Tomato plant Disease?

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  1. whittall1

    whittall1 Apprentice Gardener

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    Hi,
    1st time post.

    I have planted in a new greenhouse into grow bags 12 tomato plants (3 varieties).
    I water them once a day at night but most of the leaves have turned yellow with white crispy edges before dying.
    This is happening to all 12 plants.
    Also I have some cucumber plants that are suffering the same problem.
    I have attached some pictures.
    Can someone pleaseidentify and advise on how to cure this problem?


    Many thanks
    Dave
     

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  2. pete

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

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    Just wondering if it could be some kind of weedkiller contamination.

    Other than that, scorch, from direct sunlight through glass.
     
  3. Alice

    Alice Gardener

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    Hi Dave and welcome to the forum.
    White leaves like that are usually do to the cold. I can't see where you are in the country. If you go into USER CP and edit your profile you can show us.
    If it's not cold stress then dunno. But I think it's environmental and not a disease.
     
  4. JWK

    JWK Gardener Staff Member

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    Dave, I think pete may have it, tomatoes are very susceptible to weedkiller, even the tiniest trace on your hands or clothes will cause trouble. Have you been using Roundup or some other weedkiller? Hopefully you don't use the same watering can for both jobs? Maybe a neighbour has sprayed and it drifted on the wind?
     
  5. Plant Potty

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    Good to know not to go near mine with anything like that on my hands or clothes, tho I cant see it being wind born from his neighbour as he said they were in a green house.
     
  6. Phil A

    Phil A Guest

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    I suspect Tomato Mossaic or cucumber mossaic virus, do you roll your own tobacco ?
     
  7. Oraya

    Oraya Apprentice Gardener

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    That's burning.. happened to my tom's a few years ago. Dampen down the green house by spraying water on the floor. And with the heat we've had in the last few days make sure you have a window vent open during the day.
     
  8. greencuisinequeen

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    Hi Whittall,
    Welcome to GC first of all and tis a shame about your tomato plants. Thanks for posting this though helps first timers like me looking out for things like that although mine are not in a GH now. Hope you manage to get some help
    :thumbsup:
     
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