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44 Comments
Still trying to figure out what is indicated when the leaves turn upside down and get all purplish
My romas are doing just fine in my open raised bed, but my other varieties are suffering.
I only added bone meal around the base of the plant and covered that with chemical free grass clippings.
Not sure if the extremely wet summer could be the problem.
No bugs have been seen.
No new soil or compost was added.
Any ideas or solutions?
Excellent information! Thank you!
Most of my tomatoes are planted in the ground, and slightly protected from wind. But I have 2 in a raised bed that are curled, and get full sun and full western wind. This is farm country with lots of wind, and the sun has been incredible! I believe it to be from that, and not farm chemicals. Both plants have set fruit (San Marzano tomatoes).
Curious, what are the little boxes on the outside of your raised beds at the 3:00 mark?
Remediation of soil doesn't necessarily mean removal of soil. It can be done with time or even with fungus that will consume and remove toxins.
I have a super complicated answer that should solve your problem. Give your plants water please.
You have a watering problem, and this is why your leaves are curling. Your plants do dot have mouths, so they cannot tell you to give them water. If you look at the soil, and test it with your fingers then it should be almost dry, so your problem will get worse if you do not give your plants enough water.
Heat creates low moisture in soil, so did you not know about this, for plants?
Heat could remove all the moisture from your plant soil resulting in plant death. They are your plants, so if you want to kill them then this is your choice to make.
I am able to see how sunny it is on your video, but I cannot feel how hot it is. Hmmm….I am sure your plants can feel the heat.
You choosing to put your plants outside is fine, but there are different issues, for you to consider. I, for one am completely confused as to why you don't say well I am going to be watering my tomato plants now.
I did an experiment this year. Most of my tomatoes are out in the full sun and two heirlooms are in partial shade. The latter two are doing much better than the rest. I live in zone 6B, Ohio.
Wow yay!! Thanks, this info came just in time, I was wondering why my tomato leaves were curling!!
Luke, have you given up growing tomatoes staked on a single stem process? I see that you’re just letting them bush out. Have you grown into a preference? Thanks for all the info on leaf curl. That really helps.
Too much sun.
When is it too hot for tomatoes? I'm in 6B zone and this heat and humidity is insane. I don't have leaf curl, but it seems to me that I don't have as many flowers on the cherry tomatoes than I usually have. Should I consider a shade cloth?
Compost too hot causes it too. Put 21 tons of compost in a big pile and it heated back up. All those plants twisted and curled for a few weeks. Checked soil temps, way too hot. But the plants in pots were just fine. Same compost mix.
I increased watering, hit em with some N, and a few weeks later, 80% of them are back to normal. The other 20% still not happy.
it's hot and windy, and some of my tomato leaves curled. Thanks for the psychic reading!
Just kind of looks like it needs water?
Perfect timing on this video, it's like you were next to me when I was in the garden today lol 😂 my tomato leaves are curling and i was wondering the cause and this makes so much sense! we are having crazy weather in southeast Wisconsin this spring and summer…so many tornados and severe storms!
Baking soda kills all ground bugs.
@migardener, I was wondering if you'll restock on garlic and onion seeds this fall season?
So if mine curl every day in direct sun…but then unfurl every night when it's cooling off… how?
My tomatoes were doing wonderful and then we went hot really fast. All of my tomatoes are completely curled. Unfortunately we have not had any relief from our heat. I am in zone 9 Florida. Then my sting beans and corn were attacked by fire ants. I have never had this before and they have killed all of my plants. This is my worst season so far.
Why no information on mosaic virus?
It is 115 degrees today. My tomatoes are long gone.
Hi Luke. Thanks for the great information. Would you consider writing a box on good and bad insects in the garden. I am a new gardener and knowing good and bad bugs is so important in gardening.
I live in South Texas and my Tomatoes always get leaf curl..its just too hot, this year i bought a shade cloth for them so hopefully this helps some!
Excellent demonstration of using the process of differential diagnosis well-known to us physicians for the diagnosis of plant disease from symptoms exhibited by the plant. Bravo!
Great info Luke! Thanks! Blessings 🙏🏻💞
Thanks for this info. I have on San Marzanothat has leaf curl just at top half of plant. Been getting lots of rain in Wisconsin. Will check plant closer tomorrow.
How come it sounds like your voice is in fast forward ? I've watched you for years already and the audio is not the same. But I must say that I really love your channel and your seeds ☺️
tree leaves will do the same.
Last year 6 tomatoes look exactly like yours, I was worried about pesticide poisoning, but they never stop growing and giving me tomatoes .
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Something else to consider is bacterial wilt. I have two Orange Icicle plants with it. I picked up the seeds at the swap this spring. I'm wondering if anyone else is having this issue with their Orange Icicle. The seeds were not MIgardener seeds.
I want to put 40% shade cover over mine but some are in raised beds and others in fabric grow bags so not sure how I’m going to accomplish this. But I do have curl in some of my plants.
This is a great explanatory video. Another variable that can cause leaf curl and deformity – is herbicide drift (not herbicide contaminated soil). I say this because in my area it is a concern – my city has ordinances for weed control. I have neighbors that occasionally spray for weeds in their yards. Occasionally, that spray makes its way into my garden. It does not impact every plant, nor the entire plant – so it can be really hard to diagnose.
Too much sun, need a little shade.
I have not e perienced leaf curl until this year. Amis Paste tomato (MIG seed). Only one out of 3 Amish Paste plants and out of all 20+ tomatoes in general. I do believe tbe extremely hot dry weather got to it. Glad to know it is not a gonner, it just looks sad. Thank you Luke for this timely video as, it seems that a lot of us are experiencing this for this season.
Great info!
What happen to your mouth whenyour talking
Do you plan to cover the tomatoes with to shade it and help with the wind so it produces well?
Always perfect timing with your videos.. Out of 62 tomatoes I have 5 have that are curling.. I've been putting them off but after seeing this video I am going to get a move on it and fix them 😆
Have 10 indeterminant tomato plants in one of my raised beds and there are 5 varieties. 8 plants are very healthy and just one variety has what looks like leaf curl. Now I'll be trying to figure out which of those factors you mentioned is affecting it. The affected variety is a dark colored variety of tomato, sorry the name escapes me at the moment.
P.S. I googled and read that white fly and silver winged white fly can also carry the leaf curl virus, as well as the leaf hoppers you already mentioned.
This explains a problem i had several years ago. I had a wonderful garden year, and then the following year, i added a couple of raised beds and then filled all my beds with some compost made at a local town transfer station. Everything came up and then stopped growing – severely stunted plants. I was so discouraged that i didn't plant again for 2 or 3 years. Then, i tilled all the beds, added new compost and Trifecta and I've had great gardens again. I'm sure there was some sort of herbicide in that compost from the town.
Thanks, Luke!! I appreciate your help!
Herbicide drift can cause spotty damage that the plant grows out of.