Bacterial Wilt

rsg2001 · July 28, 2006

Ugh - had to pull a beautifully promising Evergreen with a dozen baby tomatoes. Two days ago when I came from work the whole plant had wilted (no lesions on the leaves - it looked like a poster child for bacterial wilt and matched the pictures I found online to a "T". Watering (plus heavy rain/thunderstorm thrown in) did not restore it. In 12 years of growing tomatoes I've never had anything like that. This year in NYC Zone 6 we have had tropical-like weather very early; heavy rains/heat, humidity, thunderstorms pretty often. I read that tropical conditions can unleash this deadly disease. I am hoping that none of the other plants get it. This one was at the end of a row.

July 28, 2006	#1
rsg2001 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New York Zone 6 Posts: 479	Bacterial Wilt Ugh - had to pull a beautifully promising Evergreen with a dozen baby tomatoes. Two days ago when I came from work the whole plant had wilted (no lesions on the leaves - it looked like a poster child for bacterial wilt and matched the pictures I found online to a "T". Watering (plus heavy rain/thunderstorm thrown in) did not restore it. In 12 years of growing tomatoes I've never had anything like that. This year in NYC Zone 6 we have had tropical-like weather very early; heavy rains/heat, humidity, thunderstorms pretty often. I read that tropical conditions can unleash this deadly disease. I am hoping that none of the other plants get it. This one was at the end of a row.