I have tomato plants in a space that was seeded with a clover cover
crop and left otherwise fallow last summer. I planted 8 tomatoes I
grew from seed except for one I . I pulled up 2 in late June or early
July that were diseased. One was a Celebrity that is supposed to be
virus resistant, the other a San Marzano (not sure of the resistance
of this type). There is another Celebrity right next to where the sick
one was and it looks fine. Now my only Beef Steak is looking very
sick. About half of it is brown. It was producing well and there are
still big green tomatoes on the healthy half. I don't know whether to
sacrifice it or just trim off the dead portion and hope it survives
without spreading to other plants.
I also pulled up two peppers around the same time as the tomatoes
because of disease that were in an adjacent space, but this area was
not fallow last year.
I know that some virus spreads by insects, and some is in the soil. I
was thinking about covering the garden with black plastic over the
winter, but I also want to put my compost on it this fall. Is there a
problem with doing both of these things at the same time?
Kim
On Jul 29, 6:37 pm, jumpN4joy <acm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I, too, am seeing some sort of a blight or wilt in my tomatoes,
> > particularly romas. 3 of the 7 I started from
> > seed seem to be compromised but are blossoming - so far no fruit. The
> > others are doing fairly well so
> > far but am watching them carefully. They are blossoming and setting some
> > fruit but not as much as I
> > anticipated. First year for eggplant and have quite a few blossoms and
> > several have started fruit - looking
> > pretty! Green beans have been a disaster - planted three times. Second
> > time took but during heat were
> > slow to grow - blossoms beginning to bear beans so I am pleased. Third
> > planting 2+weeks after 2nd
> > failed miserably - 2 plants appeared - that's it! I thought the romas
> > that were looking wilted may have
> > been due to root rot as they are slightly down hill from rest of row.
> > Several of my squash plants are
> > blossoming but, again, not much fruit. In general, my garden is somewhat
> > behind as I was busy caring
> > for husband after hip replacement and didn't get it in til well into 1st
> > week of June and then the heat was
> > brutal on the little seedlings. Hopefully, it will rally and we will have
> > a pleasant and lengthy fall for all of
> > the fruits to ripen and I will be blessed with some stores for the
> > winter! Ann
