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greenscrump
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Rye, East Sussex
Damaged tomatoes
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April 12, 2007, 17:42:37 »
Hello all,
I have been putting my tomato plants outside during the day for the last couple of days as have no ventilation in conservatory. They were fine yesterday but today I came home from work and found this - could it be wind damage ?? Also, I've been watering them when the sun disappers so don't know what the brown marks could be... any help much appreciated :'(
brown marks.......
wind damage??
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tim
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Re: Damaged tomatoes
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April 12, 2007, 17:49:38 »
So far ahead!!
If you hadn't said you water after the sun, scorch would have been a thought for the first two.
I've seen No3 but can't pin it.
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greenscrump
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Rye, East Sussex
Re: Damaged tomatoes
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April 12, 2007, 17:53:53 »
thanks Tim - I thought that the first two looked like sun scorch also - but don't see how ??? could 3+4 be cos of the wind bashing the leaves against the canes ???
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tim
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Re: Damaged tomatoes
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April 12, 2007, 18:41:50 »
Wait for the expert!
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Tee Gee
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Re: Damaged tomatoes
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April 12, 2007, 19:53:54 »
At first I would have said water scorching particularly as we have a hot spell lately, alternatively I thought that they may have been in contact with overspray from a herbicide(weedkiller)
Then I did a google and I think it is Tomato Leaf curl virus
Have a read of his
http://tinyurl.com/23a66p
and see what you think!
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greenscrump
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Rye, East Sussex
Re: Damaged tomatoes
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April 12, 2007, 22:13:28 »
thanks Tee Gee - how depressing !! The early pics on the link certainly look a lot like whats happened to some of mine, I shall 'quarantine' the affected toms and see what happens next, they all seemed so haelthy and happy until this afternoon :'(
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Chris Graham
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Stirling, Scotland
Re: Damaged tomatoes
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April 13, 2007, 12:11:57 »
i had the problem with scorch on my plants but cut the sections off and they have really started to come on well.
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Robert_Brenchley
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April 13, 2007, 13:28:47 »
How would the plants have got virus this early? Reading the website, it seems to be spread by sucking insects, like many plant viruses.
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greenscrump
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Rye, East Sussex
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April 13, 2007, 19:16:36 »
I'm not so sure it is the virus, some of the leaves of the affected plants look similarly battered but they have no other symptoms. I lined them up in the bath today - nice bright bathroom and not too much wind (from me anyway!!) - and they haven't developed anymore scorch/frayed bits. Maybe I didn't harden them off early enough before I left them to the elements ??
ChrisG - I cut off the battered and scorched looking bits today and they look so much better. :)
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