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I would guess that many of us plant tomato plants in the summer. This is a word of warning, even small amounts of herbicides (0.1 ppm), containing 2, 4-D will kill your tomato plants. I planted 12 tomato plants three weeks ago. Last week Monday I sprayed "Weed B Gone", which contains 2, 4-D, on my lawn about 20 feet from the tomato plants. The Weed B Gone mist must have drifted over to the tomato plants and killed them. See the photos below:
The leaves are tightly curled and bent over. The plants will not recover from the hebicide and they will need to be removed and replaced. Lucky for me, it is early in the growing season and the replacement plants should still produce a crop this year.
Your comments and questions are always welcome.
Hmmm... I have that same effect on any desirable plant if I get within 20 feet of them.
Sorry about the loss of your tomato plants. Mine got wiped out by leaf miners before succumbing to insecticide.
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Real G Hmmm... I have that same effect on any desirable plant if I get within 20 feet of them. Sorry about the loss of your tomato plants. Mine got wiped out by leaf miners before succumbing to insecticide.
This is the tomato hornworm. It is about the size of a cigar and will defoliate a plant in a single day. I drop them into a bucket and then dump them into a sewer.
Yeah I have a hard time keeping tomato plants alive due to heat, bugs, and critters that steal the few tomatoes that ripen on the vine. My jalapeños however always grow in abundance.
Chad
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I found out a few years ago Black Walmut trees and tomato plants do not get along. Should of read a book. I had to move the garden a bit....
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Walnut trees and tomato vines don’t mix? Chemical incompatibility? The tomatoes keep asking for more sunlight?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JnC88xBPkkc
That tomato horn worm is a beautiful creature - too bad it’s essentially just a crawling stomach that is always hungry!
Vinegar works well on weeds but if you live where you have a very nicely manicured lawn you would end up with brown spots from the vinegar. But, your tomatos would still be kicking.
DasBeav I found out a few years ago Black Walmut trees and tomato plants do not get along. Should of read a book. I had to move the garden a bit....
Ah OK, I get it. I have a guava tree that does the same thing. I used to wonder why the grass never grew around the “drip line” of the tree. A friend’s father-in-law authored a guide to plants in Hawaii, and after reading it, I learned why.
40-75, foggy often. Toms, no way.
roses barely.
artichokes plenty.
beets, onions, carrots,leeks, strawberries.
Broccoli types
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I learned the hard way not to spray bad stuff anywhere close to something it could hurt. Sorry about your tomatoes. At least it's early enough to get more started.
My problem so far this year with tomatoes has been aphids. I've tried spraying a couple of applications of soap and cayenne mixture. I'm hoping not to have to resort to anything stronger. My strawberries are a lost cause though. At least the neighborhood rabbits are fatter for my efforts.
Cary
I do not tolerate rabbits. They are destructive animals. Last winter they ate the lower bark off of a $1,500 Japanese Maple. Of course, the tree died.
I have 6 humane traps in my garden at all times. Loaded to the max with rabbit bait. Last week I caught four rabbits, three newborns and an adult. First I paint their behinds with orange paint, then I release them in a forest preserve about five miles from my house. I paint their behinds so I know if they return. Last night I saw two more rabbits in my backyard (they did not have orange behinds). They are dumb animals, so they will probably be trapped by tomorrow.
The crows go after my berries. I have no problem shooting them with the pellet gun.
We keep them under a mesh cage, but that cuts down on visits from the pollenators too, so I open it when I'm out there.
Bill
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