I need your help with my tomatoes- is it herbicide poisoning, curly top virus, or something else?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- Hey friends, I need your help! I am having tomato troubles in the garden and I would love some advice on diagnosing my problem. I thought for sure it was herbicide poisoning, but now I don't know, I'm also thinking maybe curly top virus is a possibility. Have you dealt with this in your garden or know someone who has? I'd very much appreciate any advice or input!
I live in Germany, and here herbicides are strictly controlled and no one in my area uses them, yet in the last two years I have experienced the very same thing. It even started to happen on even small plants, in the house, the curling. After a long time of study and examination, I came to the conclusion that two things should be done. Disinfection of the soil, new and healthy seeds. I will definitely do that next year.
Good to know, thanks!
I know it’s been a couple of months since you posted this, but that is classic broadleaf herbicide damage. Nightshades are especially susceptible to it. I’ve heard that when herbicide volitizes it can travel miles :( We have had a lot of curly top virus here in Utah and they don’t look like your plants.
I hope since this is older, that your plants pulled out of it and are looking much better!
That's what I thought too. They never fully recovered, but I still had a pretty good year.
When you had them in you house did you have any issues with white flies or aphids? They are the normal vector insects for viruses. If not, any auxin herbicide such as 2,4 D or dicamba doesn't have to come into direct contact with you plants from a spray. Those herbicide will volatilize, meaning it can go into vapor form, anywhere for 12 to 72 hours post application and those vapors will be moved by wind currents and effect plants such as tomato's. The best thing you can do is contact your county agriculture agent office and have someone come out to take a closer look.
Soak a tea bag of black tea over night in Water the tomato with it. It'll be fine in 24 hours.
You'll find it will turn a healthier green too. Make sure its caffeinated tea.
This happened to me many years back & production was terrible
Tea always does the job, its the only fertilizer I use because it makes the plant look so healthy.
Really? I'll try anything at this point!
To me, it definitely looks like herbicide damage. Talk to Jess at roots and refuge.
Yes, I know she had a whole high tunnel ruined.
Can you get new starts & plant with bagged potting soil in large containers or earth bags? Then you might be able to ascertain if it’s your soil/compost or herbicide drift. I live in central Kansas surrounded by farmers & I’ve had my entire garden poisoned by herbicide drift. My tomatoes last year were horrible. I’m planting twice as many this year & praying for the best. I have diversified my plantings tho. Some in raised beds, some in ground & some in containers. Good luck. Last year my plants closest to my neighbors pasture were the worst (he usually tells me when he’s spraying weeds). Last year, I think his son sprayed & he didn’t tell me so I could cover my plants. 🤷🏼♀️
It is so frustrating that all of your hard work was ruined. Praying for an abundant year for you!
Mine look the same way , I believe its the soil I bought in the big box stores. I gave my daughters the same plants I grow from seeds and the are beautiful
So incredibly frustrating!
I have not had this problem, but I have dealt with infestations of leaf hoppers, and they carry disease to plants. I would treat for leaf hoppers which seem to spread the curly top virus. My leaf hopper infestation isnt as bad this year as in the past. I did have other plants attacked by a virus from leaf hoppers.
Some of my plants new growth look curly and all mangled up like that but yes mine have been growing out of in once the leaves start to grow and mature, it’s seems to be only new growth on my plants to,🤷🏻♂️, you should probably have a soil test done for micro and macro nutrients and check PH would be my next step, my soil is very acidic so it may be related to that 🤷🏻♂️
How far can an herbicide carry on the wind? Or even a virus? Think about when we in the United States had red sunsets after the dust storm from Chinas Red Desert got into the Jetstream. Check your plants starting at 3:AM until shortly after sun up wherever you are. Might find a bug. Also, like others have said, do an extensive soil analysis. While you're at it check your water.
I’m having the same problem with two of mine. It’s not pesticide exposure as I live in the city and don’t have any neighbors who spray for weeds. I don’t think it’s viral as I have two plants in grow bags right next to the raised bed the two funky ones are in, and they are perfectly healthy. The curled plants are in a mix of coco coir, mushroom compost, and pearlite. The compost smelled a little sulphury, so I think there was some anaerobic respiration going on. The pH is neautral, and the other plants I planted in this medium seem fine (lettuce, spinach, zucchini), so I’m at a loss.
I am in southwest Missouri and just tonight I noticed that a few of mine are looking like that. I have about 150 tomato plants. I will look more closely tomorrow.
It is so disheartening. Hopefully someone will have an answer.
I noticed my tomatoes also curling up, but it has started from the bottom leaves. I googled it, and it said the top reason is wind damage, and yes, we have had 3-4 very windy days. Hoping my plants will survive, if not I will start over with new plants.
It turned out to be wind damage and my tomatoes recovered quickly and are doing fine!
When I started hardening off my pitiful looking tomato plants, I noticed some of mine looked like that also. I started my seeds way too early and they got way too big before I could get them in the ground. So mine was not exposed to any chemicals from the ground was doing this before they went to the garden. Hoping for the best.
These looked amazing until just this week - hoping they will pull through.
Try giving them some charcoal, it’s what’s recommended if we swallow poison and are sick.
Also I bought pepper seeds and having and issue with just those peppers, so I wonder about the health of the mother plant the seeds came from.
I also seen a video where they soaked egg shells in apple cider vinegar then mixed that diluted with water in a spray bottle gives minerals but I haven’t tried it yet but definitely would give them charcoal and some comfrey tea 😊🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 I hope they turn around!
I've heard of trying charcoal, but also heard that it completely depletes your soil of nutrition. I grew the plants all from seed, they were healthy and thriving before this happened!
Many of mine are doing it too. I have found some green aphids on the bottom of mine... and some white fly eggs. I was thinking this was my problem. If you figure it out please share with me.😊
I talked to my states ag extension office and they said it is classic herbicide poisoning. Some of my plants are starting to look much better though.
Now im wondering...i have beefsteak tomatoes. A couple of weeks ago we all of a sudden got over run by aphids. I quickly mixed up dish soap and water amd sprayed. A couple of weeks later i sprayed again. I noticed one of my plants still has the curled up looking leaves. The rest are recovering nicely
Are they producing fruit? I would assume so because they are flowering. Tomato plants have various ways of protecting themselves from heat and draught. I have had "Leaf Curl" from my tomatoes for 3 years. I have a garden on clay and have a problem with watering the tomatoes.
I have 8 tomatoes and multiple peppers, Basil, marigolds all in a large raised bed. One of my eight tomatoes looks like this! The rest of my beds with tomatoes look fine! So weird!
Mine looked like this when I planted them in my horse compost. Even though it sat 6-8 years, I think it was grazon damage. They are ok when I grow in store bought soil.
That is wild that it can last that long. Did yours come out of it?
Not completely, but looked better after a long while. Have you been in this place for a long time or could someone have sprayed there in last decade?
That is what happened to ours. It was pesticides in the hay our cattle ate. Our compost was tainted.
From everything I've read, they can last in compost for 3 years - and for the last 3 years we've been getting hay from someone we know doesn't spray. Maybe it is just lasting longer? I am starting a new compost pile, but I think going forward, I won't be using cow manure in my gardens.
Plants are dealing with overnutrition.
@@sharingiscaring3498 I haven't fertilized. They are planted into compost topped ground soil.
Yes. They just are too young plants for that amount of nutrition, but they will be fine as they will grow. Next year just try to feed them proportionately as they grow in process.
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It’s chemical damage. I had problems last with my tomatoes but not as bad as your. Mine was from round up run off because my husband sprayed something not to far from my tomatoes and it came through the watering
I just have no idea where it could be coming from. We don't use anything on our acreage, and have been in contact with neighboring farmers who haven't sprayed either.
Of all my plants, the tomatoes were the most sensitive to grazon.
That’s strange
The whole world is chemical damage now
What do you use to amend your soil in the spring? Also what types of farms are you surrounded by?
I amend with compost that we make from our cows manure. We buy our hay from family, and the field it's cut from is not sprayed. We are surrounded by dairy and beef farms.
Most likely your soil is contaminated from your neighbors. Only moving will solve this😢
I mean it eventually has to get better, right? It's not permanent?
@@6Heartson6Acres as long as they keep spraying it will never get better. Most big-ag herbicides can take a decade or more to break down from what I know. Growing certain crops and mushrooms can help mine it out of the soil, but you need to dispose of them off property for it to help. Not an expert on that though.
Looks like chemical poisoning.
That's what I'm worried about. Don't have any idea how it's happening though.
@@6Heartson6Acres hay, compost, overspray from a nearby farm, even if you are making your own compost are you feeding animals hay from a source that may have sprayed?
We make our own compost from our cows manure, we use feed them hay from fields that have not been sprayed. We are surrounded by farmers, but have been in contact and they have not sprayed.
@@6Heartson6Acres idk it’s very strange then. Do you give your cow any kind of feed you purchase anywhere? I know there is glyphosate in commercial dog foods maybe it’s in cow food too?
@@GreenThumbGardener65I agree.. unfortunately most likely from the homemade compost herbicide poisoning