noodles123
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My tomatoes have been doing fine. I noticed a few yellowish leaves around the base and assumed it was due to lack of sunlight.
It had been a while since I fertilized them, so yesterday, following the instructions on the bag, I used Job's all-purpose organic fertilizer.
It rained last night (and I did water yesterday).
Anyway, I came outside this morning to find that ALL of my plants had serious yellow leaves and the start of brown edges on many of the green ones.
Having forgotten that I fertilized (LOL) I pruned off all of the sketchy branches (and there were A LOT) and then I sprayed them down with some wetted sulfur (because I was thinking it was fungal). That was just this morning, so this wasn't caused by the sulfur application.
Then I remembered the fertilizer and I am wondering if this was caused by nitrogen burns, as it happened overnight....Then again, if it is fungal, they are all close-ish together and it rained...plus yesterday was humid...
As a last attempt to save fix the situation, I manually removed as much of the surface fertilzer as I could with my hands, and then I watered the patch for like 15 minutes in hopes of washing away the issues and flushing the roots...but if it is fungal, maybe I made it worse...Dk
HERE are the leaves I found this morning. They were the worst at the bottom of the plants ..Some mid-level leaves were still green with brown edges...Others looked okay. The tops look/looked fine..The bottoms really got messed up though (and I had to chop off a lot).
The plants are about ready to start baring fruit--- one is at least 4 ft tall. The other plants in the enclosure (peppers, basil and rosemary) don't seem to be upset by this so far...
I DO have a VERY LARGE black walnut tree in my yard, but I assumed juglone poisoning would happen earlier...not later... There are 2 trees- one in my neighbor's yard, about 40-50 ft away and one in mine...about 40-50 ft away...(both black walnuts--- BUT wouldn't the tomatoes have failed to grow if that was the issue?) Just seems odd that this all would happen at once following fertilizer use...It's the kind you just lay on top of the soil BTW.
This came from multiple plants---4 total)--AGAIN-- THESE IMAGES ARE NOT THE ACTUAL PLANTS---JUST PRUNED PORTIONS IN A PILE.
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Also-- the little really tiny dots that look like spots on the backs of some of those leaves are actually dirt particles from splash-up when watering...they were near the base.
I know that blight starts as spots, but this didn't start as spots as far as I know...There were a few yellowish leaves....It seemed normal....I fertilized because I figured they were due...
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEM AND WILL IT SPREAD TO MY PRECIOUS PUMPKINS?!?!?
Whatever it is seems to be starting on the edges as black/brown...
The early yellowing I noted near the base may actually be unrelated---not sure, as the leaves in the middle still look green and are getting a black border.
It had been a while since I fertilized them, so yesterday, following the instructions on the bag, I used Job's all-purpose organic fertilizer.
It rained last night (and I did water yesterday).
Anyway, I came outside this morning to find that ALL of my plants had serious yellow leaves and the start of brown edges on many of the green ones.
Having forgotten that I fertilized (LOL) I pruned off all of the sketchy branches (and there were A LOT) and then I sprayed them down with some wetted sulfur (because I was thinking it was fungal). That was just this morning, so this wasn't caused by the sulfur application.
Then I remembered the fertilizer and I am wondering if this was caused by nitrogen burns, as it happened overnight....Then again, if it is fungal, they are all close-ish together and it rained...plus yesterday was humid...
As a last attempt to save fix the situation, I manually removed as much of the surface fertilzer as I could with my hands, and then I watered the patch for like 15 minutes in hopes of washing away the issues and flushing the roots...but if it is fungal, maybe I made it worse...Dk
HERE are the leaves I found this morning. They were the worst at the bottom of the plants ..Some mid-level leaves were still green with brown edges...Others looked okay. The tops look/looked fine..The bottoms really got messed up though (and I had to chop off a lot).
The plants are about ready to start baring fruit--- one is at least 4 ft tall. The other plants in the enclosure (peppers, basil and rosemary) don't seem to be upset by this so far...
I DO have a VERY LARGE black walnut tree in my yard, but I assumed juglone poisoning would happen earlier...not later... There are 2 trees- one in my neighbor's yard, about 40-50 ft away and one in mine...about 40-50 ft away...(both black walnuts--- BUT wouldn't the tomatoes have failed to grow if that was the issue?) Just seems odd that this all would happen at once following fertilizer use...It's the kind you just lay on top of the soil BTW.
This came from multiple plants---4 total)--AGAIN-- THESE IMAGES ARE NOT THE ACTUAL PLANTS---JUST PRUNED PORTIONS IN A PILE.
Also-- the little really tiny dots that look like spots on the backs of some of those leaves are actually dirt particles from splash-up when watering...they were near the base.
I know that blight starts as spots, but this didn't start as spots as far as I know...There were a few yellowish leaves....It seemed normal....I fertilized because I figured they were due...
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEM AND WILL IT SPREAD TO MY PRECIOUS PUMPKINS?!?!?
Whatever it is seems to be starting on the edges as black/brown...
The early yellowing I noted near the base may actually be unrelated---not sure, as the leaves in the middle still look green and are getting a black border.
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