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| I am experimenting with an upside down tomato planter with an upper portion for herbs. I have two tomato plants (Better Boys) growing out the bottom, and parsley, chives, oregano, basil and cilantro on the top. My tomatoes are flowering, but I am now noticing that some stems have leaves with with a light brown mottling pattern. A few questions... 1. Does this appear to be a mosaic virus variety? No bugs are anywhere on the plants. |
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- Posted by Tomatovator1 none (My Page) on Thu, Jun 6, 13 at 6:36
| That is just sun/wind damage on the leaves. They are OK. It does not look like any sort of disease to me. |
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| Entire branches are affected at once, not just random leaves, which leads me to believe otherwise. |
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- Posted by Tomatovator1 none (My Page) on Thu, Jun 6, 13 at 8:59
| Check out the leaf section here. Hope it helps... http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/vegetable/tomato-problem-solver/ |
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- Posted by Tomatovator1 none (My Page) on Thu, Jun 6, 13 at 9:03
| Could be this?? http://www.klru.org/ctg/blog/?attachment_id=2859 |
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| TMV is practically non-existent in the US and has been for more than 30 years or so. CMV is active but this isn't it. Nor is it spider mites as the damage is limited and patchy rather than uniform over the leaf surface. It "could" be aphid damage but you would see the aphids (just as you would see the mites if they were present). So odds are 9:1 that what you are seeing is what is called environmental damage - sun scald/wind burn - and is quite common this time of year. It is normally found on the older leaves, not the new growth and it poses no threat to the plant but removing the affected leaves is beneficial. No reason to leave them on the plant. Dave |
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| You are both correct with the environmental damage, then....thank you so very much. I have not seen any aphids whatsoever, and after looking sunscald up, it fits the bill. I truly appreciate the help and I'm thankful that all of my container plants are safe!! |
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