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Tomatoes turning black

14 years ago

I sprayed my tomato plants late in the evening with a mixture of a tblsp each of dish soap, vege oil. I also mixed in the minimal amount liquid copper according to the guidelines, and fish fertilizer, and BT, again according to the specifications. I sprayed this on my whole garden-tomatoes, brocolli, squash, cucumbers, corn, and peppers. Some of my tomato leaves turned black. I can't figure out what it was that did this. None of my other plants reacted. Should I separate out some of these ingredients? I want to know what should or shouldn't be mixed together. I've been wondering if the dish soap simply washes the other ingredients away.

Comments (7)

  • 14 years ago

    It would help to know what problem you were trying to deal with in the first place.

    Also, "according to the guidelines/specifications".... what guidelines are you referring too? I don't even think my uncle Willie's made-up after hitting the water bong specifications sound so far fetched. There is no way that any of those products had specifications to mix them all together. Count your blessings anything is still standing.

  • 14 years ago

    Well...the liquid copper is my last effort in combating a leaf spot that started on my cucumbers, moved to my squash, then perhaps moved to my tomatoes, although it's possible it was blight on them (which liquid copper treats). The dish soap and oil were for aphids, and whiteflies, the bt for squash vine borers which finished what the leaf spot started on my squash, and lastly the fish fertilizer was a supplemental fertilizer. I usually apply them separately in 3 weekly sprays, but it's very time consuming.

  • 14 years ago

    I would say you tried to mix too many things together and may have mixed a toxic cocktail for your tomatoes. You do not say if you added any water to the mix and I think a tablespoon of soap is too much soap.

    Spraying each thing separately may be time consuming but it may yield better results I don't think there is anything you can do to correct things now

  • 14 years ago

    some oils will take the waxy surface off some plants and fruit and turn them colors. also my peppers turn black during the heat of the day from sun scorch.

  • 14 years ago

    I've hear to use soap - not detergent. So murphy's oil soap - not dawn.

  • 14 years ago

    Mixing any spray mixtures, chemical or otherwise, is never recommended because they interact with each other. Rule 1 in basic high school chemistry class.

    So the concoction you made up could easily market itself as an effective weed killer. Common sense has to play some role for successful gardening.

    1 T detergent soap in 1 Gallon of water is a common pest control recipe assuming it is applied properly - misted not drenched - and restricted to early AM application only, not in the direct sun or the heat of the day. Mixed and/or applied wrong and it alone can kill plants.

    Adding 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil to that mix as a sticker is also frequently recommended subject to the same guidelines.

    Fungicides, fertilizers, and BT are all totally separate applications never mixed together - says so on the labels -and not even to be used on the same day much less at the same time.

    All you can do now is hose the plants off well with fresh water and hope for the best.

    Dave

  • 14 years ago

    Tomatoes grow like weeds anyway. Not to worry, just trim the dead leaves off.