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Help: Sprayed Tomato Plants with Soap......
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Posted by lsuslickster Louisiana (My Page) on Fri, Jun 1, 07 at 22:20
| Hi, I sprayed my beautiful tomato plants with soapy water - to avoid using chemicals - and my tomatoes suddenly look terrible. The leaves are look like they are dying and black spots are covering the leaves and stems. Somebody, please help! |
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RE: Help: Sprayed Tomato Plants with Soap......
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| Lsuslickster, I am not a pro gardener, but I know the soap sprays are supposed to be made of a liquid non-phospate SOAP, not detergent, detergent can hurt your plants. Okiedawn just answered that question for me in the oklahoma gardening forum, if you want to go read that, it is posted for may 31. She recommended using dr. bronner's soap. Maybe if you rinse your plants and water them really well, they may come out of it. Good luck! Sheri |
RE: Help: Sprayed Tomato Plants with Soap......
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| Sounds like the spray mixture was too strong. How much soap did you use? I use 1 T to a gallon of water with no problems but stronger mixes can harm the plants. I also only lightly mist the plant, not drench it, and leave it on for 30 minutes and then rinse the plant well. Like sheri said, I'd try washing off the plants well and they should recover. |
RE: Help: Sprayed Tomato Plants with Soap......
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| Thank you guys, rinsed the plants and they are looking better - still much worse than before but all the new growth looks fine. Next time I'll try a weaker mixture. I used a T to a quart of water and covered thouroughly - oops. |
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