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Diane
Lv 6
Diane asked in Home & GardenGarden & Landscape · 8 years ago

Tomatoes/dying problems?

All my tomato bushes have died this year, about a couple of weeks apart, no evidence of grubs or anything, any help would be appreciated, thanks

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  • 8 years ago
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    Assuming the soil is reasonable, and you keep them watered, I see a couple of possibilities.

    They got poisoned somehow. Misuse of a product intended for a different application to take care of some insect perhaps. A fertilizer that they didn't react well to, again not used in line with it's intended usage.

    The other possibility is somebody doesn't like you and is expressing it by vandalizing your garden with chemicals. Another instance of poison.

    The bottom line is, most likely something poisoned your plants. The only questions are how and why.

  • 8 years ago

    This is happening because your soil is no more fertilize. It also depends on these factors like type of fertilizer you are using. If you are using chemical fertilizer like peat moss or some other thing then stops using it. This will increase your fertility for a while but after that it will make the soil acidic due to which the root of the plant got damaged and plants start dying. I am using BioActive Cocopeat. It has balanced pH value. It increases the plant growth and fertility of soil. Use this in your garden for tomato. You will need minimum fertilizer and water for your plants.

  • frank
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    It would help if I knew what planting zone you are at. Are you at the beginning of the season, or at the end of the season? How old were your plants? How did you do last year? If your plants did not die last year, then what did you do differently this year? Did you use too much chemical fertilizer? Did you plant in the same places as last year? What did the dead plants look like? Were the stalks all black and brown?

    You really need to give as much information as you can. Post again.

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    4 years ago

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  • 8 years ago

    It depends on what they looked like when they died. If they turned brown or black and got mushy, it was probably a tomato fungus or virus--common problems. If they turned yellow or dried up, you didn't water them enough or they didn't get enough sunlight. If there were spots on the leaves, they might have gotten scab or a different virus. Without a better description or pictures, it's very hard to tell what killed them.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Impossible to say w/o images. Tomatoes are notorious for finding ways to die.

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