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Old July 18, 2011   #16
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Was it steam power wash?

It looks like heat damage to me.
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Old July 18, 2011   #17
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http://www.designbiz.com/biz/BrandPr...99&BrandID=538

Notice the ingredients, and I didn't review the anti-fungal link, but it says it can be used near plants and shrubs with no problem, or whatever it said at that website, short term memory problem here.

The assumption is that the professional folks who used it diuted it correctly.
I have used Jomax without issue, but as I recall they also recommend to wet the plants before hand, and to rinse them with fresh water afterwards as well.
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Old July 18, 2011   #18
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Jomax allegedly won't bother plants or shrubs (?)

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q...VrXlDqqw&pli=1
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Old July 18, 2011   #19
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Trisodium Phosphate and bleach is what I used to pressure wash. The phosphate was needed the bleach was not good for tomatoes. Chlorine gasses off quickly but the damage is done. Use a weak water fertilizer leaf feed but that is my answer to everything!
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Old July 18, 2011   #20
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I had my cabin pressure washed several years ago with a bleach solution which ran off into my bed where I had tomatoes. I was really worried that I would lose my plants but aside from a few yellow leaves they were fine, I'm sure yours will be also.
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Old July 18, 2011   #21
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As most have said looks like chemical burn and yes they should recover, I too would remove the very worst leaves and leave the rest alone. Later as they grow out you can always snip here and there and get the remaining ones.

The fruits already ripening and that have set and are undamaged now should be fine as well.

Tomatoes can be very resilient.
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Old July 18, 2011   #22
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I've already done this. I probably sound a little irrational but I'm so upset. I feel really connected to my plants. They're my babies. And they're sick.
I had a painting/roofing company with a crew of idiots working on my roof. Windy day and they were using some sort of paint that is not washable. Got it not only all over parts of the house which had to be repainted but all over my winter garden- lettuce, cabbage, kale, peas. I complained and gave them an organic vegetable value for the produce plus plants. They reimbursed me.
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Old July 19, 2011   #23
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They used bleach and Jomax.<< Jomax is bleach??
?DID NOT FOLLOW DIRECTIONS? JOMAX mildewcide, Chlorelase bleach activator and detergent and may be applied near plants? Since the tomatoes set blooms I think it was TSP and too busy to rinse plants off! Localized chemical burn: do what works for you and Hope for the best!
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Old July 19, 2011   #24
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That's bleach damage. I've self inflicted the same thing when cleaning gutters. You do have one spot of Early Blight showing in one of the pictures, but in general, I'd let the plants be and move on. The bleached leaves will eventually wither away, or just hang there in all their glorious ugliness.
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Old July 19, 2011   #25
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Note to Self: "Self, next year schedule the annual house power wash in the early Spring BEFORE planting out tender vegetable plants"....

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