Comments on: Ask Modern Farmer: What’s Wrong with my Tomato Plants?

By: Denise

Denise — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 20:04:29 +0000

My tomatoes are growing great but, they are beautiful red and then yellow about 1/4 of the top. Why?

By: Neil Q

Neil Q — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 16:52:10 +0000

hi everyone. I noticed a couple of tomatoes on two plants are showing discoloration. See attached photo. Any ideas on what is causing this?

By: Joanne

Joanne — Sun, 15 Sep 2019 21:58:20 +0000

I started some organic tomatoes from seeds, they do have a little blight but the tomatoes look good

By: Sheilagh Lynn-Howe

Sheilagh Lynn-Howe — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 11:21:31 +0000

I’ve found that a one to ten mix of hydrogen peroxide to water sprayed on my veggies (under the leaves as well) has been a great deterrent to 98% of insect or other bio attackers in my garden. It can be mixed and poured around the base of the plants as well. Good luck with your gardens.

By: Vincent A Hauser

Vincent A Hauser — Sat, 03 Aug 2019 04:01:17 +0000

Gary Oh but a vine ripened tomato tastes so good compared to one bought from a store . Well worth the effort !

By: Amit kumar Rastogi

Amit kumar Rastogi — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 16:15:07 +0000

In reply to Vincent A Hauser. I use iodine alternate with colloidal silver and copper ammonium acetate . I can pluck immediately after spray and that is good . I sell these inputs on amazon and eBay and reach digitally savvy farmers within 7 to 15 days globally

By: Vincent A Hauser

Vincent A Hauser — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 22:50:51 +0000

OOPS I LOST 3 OUT OF EIGHT PLANTS !

By: Vincent A Hauser

Vincent A Hauser — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 22:45:56 +0000

Hi A few years ago one morning during a hot and humid period I noticed one of my Tomato plants was wilting at the top of the plant and by the end of the day the whole plant was wilted and dead . I pulled it out and after losing three out of five plants I researched it and found out the culprit was Bacterial Wilt . I found out there was nothing I could do at this point so I tried an experiment . I found out silver was a natural antibiotic so I bought an 8 ounce bottle of Colloidal silver which was 30 parts per million and mixed it with water in a 128 ounce Arizona iced tea bottle and watered the remaining five plants with it . I also put some silver one ounce rounds and put it in a bucket over night and watered the plants with it and repeated the process every night for the next few weeks . I am happy to report the other five plants survived and produced a BUMPER CROP THAT PROVIDED TOMATOES FOR MY FAMILY AND MY FRIENDS . I hope science will study this experiment and come up with a solution for this dreaded disease .

By: Kathy Williams

Kathy Williams — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 12:01:00 +0000

Hello My tomatoes are rooting all the way to the top and not producing any tomatoes .I have 7 plants and 4 tomatoes 1on 1 and 4 on1 6 of them are big boys and 1 is better boy .planted them the last week of April .live in South Carolina. Plants are beautiful

By: Debbie Keener

Debbie Keener — Sat, 29 Jun 2019 17:58:31 +0000

I planted Celebrity Tomatoes in Mid May and soon after they were in the ground, I noticed that the leaves were looking odd. Not really curling, but that is the only way to describe how they looked. Almost like the stem was growing, but the leaves were not. I planted again, a different variety this time, and the same thing happened. The third and last time I planted was about 3 weeks ago, and so far, they are doing okay. I would like to show you a photo, but don’t know how to do so. Also, this is a new garden plot. I tilled it up early in February but didn’t have the soil tested. My zucchini and cucumbers did some squirrely stuff too. The cucumbers split at the stems and died, and my zucchini became “blighty”. The zucchini is coming out of it, but the cucs are toast. Everything else is doing great. Any thoughts? We did have a near record rainfall, but the soil is well drained. SMH!!