised bed and given the history of its many problems - stem splitting, adventitious root development, BER, foliage margin death, superficial root development at soil level, etc. then best guess of its primary problem is inconsistent soil moisture levels - extremes ranging from excessively wet to far to dry and then back again to overly wet. All of those problems are caused by radically inconsistent soil moisture levels. Whether that is caused by weather, your watering practices, your soil's water retention/drainage issues or a combination of all of them I can't say. But you need to figure out how to stabilize it so that the plant's roots have a stable, consistent level of moisture available to them rather than them having to fight the two extremes all the time. You may need to make soil improvements so it drains better after heavy rains, you may need to make soil changes so that it retains water longer, you may need to radically change your method and frequency of providing water in both frequency and amounts, you may need to mulch and mulch heavily, etc. I can't say. But it requires monitoring of the soil moisture level several times a day until you can get a handle on it. If you water the plants and 12 hours later the soil 4-5" deep is dry then either they didn't get enough or the soil has retention problems. If you water and 2 days later the soil at 4-6" deep is still too wet then either you give them too much or the soil drains poorly. If it rains use a rain gauge and then check the soil 4-6" down to see how wet it is. In most cases rain alone does not provide enough water to plant roots because it is distributed or a wide shallow area. These are just a few of the investigations you need to do. But if stems spit it is due to extremes of water, if adventitious roots develop in large numbers it is due to too much water, if soil-level shallow roots develop it is usually due to too frequent shallow watering, etc. Dave...See Moretoffee123
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