I have now pulled all but about a dozen of my remaining tomato plants. I removed all that didn't have a decent tomato on them and by decent I mean larger than a quarter. Boy this disease sure lowered my standard of decent tomato.
I did have a very few infected plants that actually bloomed and set a few new fruits. They were mostly ISPL, IS, and Spudakee. I haven't picked or seen a tomato over 4 oz since the first week of October.
I hope we have a good cold winter and it kills back the whiteflies so I'm not dealing with them again next year. If they are back again next year I don't think I will attempt a fall crop after my experience this year. It is just too much work for too little results.
My focus now is on greens and other winter crops. I have my first little batch of carrots already an inch tall and will plant another little batch of them this month or next. I have a terrific stand of greens including mustard, turnips and rutabagas. Hopefully I will get some Brussels sprouts set out in the next week or so to go with the broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower that was set out two weeks ago.
Bill
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