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A Visual Guide: Tomato Foliage, Stem & Root Problems
Page 1 of 7 Visit us on the Web: Visual Guide: Tomato Foliage, Stem & Root ProblemsDisease preventionThis guide lists the most common foliar Problems of tomatoes (forproblems on fruit, see our Visual Guide: Tomato Fruit Problems ), butpreventing Problems is usually easier than curing them. So, here are tenstrategies to help prevent diseases and other Problems :1. Although many heirloom varieties have better flavor than newervarieties, they lack disease resistance. Purchasing disease resistantcultivars can help, but keep in mind that disease resistance doesnot mean immunity. Preventive strategies are still tools, Tomato cages and stakes with a solution of one partbleach to nine parts Rotate the planting location every three to five Do not plant in cold soils. This weakens plants making them moresusceptible to diseases and may stunt them Do not crowd tomatoes. Good air circulation around plants is vitalin keeping the foliage dry and preventing lower branches, leaving the stem bare up to the first set offlowers and then mulch (straw is a good choice).
Bacterial canker The symptoms of bacterial canker are brown leaf margins with a yellow border next to the inner green leaf tissue, spreading between the veins (top image). It often affects only one side of a plant. As plants wilt, yellowing leaves usually remain attached to the plant. Unlike the leaves, the petioles remain green.
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