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post-septoria yellowing, dying // charcoal-ish droppings (images)
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Posted by msburton NY (My Page) on Sun, Jul 12, 09 at 19:55
| After all the rain we got, my three cherry tomato plants (and my three pepper plants) got septoria. I trimmed off the affected leaves, and they've been recovering pretty well.
But of course, if it's not one thing, it's something else. Now, the leaves on all the tomato plants are yellowing, then browning, then dying. One leaf is turning white. The number of blossoms has plummeted--but perhaps that is due to the rain?
This is probably unrelated, but I've also noticed black charcoal-like droppings on the leaves of one of the tomato plants and all of the pepper. I don't think it's a hornworm, because these droppings are much more prevalent on the peppers than the tomatoes. We had a hornworm last year, and I see no evidence of the amount of destruction he did to our leaves, and the droppings are not the grenade-like shape that I remember from a year ago.
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RE: post-septoria yellowing, dying // charcoal-ish droppings (ima
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| Correction: we do have a hornworm, and he's going to town on my red cherry. So just disregard the third paragraph of my initial post. I'd love to hear any insights you guys have into the yellowing of the leaves. It's my second year growing tomatoes, and the struggle to keep them healthy is making me appreciate how amazing it is that they ever did it on their own. |
RE: post-septoria yellowing, dying // charcoal-ish droppings (ima
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- Posted by jean001 z8aPortland, OR (My Page) on
Mon, Jul 13, 09 at 0:21
| Do they get any fertilizer? |
RE: post-septoria yellowing, dying // charcoal-ish droppings (ima
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| They did when I planted them, with 20-20-20 and some bone meal. It probably all washed out after the record rainfall. |
RE: post-septoria yellowing, dying // charcoal-ish droppings (ima
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| After some bone meal and 10-20-10 fertilizer, the leaves are doing better. Still not many blossoms, though... |
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