Matt, just a few questions.

You say the problem is with two Early Girl plants. How many of them are you growing and is it only two that have this problem?

And all of your other plants are fine?

The yellowing leaf picture strongly suggests powdery mildew of the one kind, for there are two different powdery mildews and the one I'm referring to is Leveilulla, which is often found in the so called Doom and Gloom areas of S Cal.

Please check out some pictures in the Problem Solver #2 links to confirm that tentative diagnosis.

And once I hear back from you re the Early Girl situation re all your other plants we can go forward.

But yes, too much water can make plants have yellow leaves, but all yellow, not like the one you showed unless it's a total plant problem with very advanced Poedery Mildew, but in any case Powdery Mildew does not lead to twisted deformed stems.

Carolyn

Carolyn,

Thanks for your response. I am growing 5 Early Girls all together and these are the only two with any problems. The other 3 are being grown in the ground, not containers. The two problem plants were put out a few weeks before the others and they experienced alot of wet, cold weather.

I had alot of problems with powdery mildew on my cucumbers last year, so that could be the problem. The pictures on the problem solver look similar. Would that explain the color change from dark green to pale greeen?

Is this something that could spread from the infected plants to the healthy ones? If so I want to get them out of there ASAP.

Thanks Again,
Matt

I also seem to be having simaler problem on some of my tomato plants. the leaves are starting to curl some turn yellow then the dry up on the stem and as in the pic. their seems to be something growing along the stem a lighter green growth as in one of mattflakes pics. please help
ALSO is their an orgamic solution to my problem

thanks Patrick
PS I live on the east coast of FL if that makes a diff.

(The two problem plants were put out a few weeks before the others and they experienced alot of wet, cold weather.)

If that's the only difference then, I'd let them go for now b'c they should recover.

(I had alot of problems with powdery mildew on my cucumbers last year, so that could be the problem. The pictures on the problem solver look similar. Would that explain the color change from dark green to pale greeen?)

As you probably saw int the pictures, with that kind of Powdery Mildew it starts out as yellow patches and then they merge together and the whole leaf turns yellow.

When foliage changes to a paler color very often it's b'c the growing medium is water saturated and so oxygen and nutrients can't get thru the roots to the plant. Is that a possibility in your situation?

(Is this something that could spread from the infected plants to the healthy ones? If so I want to get them out of there ASAP.)

Powdery Mildew is airborne and so you should be seeing it on most plants if you see it on some. The best way to treat it is with Ortho Garden Disease Control, which 8is Daconil, and the best anti-fungal there is.

Carolyn

ALSO is their an orgamic solution to my problem

patrick,

Whether it's environmental or a disease, since we don't know what it is yet I can't say if there's an organic solution. The problems with diseases where you are are quite different from CA.

How many plants do you have out, how are they being grown, when did you put them out and please detail ALL the symptoms that you see and whether those symptoms are on ALL plants or just some.

Carolyn