Re: Rocky's Patch
The pattern you describeis that of mosaic, but that is not what I ended
up with, my problem was with a neighbor and 2 4 D weedkiller. It causes
maturity problems, usually kills the plant, but in my case, has stunted
it tremendously. I helped save it somewhat by watering the dickens out
of it the day it happened.
As for the excess male flowers, yes, after you have the amount of fruit
set, you want to remove all male and female flowers once you see them,
as they do nothing but consume plant energy. As for the browning peaves,
It could be some type of a bacetrial wilt, I would give the plant a good
spraying of daconil, and keep up an agressive routine of fungicide
similar to this.
Jeff Rhinehart wrote:
>
> Rocky, is this the pattern? Quoting from "The Vegetable Gardeners Guide"
> "One side or entire plant suddenly droops or wilts, with symptoms usually
> appearing first on lower and outer plant parts. Leaves may turn yellow
> before wilting. Plant fails to grow and eventually dies. A cut made across
> the stem near the base reveals dark streaks or other discoloration on the
> tissue inside or releases an oozing, sticky white substance. The cure is to
> destroy infected plants, wash everything etc. They say it is wilts some
> caused by bacteria and others caused by fusarium or verticillium fungus,
> display similar symtoms. Bacterial wilt occurs in midsummer, fusarium in
> hot weather, and verticillium wilt in cool weather. These microorganisms
> penetrate roots and stems and clog the water-conducting vessels."
> Now I have a problem I had two leaves that had a spot that flattened out on
> the edges and turned brown, I cut these two off but now have another one
> leaf exhibiting the same symptoms. Will this continue? do I even need to
> worry about it? I can't find anything in my books about this particular
> phenom. Also, should you leave male flowers on if not needed? isn't this
> wasted energy?
>
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