HANKY RED tomato

cottonpicker · July 7, 2011

I am growing HANKY RED for the first time this season and so far it is looking very productive. Picked 2 ripe fruits yesterday ( 61 da. after transplant) from the short, compact, determinant plant. However... ALL (not just on bottom) the plant's leaves are turning yellow even though it has been treated ( watered/fertilized) EXACTLY like my other 11 varieties which are thriving. Hope it lives long enough to ripen the set of fruits. ALL the other plants I'm growing are dark green and loading with fruits. Anyone growing Hanky Red??? Any comments on YOUR experiences with this plant?

LarryD

creister · July 7, 2011

I grew it last fall, and it was quite durable and hardy. Check for spider mites. Also, remove the yellow leaves.

cottonpicker · July 7, 2011

Removing the yellow leaves will leave only a stem with branches & 8 or 9 tomatoes. ""ALL"" leaves are yellow. It's a gonner, I'm thinking.

LarryD

creister · July 11, 2011

Sorry to hear that. It is a good tasting tomato.

**nctomatoman** · July 11, 2011

Sounds like the dreaded Fusarium wilt - each year I lose a handful of plants to Fusarium....sometimes just part of a plant, sometimes all. New Big Dwarf is a goner for me this year, perhaps 1-2 ripe fruit. Yellow Pear, Fruhe Liebe, my first Kimberly plant were ravaged by Fusarium early on.

chalstonsc · July 12, 2011

I grew it for the first time this year....good tasting and thought it was truly determinate for me as it loaded up with tomatoes(15 or so) and that seemed to be it. But green healthy new growth started, have a good number of blossoms, and may have some fruitset too...it has done as well, if not better, than most of my other varieties

July 7, 2011	#1
cottonpicker Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SE PA..near Valley Forge Posts: 839	HANKY RED tomato I am growing HANKY RED for the first time this season and so far it is looking very productive. Picked 2 ripe fruits yesterday ( 61 da. after transplant) from the short, compact, determinant plant. However... ALL (not just on bottom) the plant's leaves are turning yellow even though it has been treated ( watered/fertilized) EXACTLY like my other 11 varieties which are thriving. Hope it lives long enough to ripen the set of fruits. ALL the other plants I'm growing are dark green and loading with fruits. Anyone growing Hanky Red??? Any comments on YOUR experiences with this plant? LarryD __________________ "Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause". Victor Hugo

July 7, 2011	#3
cottonpicker Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SE PA..near Valley Forge Posts: 839	Removing the yellow leaves will leave only a stem with branches & 8 or 9 tomatoes. ""ALL"" leaves are yellow. It's a gonner, I'm thinking. LarryD __________________ "Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause". Victor Hugo

July 11, 2011	#5
nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	Sounds like the dreaded Fusarium wilt - each year I lose a handful of plants to Fusarium....sometimes just part of a plant, sometimes all. New Big Dwarf is a goner for me this year, perhaps 1-2 ripe fruit. Yellow Pear, Fruhe Liebe, my first Kimberly plant were ravaged by Fusarium early on. __________________ Craig

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July 7, 2011	#2
creister Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Abilene, TX zone 7 Posts: 1,478	I grew it last fall, and it was quite durable and hardy. Check for spider mites. Also, remove the yellow leaves.

July 12, 2011	#6
chalstonsc Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: sc Posts: 339	I grew it for the first time this year....good tasting and thought it was truly determinate for me as it loaded up with tomatoes(15 or so) and that seemed to be it. But green healthy new growth started, have a good number of blossoms, and may have some fruitset too...it has done as well, if not better, than most of my other varieties