I've planted a garden for years and have never seen this...

[jennybird]

This is my first veggie garden at this particular house (just moved in last fall). Here is my dilemma...

I have 8 tomato plants and two of them are wilting! They look like they've had hot water or something poured on them. The other 6 plants are doing beautifully (so far). Even the 2 wilty ones had toms on them and then POOF! over night they look like heck-warmed-over. There are no insects of any kind to be seen and the plants don't appear to have been nibbled or cut at all. It's coming from the roots whatever it is.

HELP!!!

What is it and what can I do? I noticed my neighbors toms doing the same thing... except her peppers seem to be affected too. The rest of my garden seems to be doing well, but I'm worried. I don't want to lose everything. Any cures? And is there anything I can do to prevent this from happening next year? I've been gardening for years and have never seen this. I'm stumped.

 

[Scutter01]

Maybe you have an evil little creep of a neighbor randomly spraying your plants with Round-Up?

 

[printcraft]

Dog pee?

I know it does a number on my grass even from little dogs.

Did you use a liquid fertilizer - maybe too much?

 

[stilllearning09]

PM sent. I hope it helps.

 

[brettgrace]

are there any walnut trees close by, we had this same thing happen and they were planted too close to the walnuts, toxic to many plants

 

[Crystalship1]

Maybe you have an evil little creep of a neighbor randomly spraying your plants with Round-Up?

Speaking from experience???

 

[jennybird]

No nasty neighbors. No dog pee. No black walnut trees. No fertilizer (I like to go as organic as possible.) No nuttin. I don't get it. The other 6 plants look great. It's 2 random ones that aren't even next to each other!

If you guys can't help me, I'm gonna cry!

 

[Caleb]

are all the plants getting the same amount of sun/water?

 

[jennybird]

are all the plants getting the same amount of sun/water?

Yep. Plenty of both. I'll try to take pics this afternoon.

 

[Scutter01]

Speaking from experience???

Actually, yes. When I was a kid, one of the neighbor kids was a little punk vandal that ended up in juvie. He had a habit of going to random houses and pulling "pranks". Our neighbor got a gallon of ammonia poured in their bushes. We got brown dye poured in our pool. The "pranks" always ended with significant dollars required to fix them.

 

[jennybird]

Actually, yes. When I was a kid, one of the neighbor kids was a little punk vandal that ended up in juvie. He had a habit of going to random houses and pulling "pranks". Our neighbor got a gallon of ammonia poured in their bushes. We got brown dye poured in our pool. The "pranks" always ended with significant dollars required to fix them.

Did he end up with a cap in his assets?



WAIT A MINUTE!!! It was YOU wasn't it Scutter?!?! YOU were the punk vandal weren't you?!?! C'mon... admit it. I was you!

 

[Scutter01]

Did he end up with a cap in his assets?

Dunno. I was 10 when all this went down. All I remember was when he was caught and prosecuted. His family must have moved after that because I don't remember ever seeing him again.

 

[Caleb]

Actually, yes. When I was a kid, one of the neighbor kids was a little punk vandal that ended up in juvie. He had a habit of going to random houses and pulling "pranks". Our neighbor got a gallon of ammonia poured in their bushes. We got brown dye poured in our pool. The "pranks" always ended with significant dollars required to fix them.

yesterday or day before there were some kids throwing bricks at our cars in the back, haven forbid I catch them doing it again...

 

[Sinner Man]

PM sent. I hope it helps.

You should share with the entire class

 

[Scutter01]

WAIT A MINUTE!!! It was YOU wasn't it Scutter?!?! YOU were the punk vandal weren't you?!?! C'mon... admit it. I was you!

I'm a lover, not a fighter.

 

[jennybird]

I'm a lover, not a fighter.

 

[Crystalship1]

Actually, yes. When I was a kid, one of the neighbor kids was a little punk vandal that ended up in juvie. He had a habit of going to random houses and pulling "pranks". Our neighbor got a gallon of ammonia poured in their bushes. We got brown dye poured in our pool. The "pranks" always ended with significant dollars required to fix them.

Nice!!!

Is he in here? ----> Indiana Offender Database Search

 

[Scutter01]

Nice!!!

Is he in here? ----> Indiana Offender Database Search

I doubt it. I'm from Motown, baby, where the weak are killed and eaten!

 

[HandK]

Check out this site.
Tomato Horn Worm

 

[FordMan08]

Push an old rusty nail down in the ground 3-4 inches from the base of the plant. Watch what happens, it will come back to life.