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PostPosted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 6:39 pm 
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Kathy,

How did your tomato problem turn out?

Was it a fungus due to all the damp weather or ...?

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Sandi,

How are your tomatoes? Did they survive the rain?

If you cured them how did you do it?

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I can't see your tomato photos--Kodak wants me to join. I don't let most sites place cookies on my computer either, so it may be pouting. Anyway, with bugs on plants manual removal is always an option--simply catch them (it's not a bad idea to identify them to know if they're working for you or against you before you squash most of them).

I have plants in for fall, most of them around the foundation with the soaker hose ready to go. No fruits yet, but they're flowering.

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Whatever fungal disease the tomatoes have, started at the base and is working it's way up the plant. As it moves up, all the branches and leaves die. It's a shame since we usually harvest till the first freeze. I have sprayed with cornmeal and a fish/seaweed solution several times and it hasn't stopped the fungus.

I expect that the plants will last another 30-40 days.

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SandiH,

Sorry to hear about your tomatoes. :(

I'll do a "Tomato get well dance"...

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Thanks. I'm going to buy some of the new Plant Wash and see what it can do.

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If anyone feels any better, my one & only grape tomato plant keeled over the other day. It was so 'leggy' due to all the rain & I guess I should have watered more after the rain stopped. It's hanging over the tomato cage like someone shot it. :(

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It's pitiful, isn't it?

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