sick tomatoes mystery

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  1. PatriciaF

    PatriciaF Apprentice Gardener

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    Hi, this is my first post, so hello everyone. :)
    I've grown tomatoes for quite a few years now, but this year I have a problem I haven't seen before.
    My strong healthy plants, in growbags in the greenhouse, have started to develop brown areas on the leaves - around the veins, not the edges. The growing tips seem to be wilting and dying off too, although I'm careful not to under or overwater. The lower leaves are fine at the moment.
    There are three types of tomato in four growbags, and it's happening to all of them, with Gardeners Delight being the least affected and Beefeater and Floridity looking very sick.
    Does anyone know what this could be? I don't use any weedkiller in the garden. I'm starting to suspect the growbags but I can't find any mention on the web that others are having a problem with growbag compost this year.
    PatriciaF
     

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  2. Phil A

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    Blimey,

    Not seen that before Patricia.

    Welcome to Gardeners Corner, i'm sure someone will be along to help.
     
  3. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    The white parts look a bit like scorch to me.

    As to the growing point,... has the plant dried out drastically at some point?
     
  4. JWK

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    Hello Patricia and welcome to the forum. I've not seen that sort of damage before, it looks like some kind of chemical burn but I think you would have known if you'd dropped something on the leaves. All I can think is that the compost is too rich, maybe too much Nitrogen, your plants look a very dark green. Are you feeding them with something? Stop feeding them to see if they recover, also double check the doseage rate.
     
  5. Phil A

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    I knew it would be John:dbgrtmb:
     
  6. PatriciaF

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    sick tomatoes update

    Thanks all for taking this one on.
    I'm fairly sure they haven't dried out to the point of unrecoverable wilting, and I think if they had been scorched there would be some leaf-edge browning?
    I only started feeding after the first truss had set, and the signs were starting to appear on one or two plants before then (I just didn't want to believe my eyes). I don't possess any herbicides, and there's no fertiliser or similar stored in the greenhouse.
    Yesterday I cut out all the leaves with any sign of browning, and all the wilted growing tips. If it's a temporary effect then I think the plants are strong enough to recover. So I guess I'll just wait and see now. Keep your fingers crossed for me.
    Pat
     
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    Good luck Pat, I'll got every thing crossed for you.
     
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