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Originally Posted by brooksville
About to pull 2 more, a Margaret Curtain and BPTD. Both have fruits about to blush, so I think we are going to wait for the first clusters to break color and pull both the plants and fruit.
John
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John, if the plant is still fairly healthy looking and holding on then just leave it until it wilts. I have done this numerous times and seen no increase in TSWV. I had two plants with it one year a Brandywine Cowlick's and a Wes that survived for over two months and continued to produce usable tomatoes. If a plant is young or has no fruit near full growth then I just go ahead and pull the plant as soon as I am sure it is infected.
I haven't had another case of TSWV since the Henderson's Winsall but I am sure from past experience I will have more before the season ends but that is just part of growing tomatoes down here. I try to make sure that I have more plants than I need and live with the loses. I have never lost more than about 30 to 40 % of my plants in a year and that was a really bad year. I hope I never see another that bad because I plant far less tomatoes now than I did back then.
Bill