No Home Grown Tomatos for Me!

fyrffytr1 · Jun 5, 2018

These plants were almost 6 feet tall this morning. This afternoon the one on the left was completely shriveled up and the one on the right was starting to. Tomato wilt virus is the culprit and there is no cure. I pulled one up and threw it away and will probably get the other one tomorrow. I can't even re-plant now or next year in the same spot.

DizzyDigger · Jun 5, 2018

tamrock · Jun 6, 2018

That's depressing. I've not heard this virus before. The only issues I have ever had are those tomato worms and I would go out with a pair of scissors and snip each one them in half every now and then.

dts52 · Jun 6, 2018

That's a shame! You'll need to use big pots instead of in the ground in that spot. Better luck with the surviving plant (but I wouldn't be too optimistic).
HH
dts

WannaDig3687 · Jun 6, 2018

Hmm... Never heard of it, either. I looked it up. It is spreading rapidly. Huge bummer.

Carolina Tom · Jun 6, 2018

I hope it doesn't get my tomato plants. Sorry...

worldtalker · Jun 6, 2018

fyrffytr1 said:
These plants were almost 6 feet tall this morning. This afternoon the one on the left was completely shriveled up and the one on the right was starting to. Tomato wilt virus is the culprit and there is no cure. I pulled one up and threw it away and will probably get the other one tomorrow. I can't even re-plant now or next year in the same spot.

Are they Hybrid or Heirloom?

worldtalker · Jun 6, 2018

Wrightdigger said:
Hmm... Never heard of it, either. I looked it up. It is spreading rapidly. Huge bummer.

Last year and the year before I had several New Guinea Impatiens that did that over night.

fyrffytr1 · Jun 6, 2018

worldtalker said:
Are they Hybrid or Heirloom?

One was a hybrid and the other an heirloom but I can't remember which was which!

fyrffytr1 · Jun 6, 2018

worldtalker said:
Last year and the year before I had several New Guinea Impatiens that did that over night.

I noticed the poppys in the same bed have wilted too.

old digger · Jun 6, 2018

Maybe spraying the plants with a mixture of dish soup (just a little bit) and water might stop the virus? Just a suggestion.

fyrffytr1 · Jun 6, 2018

old digger said:
Maybe spraying the plants with a mixture of dish soup (just a little bit) and water might stop the virus? Just a suggestion.

From what I read there is nothing that can stop it. Pull up the plant and do not use the same spot for at least a year. The other plant is still hanging in but I had to remove three main stalks. I'll see what happens with it.

Chadeaux · Jun 7, 2018

Your plants look like my wife's biggest tomato plant last week. I'll ask her what she did because it's thriving again. May not be what you were led to believe.

fyrffytr1 · Jun 7, 2018

Chadeaux said:
Your plants look like my wife's biggest tomato plant last week. I'll ask her what she did because it's thriving again. May not be what you were led to believe.

It's too late now. I have already disposed of it. I removed three large stalks from the second one and it seems to be hanging on. I think it is the hybrid. Hopefully it will make it and I will get a few tomatos.