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Re: Stinkbug Report

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Trudy,
It sounds like your tomatoes have a fungal infestation.  Pull off all the
affected leaves and destroy them.  Don't compost them or leave them in the
garden.  Then spray the plants (top and bottoms of all leaves) with a
contact fungicide.  I'd suggest Green Light's Vegetable Defense.  Anything
fungicide suitable for fruit and veggies is OK, though.  Spray the plants
after every rain, too.  The easiest way for you to grow tomatoes in your
climate is to plant in late August.  The fall months aren't as stressful.
Also, mulch heavily under your plants to prevent water splashing up on plant
leaves.  This is how most fungal diseases are transmitted to tomatoes.
Hope some of this helps.
Doreen Howard, former soldier in the southern tomatoes wars; now stationed
in Illinois where her plants are blemish-free!!
-----Original Message-----
From: tbarnum@electro-net.com <tbarnum@electro-net.com>
To: sqft@listbot.com <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Saturday, May 15, 1999 1:15 PM
Subject: Stinkbug Report


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Hi All,

Thanks to Doreen, Jim and the rest for suggestions concerning the
Stink Bugs.  My dear hubby went out with me to pick the bugs off the
plants.  We spread diatomacious earth at the base of the plants and
pruned them as well.  Looks to me like they've got some kind of
disease on top of the bug attacks;  some of the leaves are turning
yellow with black areas and some of the stems are rather limp. We've
had several days of overcast skies and rain.  Hubby, ever the
optimist, says they'll be fine.  But after 2 years of trying to grow
tomatoes here in North Florida, I'm ready to give up.  It's
either all drought and killer  sun, or heavy rain.  Nothing in
between.  And always the constant humidity.

On the up side, I just harvested my first small handful of bush
beans.  Maybe I'll just raise beans,  (sigh), but I detest those hard
orangey things they try to pass for tomatoes in the grocery stores.

(Well enough whining.)

Trudy


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