Tomatoville® Gardening Forums


Notices

Information and discussion regarding garden diseases, insects and other unwelcome critters.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old March 14, 2008   #1
macmanmatty
Tomatovillian™
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Florida
Posts: 55
Default Tomato Spotted wilt??

I am 90 percent sure that this is tomato spotted wilt here is pic tell me if i'm wrong
macmanmatty is offline   Reply With Quote
Old March 14, 2008   #2
shelleybean
Tomatovillian™
 
shelleybean's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Virginia Beach
Posts: 2,648
Default

Looks like it to me, too. Unfortunately, an all too familiar sight here the last couple of years. Sorry.
__________________
Michele
shelleybean is offline   Reply With Quote
Old March 14, 2008   #3
feldon30
Tomatovillian™
 
feldon30's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Rock Hill, SC
Posts: 5,346
Default

Looks like every picture of TSWV I've seen.
__________________
[SIZE="3"]I've relaunched my gardening website -- [B]TheUnconventionalTomato.com[/B][/SIZE] *

[I][SIZE="1"]*I'm not allowed to post weblinks so you'll have to copy-paste it manually.[/SIZE][/I]
feldon30 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old March 15, 2008   #4
macmanmatty
Tomatovillian™
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Florida
Posts: 55
Default

A few other questions pertaining to this How long before I should see spots on all of the leaves and they start curling up and dying and the plant becomes stunted? I have not yet seen any of that on my plants and it has been a few days since I fist saw this.
macmanmatty is offline   Reply With Quote
Old March 15, 2008   #5
shelleybean
Tomatovillian™
 
shelleybean's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Virginia Beach
Posts: 2,648
Default

I wouldn't give it a chance to see how long it takes for that to happen. I'd just yank the plant immediately. The longer you leave it there, the more you risk other thrips picking up the virus from the infected plant and spreading it to your healthy plants. I had a plant that produced fruit with white rings all over it, another sympotom of TSWV, but showed so little of the spotty foliage up at the top of the plant, that I had missed it completely. I didn't know anything was wrong with the plant until I saw the fruit. That tipped me off and I looked at the foliage more cafefully and found the spots. So it doesn't always cover the entire plant before other problems occur.
__________________
Michele
shelleybean is offline   Reply With Quote
Old March 15, 2008   #6
macmanmatty
Tomatovillian™
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Florida
Posts: 55
Default

I was planning on isolating the plants (they are in 4" pots) to a distance about 1.5 miles away. Then see what happens to them. There will be no other tomatoes or solanace where I put them.
macmanmatty is offline   Reply With Quote
Old March 15, 2008   #7
macmanmatty
Tomatovillian™
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Florida
Posts: 55
Default

Update: Now the spots are disappearing in the sun? They are turing a cream color and going away. Is this normal of tsw? I didn't notice this until after we had 2 straight days of rain so I'm wondering if it has something to do with that? now very confused


macmanmatty
macmanmatty is offline   Reply With Quote
Old March 15, 2008   #8
shelleybean
Tomatovillian™
 
shelleybean's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Virginia Beach
Posts: 2,648
Default

I've seen the spots on mine turn from a black color to sort of a silver, but not disappear. Silver is the best way I can describe it.
__________________
Michele
shelleybean is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 02:50 AM.


★ Tomatoville® is a registered trademark of Commerce Holdings, LLC ★ All Content ©2022 Commerce Holdings, LLC ★