Fuarium Wilt or Root Rot for this pea plant??

9 years ago

I took this picture this evening. I live with some pretty heavy-duty clay soil, and half the time couldn't tell if the plants needed water or not. This is my first garden, and I have learned an awful lot this first year. I planted these with very little soil amendment, so they live in a harder clay than I would allow now, given all my new knowledge about amendments and soil composition. But they all did really well for the first 1 1/2 mos. Then one started looking dry, brittle, spotted yellow on a few leaves. Now they all look half dead (literally), yet keep growing, a few pea pods here and there, and even started flowering on top where it seems to stay green as it grows??? It just looks so unhealthy. I found a cutworm with the cucumbers that have not been doing too well recently either...aphids are attacking a few selected corn stalks like the plague and my poor pumpking flowers are wilting from their savagery too...and yet the beans next to the peas plants are GREAT, and the tomatoes next to the beans are incredibly virile!! ?? And through it all this poor pea plant struggles to produce and I don't know what is wrong and how to help. Please offer any suggestions from what you see in the picture. And white residue is the DE I sprayed the night before...not mildew issues. Thank you all you awesome veggie lovers for your time and support!!!

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susanzone5 (NY)
9 years ago
Answer is posted in peas forum.
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
9 years ago
pea forum ... who knew ...

wait.. i didnt find a pea forum ...

what was the answer ....

i was go to tell a newb.. that it is a very short season plant ... and the simple solution is to rip it out.. and be done with it ...

perhaps suggest.. planting in waves next year .... plant a few seed every two weeks or so ... see if you cant extend the bounty a bit more ...

can you link us to the answer???

the hardest lesson for a newb.. IMHO ... is when to call it quits ... in FALL!!!! ... yes.. its very close.. even in z9 ... remember.. that even though your are very temperate... the sun is in decline... less intense .. and plants are shutting down .. some.. much faster than others ... and its not really time to be treating those 'cures' ....

if you recall on the pea seed pack ... it probably said something like.. and its been 30 plus years since i looked at one ... germination in 7 days .. and harvest in 45 ... meaning.. fast.. furious ... and kaput.. done with ... especially.. compared to your fall harvest plants like ... broccoli.. kale ... brussel sprouts... etc ... the crops that were marked 120 days to harvest.. or some such.. again.. i am just using numbers as example.. you can look them up for real ...

good luck... you are on the verge.. of no longer being a rookie... lol ...

thx

ken

Here is a link that might be useful: found it...
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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
9 years ago
thanks for the personal note ... it was pleasant .. most arent .. lol ...

you should show the pic of your whole here... for a better flavor of what is going on ... its a way of holding a conversation with the group ...

ken