Stunted tomato plants with knobby protusions & discolor on stalks
dusty_2008
15 years ago
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After 3 years of incredible tomato gardens (plants 8' to 12' tall toppled my cages the 1st year) I have a serious problem this year. Or perhaps I should say "problems". Spider-mites for one, but I'm dealing with those with a polymer product that I read about here and ordered and it should arrive any day now. But I don't think that is my only or worst problem. Even though the accompanying photo is admittedly poor quality (but the best I can do without borrowing a better camera) it still shows what I am concerned about. To wit: very stunted plants about 12" to 18" tall (and keep in mind they were transplanted 6 weeks ago) with discolorations and knobby protrusions on the stalk.
I have searched the web for 2 weeks now, but can find nothing remotely resembling this. It appears to be a disease, but what? My wife says "pull-em and replant", but if this is a soil-borne problem I fear new transplants may well suffer the same fate. It seems to me to be imperative to determine what this is b4 going any further!
The only things I have done differently this year are:
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