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May 17, 2013 | #196 |
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I'm pretty sure that is not TSWV. Cut off the infected leaves and spray with Daconil as a preventative.
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May 17, 2013 | #197 | |
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May 17, 2013 | #198 |
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Septoria, bacterial spot/speck. Either way, you can salvage the plants by removing infected leaves and spraying to control the infection. A good feeding with a fertilizer balanced for tomatoes will also help.
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May 17, 2013 | #199 | |
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I think it will help you out. |
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May 18, 2013 | #200 | |
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May 22, 2013 | #201 |
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Hey Pilgrim,
I live right down the road near Temple, Tx and your plants look EXACTLY like mine.. When I saw your pics, they were spot on similar. I'm treating with copper right now just like others have suggested. I got the copper concentrate from Home Depot. Maybe if yours improve you can leave a message here. Btw here's the link to my plants from this very forum if you're interested. I will post my plant updates there. |
May 22, 2013 | #202 |
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Pilgrim seems like speck,
Ikegass sounds more spot-y. I'd say copper+mankozeb is the weapon for both. br, ivan |
May 22, 2013 | #203 |
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Thanks Paradajz for your input, I have a thing of mancozeb out for delivery to my mom's house as we speak for tomorrow's spraying. I'm just glad it's not the TSWV on my first go .
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May 22, 2013 | #204 | |
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by the way, if you ever happen to have some propolis around, mix it with some natural oil, water and dish soap, and try to spray one of those plants twice a week, just for fun. br. |
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June 25, 2013 | #205 |
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I have had two more plants come down with TSWV this week. Both were planted about a month ago and were still very young so they were pulled. So far not a bad year by my standards with this stuff. I have now had four plants die from it which is not bad at all. I usually lose more plants than that every year to TSWV and have lost nearly half my plants some years. I'm hoping the low incidence of this awful disease continues.
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June 25, 2013 | #206 | |
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Yellow sticky traps are excellent for thrips, at least I think they are, because since I started using them I haven't had a single case of TSWV. ( also not one case of TYLCV because whiteflies are also strongly attracted to the yellow color) and leaf miner flies get attracted too, so my leafminer presence is way way down too. The cards are tied into cage or support with a twist tie. I'll never garden without them again! Marsha |
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June 26, 2013 | #207 | |
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June 26, 2013 | #208 | |
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I have 54 plants but you only need to put them out every 4 feet or so to be effective. I get them at Amazon and they are cheap, $13 for 15 and each card lasts the entire season. I get 2 packs to get the free shipping. I know you aren't particularly interested, but if it is OK I am posting the link in case others may be. It cut down on my Neem spraying to almost nothing, so I love them. Here's the link:http://www.amazon.com/Yellow-Sticky-...y+yellow+traps Marsha |
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June 26, 2013 | #209 |
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Thanks for the link. If the whiteflies get bad I may give them a try. That price is much more reasonable than what I have seen before.
I have been really lucky this year so far with pests. Other than a few pickle worms and whatever those leaf eating things are that get on the tomatoes sometimes. I just dusted a few of the lower leaves with Sevin and got rid of them easily. For some reason BT doesn't slow them down fast enough. I had one good swarm of thrips early in the season and really haven't seen any since but I guess a few came in because of the two recent cases of TSWV. I'm hoping the Assassin bugs will hang around. I wonder if they eat spider mites. Bill |
June 26, 2013 | #210 | |
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You know what I really want in a beneficial is just one kind of bug that eats every kind of bad insect there is, with a voracious appetite, but will go into dormancy and remain in my garden when the food is used up until the next baddie comes around. Anybody who could GMO that would be a multi millionaire for sure. LOL I am thinking your bleach spray comes close to being a possible panacea for all the micro-baddies! Marsha |
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