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Re: FW: pepper and tomato questions

Dear list,

I am wondering that if the yellowing leaves on the tomatoes are due to an
excess of rain would it not be a good idea to remove the mulch as an aid
to letting the ground around the plants dry out? Just a thought.

Any ideas

Dave

On Wed, 25 Jun 1997, julie wrote:

> Gail, I've had the same thing this year, due to all the rain.  It is a fungus,
> and only weekly applications of Daconil have kept it at bay in my garden.
> It's been raining almost daily here!  (First the tornado, now all the rain,
> sheesh!)  However, I have been agressively fertilizing with Miracle Gro for
> tomatoes (see tomato fertilzation thread) and despite their pitiful appearance
> my plants are still producing strong.  Now if I could only get rid of those
> hornworms....eek!
>
> Hope this helps,
> Julie Sasser
> Zone 8 Cedar Park, TX
>
> ----------
> From:   Square Foot Gardening on behalf of Gail Kremser
> Sent:   Wednesday, June 25, 1997 9:44 AM
> To:     Multiple recipients of list SQFT
> Subject:        pepper and tomato questions
>
>
>
> Gail Kremser wrote:
>
> <snip> Another question I have is about my tomato plants.  It's been raining
> alot and my plants are very tall, at least 5 or 6 feet in height,
> just loaded with tomatoes (very early and unusual for my zone--thanks
> to my wall-o-waters and Bio-Organics!).  However, I have noticed
> several plants seems to be succumbing to what I think is probably a
> fungus (?) as the lower leaves are turning yellow and then die.  <snip>
>
> Happy gardening!
>
> Gail, who's mouth is watering just thinking about that cucumber for lunch ;)
> Fenton, MO (Zone 6)  Email: gailk@wupatki.wustl.edu
>
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