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[OHhappychicks]

Thank you Nanakat, Junkmanme, & Smittenroade! I will go out and check more closely tomorrow, but Junkmanme (thank you for the OSU link) I believe this is what it happening. The leaves aren't brown or yellow, just curled up and they aren't crumbly dry, but like the article stated, stiff and leathery. My dd said her tomatoes were doing the same thing. We purchased them at the same place and time. Just wondered if it was something we carried in from the place of purchase or if it is in our soil. Will investigate more in the morn. Thanks again everyone!

 

[Junkmanme]

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You are most certainlyWELCOME !

Oregon State University has done a LOT of research on Tomatoes ....AND have developed some fine varieties, much as New Mexico State University has done with HOT PEPPERS.

Another very good place for information on Gardening (of all types) is the Forums at GardenWeb on the Internet. Dr. Carolyn Male (an expert on Tomatoes) often posts on the Tomato Forum there. She is quite helpful ! There are many others that are well-versed in the subject, also.

BEST REGARDS!
-Junkmanme-

 

[Kassaundra]

How can you tell if your cuke seeds are mature enough to save?

 

[Kassaundra]

Any ideas on these two weeds?

This one is fuzzy all over and has a pleasant spice like smell when handled.

This one is slick and has sharp thorny type things on the center stem.


I was wondering since these grow so well in the hot and dry if there was anything beneficial about them.

 

[Backwoods Bntms]

I am having real good luck with tomatoes this year

and last year

 

[RhodeIslandReds]

Kassaundra
I have those same type of weeds in my pastures get rid of them before they take over. They will start seeding like crazy and no animals I have eat them there just a big pain to have.

 

[krcote]

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And here I was thinking my tomatoes were looking good!

 

[redsoxs]

Anybody have trouble with tomato horn worms more than usual this year? Not sure if it's the heat or humidity or what but they are a menace around here. My brother lost three full grown plants when he went away for three days. He came back to no leafy vegetation whatsoever on his plants - just bare stems. I have 20 plants as I do a lot of drying and canning and everyday I pick a couple off. I feed them to the chickens - seems like that would be a mega boost of pure chlorolphyl for the birds the way the worms are full of that green goop!

 

[Backwoods Bntms]

The hornworms havent shown up here yet this year, but I have been watching. Must have killed 500 last year. I was even standing watch in the evenings with a tennis racket killing the moths.

 

[NanaKat]

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Had another thought: Spider Mites.....Are the leaves light speckled to a green gray tone? The leaves will curl and then turn brown. Is there a fine web on the surface and when you look at the back side of the leaf are there super tiney red or black specks? Use a white sheet of paper and tap the leaf over the surface of the paper...you will seek little moving specks or use a magnifying glass to peer at them. Spider mites suck the life out of the leaves. one plant may have them and they move to others as they multiply. Marigolds are a favorite. I plant them near tomatoes not only for the looks of the garden but as warning beacons of spider mites.
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