10 Common Tomato Plant Problems and How To Fix Them
If you’re growing tomatoes you most likely encountered one or more of these common plant problems. We explain how to identify and fix them.
If you’re one of the three million people who planted a home garden this year, you’re most likely growing tomatoes. Nine out of 10 gardeners grow tomatoes, and that number would be 10 out of 10 if the holdouts would taste a fresh garden tomato and compare it to a grocery store purchase. Nothing beats the taste of a fresh home-grown tomato!
Many gardeners who grow tomatoes, however, encounter growing problems. This list of common tomato plant problems and their solutions will help you identify an issue—whether it’s just starting or already full-blown — and show you how to correct it, so you can save your tomato plants and harvest yummy tomatoes this year.
1. Blossom End Rot
2. Blossom Drop
3. Fruit Cracks
4. Sunscald
5. Poor Fruit Set
6. Catfacing
7. Leaf Roll
8. Puffiness
9. Early Blight
10. Viral Diseases
Descriptions and solutions at link:
https://www.farmersalmanac.com/common-tomato-plant-problems-28544
Greetings from southern New Hampshire!
Barb made us soft tacos last evening, using our first tomato…courtesy of our Planta Sungrow 26 greenhouse.
Yesterday, I moved the north fencing from the garden and wrapped it around the new boundary. We now have 5 new 10’ by 4’ raised beds that are mostly planted with vegetables started in the above-mentioned greenhouse.
Today, I will install the clips holding the fencing to the t-posts, and extend the irrigation line to the new bed.
We had a slight bump in our projects as Suzy, one of our cats, passed over the Rainbow Bridge last Sunday. I made her a box, lined with red flannel and laid out a new flower bed to serve as her grave site. She is now at rest and I have the stones set aside to build the flower bed. We will include pussy willow and other annual and perennials to decorate and memorialize her. She would have been 18 in 2 months.
Well, back to work!
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CLICK ON ONE OF THE TOMATOES IN THIS PICTURE OF A HAPPY GROUP CANNING PARTY!
Our hot weather hasn't set in yet - Thank God. But we know it's coming so I've been busy putting down mulch - my city has piles of it for free (they no longer deliver) - either a coarse or fine grind. That is my gardening chore (a big one) for the week.
Meanwhile, we are getting good results from all the rain we had this past season:
Grapes are setting on, more than I've ever seen:
Same for figs - which ripen all at once:
This pink angel's trumpet is blooming for the first time in a decade:
I have so many lemons I recently sent a box back East where they're very expensive:
I bought a bag of rotting lily bulbs at the local garden store - for I think $1.00 - I ended up planting them anyway and was surprised they came up (I haven't had much luck with them in the past):
And my helper, taking a break - the other one was in the house hiding under the bed:
Made it to the garden this morning - everything is growing like crazy after the 1.5 inches of rain we got from 4 am Wednesday (rain most if the day Wed/Thur), ending with a T-storm downpour yesterday.
All the plants in the new herb bed look happy. My spaghetti squash is growing - a couple have gotten stripes. Dragon Egg cuke is loaded (here, there be dragons!). Jalapeños have peppers - might have enough for a batch of poppers. The dark purple dahlias are blooming like crazy - still waiting on other colors (they do have buds).
My dad’s tractor & his hunting clothes left for a new home today - mixed emotions for sure. Waiting for word/pics they arrived safely.
Got to finish cleaning out the PU bed today. I shoveled a yard of dirt last Saturday & while I had a tarp in the bed, dirt escaped. I had a bit of heat exhaustion & parked the truck in the horse barn aisle so the escaped dirt wouldn’t turn to mud in the rain. Today is the day to “deal” with the situation.
But here comes the heat!
I'll be putting the 40% shade cover over the garden.
Any thoughts on good companion plants for squash/cucurbits, aside from corn and beans?
Beautiful Wisconsin summer day here! Veggie garden looks good, but too soon to harvest any. Cut the first crop of herbs on Tuesday and they have dried nicely in the sun. We are promised a rainy day tomorrow which we really need. My hubby is currently putting up red and blue lightbulbs into the strands that outline our home’s roof so we can have red, white and blue lights for July.
Maters wilty so I turned on the pump for the drip system. Don't like watering when it's this hot but at least it's not top watering. Just gave it a little and will water deeper later on.
I think I'm ready for a timer. This will be my chance to jump into automation too.
Powered by house voltage and will switch 12vdc tank sprayer pump
Works with Home Assistant home automation software. (https://www.home-assistant.io/) Free, Open source and privacy based. No google/amazon etc.
This will be a simple timer based event, on/off at set times and just a few wires to connect.
Things I'll want to automate in the high tunnel will be a bit more complex.
Looking for herbs to plant and came across this one as a substitute for tarragon:
Herb to Know: Mexican Mint Marigold
https://www.motherearthliving.com/gardening/plant-profile/AN-HERB-TO-KNOW-4/
“Mexican mint marigold has a lot to offer. It thrives in the hot, humid South, where many herbs languish; its small, bright flowers blossom in fall when other herbs have played out for the season; its licorice-anise flavor is a successful stand-in for French tarragon; and it looks good in the garden.”
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I saw it at the garden center, but since I was trying to stay on a fixed amount for the new herb garden, I got a ‘native plant’ lavender bee balm instead. When I asked about it, I was told the Mexican Mint Marigold was an annual, so I will be looking to get it next spring.
Found this show the other night on WI PBS while I was making dinner. I really liked it. It’s fairly new; only in it’s second season. Very hard-working creative people growing and cooking with local foods. The episode I watched was about a chef who uses an ENTIRE STEER (in his restaurant; not all at once, LOL!) that a local farmer grows out for him. After our ‘Chuck’ goes to the spa next March, I am going to be up to my butt in every cut of beef, so it was very interesting to me.
“Join Emmy-winning host and producer Catherine Neville in this celebration of makers, farmers and chefs who are redefining the flavor of American cuisine.”
Taste Makers: https://www.watchtastemakers.com/
Everything is doing well except for my cabbages. The loopers wrecked them so I've been pulling one or two a week and giving it to the chickens. The garlic is ready to come out any time I'm ready to dig it up. Sweet corn has started to tassle. My gourds are going absolutely nuts except for the one the cutbug got to. It was perfectly fine when I shut the garden gate Saturday evening. Sunday morning it was dead as a hammer.
I won't have ripe tomatoes by July 4th, but it won't be too long before I start getting a few. I've been piddling at pruning them but they're growing so fast right now that it's hard to keep up.
Going out now to top off the freon in the car.
