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| I have been battling with my garden and now something has spread to my tomato plants but I don't know what it is or if I can fix it and how? I have had to fight with powdery mildew on my squash, aphids on my cucumbers and 1 zucchini plant, and squash/cucumber beetles. I have been using a funcicide (greencure)and an insecticide (ecosmart). Some of my tomatoes are a light green and mty leaves are turning brown on the underside then eventually turning yellow...all on the bottom. Help! |
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- Posted by GardeningGirl12078 5 (My Page) on Fri, Jul 20, 12 at 11:44
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- Posted by GardeningGirl12078 5 (My Page) on Fri, Jul 20, 12 at 11:46
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| They look fine, just keep the moisture levels even so you don't get any fruit crack, and fertilize!! I can't believe how many organic gardeners think that some composted manure is plenty to feed a heavy setting vegetable plant. I don't know if you garden organically, but I keep seeing underfertilized plants on the forums. Remember, at this stage, miracle grow is *NOT* evil, and if you don't want to pay an arm and a leg for some organic ferts, they are perfectly fine to use. Also, at this stage, a balanced fertilizer would do you well, like 10(N)-10(P)-10(K). Tomato growers will tell you to stay away from applying too much nitrogen, because N promotes the plant to set more leaves and less fruit. They say that even a balanced fertilizer like 10-10-10 shouldn't be used, and you should go with 5-10-10 or something that has less N in it. But once you have fruit set, I'm of the opinion that if you were using a specialty tomato fertilizer that had less N, with the growing fruit being very nutrient dependent, you should switch to a balanced fertilizer after you have achieved a heavy enough fruit set, to compensate for the extra nutrient needs. I could be crazy though. Your tomatoes look fine, it's not a disaster, just be thankful that you don't have japanese beetles eating everything in sight. |
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- Posted by lizbeth_pa (My Page) on Sun, Jul 22, 12 at 11:11
| Yes, how often do you fertilize or give them plant food? Are you watering too much or not enough? And what kind of weather conditions are you experiencing where you live? I don't know what zone you live in. Are you in a drought stricken area? If so, could be heat stress! I watch my tom plants like a hawk cuz they can look fine one day, and the next they can get blight or fungus, etc. Could be they have blight. Not sure what can be done w/ the tom plants if they have gotten blight. |
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