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Strange problems with tomatoes (purple+curly+yellow spots)

10 years ago

Hello!


This year i am trying to grow tomatoes on my open balcony. Maybe it is a little unrelated to the whole forum theme, but i need help and hope to find knowing people here.

I am located near Moscow, Russia, so, you understand the clmate.

So, generally tomatoes are doing fine. But one has just one branch leaves purple colored underneath and curling up a little. See picture 1. My guess that is is phosphorus problem because last 2 weeks were cold here (below 14C at night and 14-17C during the day).

But another cultivar (determinate, should be 50 cm) is all covered in yellow spots with fuzzy edges. One tomato from thhat cultivar has very curly leaves on top and top branch is growing down. What's wrong with them?

Please help!

Here is how my "garden" looks like (old photo from beginning of may)

http://www.artem.ru/cgi-bin/photo?c=v&id=968

Each 40L of soil. At the bottom there are 4 indeterminate tomatos. On top 5 determinate tomatoes.

Comments (6)

  • 10 years ago

    I would get rid of the bad leaves, and even the bottom ones because disease can splash up from the soil. I use foliar nutrient sprays, especially when leaves are curled as that is an indicator of stressed plants. In the eastern US, we had a very cold spring this year, and my tomatoes survived a cold 4° C night- after they got hardened off. Hope your plants do well :)

  • 10 years ago

    First pic shows some definite nutrient lacking - likely phosphorous. But if it has been especially cool that can interfere with nutrient uptake even if present in the soil.

    Any sign of pests on the underside of the leaves? Aphids and spider mites can create similar damage to that in the pic with the circles drawn around the spots.

    The plants don't appear to get much sun down low on the floor like that. Too bad they can't be raised higher up closer to the light.

    Dave

  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    For the first pic: well, it is warmer last 2 days and i still do not see that purple going away. It will be warm (+21-25C) for the next week, then they say it will be pretty cold june (18 max during day and 8-14 night). Sucks. Don't know what to do.

    Even though they are pretty low at the floor they actually get plenty of sun if weather is sunny. This is southern side so they get sun from early morning till evening. Sun is pretty high now even in the 10 am. I measured light and on sunny day they gen about 15K lumen at 10 am and still get around 10K at 9pm even with indirect light. Direct light is 60-100K for several hours a day. Weather is more trouble than low position. Rains, cloudy and cold. I even thought about adding some led light, but then measure them and see that they create around 5K. Even on very cloudy day they still get 5-6K from sky, so, artificial light is useless unless very powerful, but than it is a lot of electricity and $$$. Now i am thinking about adding some heating for period of cold june. $$$ too.

    For the second pic. No, i don not see any pests signs whatsoever. Everything is clean.

    I don't think it is aphids or spider mites because there were not spots a week ago and now they all have it. All plants all leaves. Unless a whole colony just landed on my balcony it seems to be unreal.


  • 10 years ago

    I found a picture looking very much liek my problem

    http://www.clemson.edu/extension/hgic/graphics/2217/Tomato%20leaf%20mold%20upper%20leaf%20surface%20jw%20300.jpg


    They write that it is fungus and need to be treated with copper.


    Also, lower sick plant now has more problems. Some leaves became yellow and dry and some leaves developed black spots at edges and tear. Seems like it is some kind of infection which progresses pretty fast.


    I will try treating them with copper fungicide today. Fungus sounds like a resonable theory because it was way too wet last weeks.




  • 10 years ago

    Firstly, I would prune any and all of the sicky looking and yellowing leaves.They serve no purpose other than possibly entry point for disease and spreading it.

    Secondly, I would spray with fungicide .

    The new growth on your plants look normal now.

    Sey

  • 10 years ago

    So, i pruned the bad leaves and spayed them with fungicide and added some minerals on friday. Then left until now. Now i see this

    What are those yellow sport? The spots are very dry and thin. I don't see any signes of any insects. Spots have no border. Only one rightmost tomato has these spots.


    The small yellow spots on deteminate tomatoes are almost gone, color is darker, but two tomatoes have top curled down and leaves on top are almost turning into balls.

    Look:

    See how stem curled down?

    Too much nitrogen? Too little water? I water them 2liters per plant per week.


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