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Posted 27 Jan 10 9:15 PM
Please help. I have a number of tomatoe plants which growing in my back yard. Most of them are fine, this year I am experimenting with yellow, green, black and red tomatoes.
BUT... One of largest tomato plants, the Moneymaker variety, suddenly went floppy. Usually it means that needs more water but this definitely it wasn't a case. I noticed that even some water was "standing" in a pot. I removed a saucer, water disappeared but the plant still does not look healthy at all. HELP! what can I do?
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Posted 27 Jan 10 9:35 PM
if its big are you supporting it with a stake or something? might just be gravity doing its thing?... are the leaves normal or limp?
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Posted 9 Feb 10 1:14 AM
This looks like it could be stem or collar rot. Does the plant perk up again in the evening when the sun has gone down? This is a classic symptom. Feel around the stem at and slightly below soil level. Is it slippery and sort of slimy? If so you have collar rot. It’s very common and without endless spraying of copper etc there isn’t much you can do to prevent it. It’s just luck of the drawer really.
Although there isn’t much you can do once this has set in, it is unlikely to infect your other plants if you remove it from their proximity fairly quickly, especially since they are potted.
However, there is some hope for your money-maker yet. Remove few laterals and put them into a vase of water. Within about 1 week they will have roots and can be potted up. There should still be enough heat left in the season to get some fruit from these.
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Posted 14 Mar 10 9:32 PM
unfortunately sounds like overwatering which has caused stem & roots to rot. not much will bring it back I am sorry
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