Comments on: Tomato plant wilting? You need to do this now!

By: EricTheRedTomatoGuy

EricTheRedTomatoGuy — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 16:28:02 +0000

How about a squirt of Ivermectin Horse Paste in a 5 gallon bucket of water. Heck, it seems to curing everything else on the planet.
Disclaimer: I’m not serious just disgusted at my tomato plants this year.

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 19:21:49 +0000

First year this is happening to me, right now. I had to be away from home for a few weeks and when I returned one plant look a bit shriveled and wilted so I took care to give it plenty of water. It seemed to perk up a bit so I’ve been keeping an eye on it. It still doesn’t look too great. Then I noticed the one next to it showing some of the same signs, leaves small and tight and curling at edges. Today I noticed the one next to that one doing it! This must be something in the soil. The remaining plants are thriving, but I fear this will spread. I’m loathe to tear them out, esp. if the culprit is in the soil and the rest of the plants are already doomed. Giving them a soak right now and hoping for the best. The two plants that are seriously in trouble are Early Girl, and I’ve never had trouble with them before.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 01:31:50 +0000

Same problem as most of the above. Start my plants indoors early April. Have great root system when I plant them in early May. Past two years they begin wilting when the plant is about three feet tall with tomatoes on them. Tomatoes will ripen as the plant dies. Farmed for fifty years and never had this problem untill a couple of years ago.

By: L. Robbins

L. Robbins — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 13:01:15 +0000

I believe the bagged soil is the culprit. This soil from Walmart
, bagged in plastic (about 40#) and around $11. My young plants from seed were doing well, until repotted to 4 inch containers. That soil was like swamp dirt, so watery , with wood chunks throughout. The container bag probably soured with moisture and sun beating down as it sits stacked on the pallets. So disappointing, all that work, and 35 plants later have either died or soon will. Waste of time. Blame the soil people! Now we get to worry about traces of that product developing for more years to come. Bummer.

By: Jerrold Graham

Jerrold Graham — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 21:13:48 +0000

I’m growing tomatoes in State College, PA on an outside south eastern facing slope. Which is directly sunlit from 10:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. The Fusarium wilt I’m seeing is on the lowest 1/3 portion of the plants leaves. I’m going to use a fungicide on the above ground container plants and see if the condition improves. My growing medium is 2 1/2 gallons of 1/4 perlite, 1/4 composted cow manure, and 1/2 peat moss

By: Laurie fader

Laurie fader — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 20:37:08 +0000

In reply to Laura. I accidentally put some raked black walnut leaves on my garden last fall. I tried to pick them out but may have missed some. Now my tomato plants are wilting from the top branches just as they are starting to bear fruit. Would a lab be able to identify black walnut?

By: Roberto alvarado

Roberto alvarado — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 20:11:52 +0000

This morning my cherry tomatoes were fine and around 3pm I check them and the plant was completely wilted form the middle up watering and soil condition are fine I don’t understand why it happened i thought it was the heat,so I watered them and put one of those weed barrier to block the blasting heat

By: BOB jj MAASS

BOB jj MAASS — Thu, 13 May 2021 21:18:17 +0000

i gave some miracle-gro to my young tomato plants before planting, now they don’t look so good they look wilted will they come back to normal soon, i hope so. thank bob

By: Meredith

Meredith — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 09:14:04 +0000

In reply to Carla. I'm having the same problem. Big, healthy tomato plants are wilting. They are still very green, just starting to flower. 2 different varieties. I can't find any other symptom other than they are wilting.

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 15:11:38 +0000

In reply to cheryl. I don't have enough information to answer your wilting question here, but regarding the walnut tree you don't want the leaves, nuts, or roots in contact with your vegetable plants.