I think I used too much liquid copper fungicide....

checkerkitty · May 9, 2013

A few weeks ago I noticed what I thought (and still think) was early blight along with some other kind of fungusy looking problem. I went straight for the big gun since I just haven't stayed with my prevention sprayings (bad Christy

). I pulled out the copper spray and sprayed most, but not all, of my plants. Some I sprayed rather heavily. So fast forward to now. The plants I sprayed the hardest have started to put on new leaves. Yay! Lots of new leaves that are nice and green but they look pretty freaky. UGH! I've been trying to figure out what happened. I think I used 5 TABLESPOONS in one gallon of water instead of 3-5 TEASPOONS in one gallon, like the label said. That is the equivalent of 15 teaspoons and I may have overpoured a couple of measures, also. I left out my measuring spoon so I could clean it really well and it is a tablespoon measuring spoon. Also, I remember thinking that if I use 5 tablespoons everytime I spray, the bottle of liquid copper won't last very long. I have lost the ability to read! I wondered if the lovely blue color on the tomato leaves was normal

. They were so very blue.

Has anyone ever had leaf deformity due to copper overdose? I swear I remember reading an article on the internet a couple of weeks ago that mentioned leaf deformity due to copper sprays. Of course, I didn't bookmark the page and can't find it. The leaves are kind of thickened, rounded on the ends and the veins are more parallel instead of branching. They look like they've been hit with an herbicide but without the leaf curl. I'll try to get pics up later. It's a little misty out right now.

I bought this at Home Depot. The label lists the active ingredient as copper diammonia diacetate complex 27.15% with the equivalent of 8% metallic copper.

So this has been a banner year for issues! I think I can safely say I have a nice long list of what NOT to do when trying to grow tomatoes

.

Christy

May 9, 2013	#1
checkerkitty Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 239	I think I used too much liquid copper fungicide.... A few weeks ago I noticed what I thought (and still think) was early blight along with some other kind of fungusy looking problem. I went straight for the big gun since I just haven't stayed with my prevention sprayings (bad Christy). I pulled out the copper spray and sprayed most, but not all, of my plants. Some I sprayed rather heavily. So fast forward to now. The plants I sprayed the hardest have started to put on new leaves. Yay! Lots of new leaves that are nice and green but they look pretty freaky. UGH! I've been trying to figure out what happened. I think I used 5 TABLESPOONS in one gallon of water instead of 3-5 TEASPOONS in one gallon, like the label said. That is the equivalent of 15 teaspoons and I may have overpoured a couple of measures, also. I left out my measuring spoon so I could clean it really well and it is a tablespoon measuring spoon. Also, I remember thinking that if I use 5 tablespoons everytime I spray, the bottle of liquid copper won't last very long. I have lost the ability to read! I wondered if the lovely blue color on the tomato leaves was normal. They were so very blue. Has anyone ever had leaf deformity due to copper overdose? I swear I remember reading an article on the internet a couple of weeks ago that mentioned leaf deformity due to copper sprays. Of course, I didn't bookmark the page and can't find it. The leaves are kind of thickened, rounded on the ends and the veins are more parallel instead of branching. They look like they've been hit with an herbicide but without the leaf curl. I'll try to get pics up later. It's a little misty out right now. I bought this at Home Depot. The label lists the active ingredient as copper diammonia diacetate complex 27.15% with the equivalent of 8% metallic copper. So this has been a banner year for issues! I think I can safely say I have a nice long list of what NOT to do when trying to grow tomatoes. Christy