mlana
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Post by mlana on Jun 20, 2016 21:25:18 GMT
minute!!!
I know this is a stupid reason to cry but I just can't help it. I have to be very quiet or my DH and DD will be in here and will be really upset.
I have this garden. I love my garden. I spend hours in it. It is truly my happy place.
This year, I started all my vegetable and flower plants from seed. I've been nursing the little darlings since January. I have been putting them in the ground since early spring, a few at a time, as I got each bed ready and as each set of plants acclimatized. They have been growing like wildfire. Many of the plants have tomatoes and pepper on them already.
Friday I noticed that 2 of the tomato plants had branches that were sagging, like they needed water. I watered them deeply, then checked back on Saturday. Both still had at least 1 branch each that was sagging and had some leaves dying on it. Again, I watered and waited. Yesterday the leaves on one plant's wilted branch and turned yellow and brown.
Today I cut one of they dying branches off and split it. The brown line on the inside of the cut stem confirmed that I have Fusarium Wilt. I am just heartbroken! I had to go ahead and cut that plant off at the base as I will do with the other plant in a few minutes. This won't stop the wilt from spreading as it's a soil borne disease, but it may help keep it in just that one bed. It will probably spread to the other 2 tomato plants in the bed, as well as to the pepper plants. I am hoping that it won't spread to the other beds, but since I have used the same tools to care for all the beds, it may.
This means that I can't use that bed for plants in that family for at least 4 years. I am just sick!
Marcy
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Post by Basket1lady on Jun 20, 2016 21:28:36 GMT
Aw, that stinks. I get the disappointment. Hopefully it won't spread into the other beds.
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YooHoot
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Post by YooHoot on Jun 20, 2016 21:29:03 GMT
I'm sorry. I can totally understand you being upset. Can you dig up,the old soil and start with new? Would that help? I know nothing about this disease. Big hugs.
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Post by Zee on Jun 20, 2016 21:30:40 GMT
Well that sucks! I had to give up my entire garden back in Iowa due to squirrels. They took one bite out of every single thing I grew, no matter what it was, and left it to rot. The first year my garden was glorious and each additional year was worse and worse as far as their attacks. I got maybe 5 beans the last year when I was able to can jars and jars the first year!
I understand how disappointed you are (though I was more inclined to want to get a gun and Google squirrel stew recipes than to sit and cry, lol!).
I only grow herbs and tomatoes here in PA as the deer and slugs just won't leave anything else alone.
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Post by hop2 on Jun 20, 2016 21:32:07 GMT
I am so sorry. It's not stupid you put A LOT of work into it and it must be very frustrating to have it all in vain.
I've tried the whole raising plants from seeds indoors even got a growth light etc and I failed many many times before giving up, so I know how it can feel to raise plants fir6 months for naught.
{{{Hugs}}}
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Post by epeanymous on Jun 20, 2016 21:32:21 GMT
I am really sorry. I had one little dill plant die from my own stupidity, and I still was upset, and it was in a pot, so I can imagine how disappointing this must be for you.
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flute4peace
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Post by flute4peace on Jun 20, 2016 21:33:19 GMT
Oh that is very disappointing, I would be upset too. Maybe your local extension agent can help?
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purplebee
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Post by purplebee on Jun 20, 2016 21:37:01 GMT
Oh I'm so sorry, hope you can amend the soil in the affected bed and that it doesn't spread. Hugs....
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Post by Sue on Jun 20, 2016 21:37:13 GMT
Oh gosh, I'm so sorry. This is a gardeners nightmare. Can you sterilize your tools and put in some new raised beds with fresh soil for next year or will the wilt disease spread to new beds too?
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Post by bearmom on Jun 20, 2016 21:38:41 GMT
That would be upsetting after you spent so much time and effort into the plants.
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Post by marianne on Jun 20, 2016 21:40:00 GMT
Oh, I'm so sorry. After all the work and care you've invested, I really understand your disappointment. Is there a way you could possibly put in raised beds elsewhere in your yard next season that would allow you to grow the things you want?
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QueenoftheSloths
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on Jun 20, 2016 21:41:00 GMT
I am another one who gets attached to her plants. We are discussing moving in the future and I told DH that certain plants will need to come with us. His reasoning is, can't you buy a new one. But I raised this one from a stick!
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Post by LeaP on Jun 20, 2016 21:48:18 GMT
{{{Hugs}}}
It really sucks to lose plants, especially the ones you grew from seeds.
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Post by femalebusiness on Jun 20, 2016 21:50:20 GMT
That happened to me last summer. I went the entire summer without one homegrown tomato. I bitched all summer too. Sorry for your misfortune.
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mlana
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Post by mlana on Jun 20, 2016 21:59:26 GMT
I appreciate the kind comments.
I would have to move the soil out of the entire 4X3X1 bed and there would still be a chance that some of the infected soil would remain. What's recommended is that you let the infected plants continue to grow and produce until the virus kills them completely, then remove all plant matter to the trash. Once all the plant material is gone, you should turn the soil to expose as much of the virus to the heat as possible, then repeat this each year for at least 4 years. Any tool that touches the contaminated soil should be cleaned and wiped with alcohol.
Next year I can use that bed for pole beans and such, but not anything in the same family. This really sucks because I need a LOT of tomatoes for my family. DH is Italian and I make a lot of sauce each year. I messed up last year and used worm casting from someone who had thrown an infected tomato into their worm bin and I lost a lot of plants to a different tomato disease. Luckily (ha!) I had tried planting in straw bales that year, so I just used that infected soil and straw in my herb and flower beds. this is not the same disease at all. My family has so been looking forward to homegrown tomatoes this year, they've all pitched in and helped me get everything ready.
Marcy
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Post by beebee on Jun 20, 2016 22:03:17 GMT
I'm so sorry. That is disappointing.
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Post by redshoes on Jun 20, 2016 22:06:29 GMT
I'm sorry...I would be very frustrated as well!!
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The Birdhouse Lady
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Post by The Birdhouse Lady on Jun 20, 2016 22:08:11 GMT
I completely understand why you are upset. Is it too late to buy some tomato plants and grow them in pots? You may not get the same yield but you might get enough to do something with.
I nursed my apple tree back to life after it got almost completely eaten by a moose. This year it is has a bunch of apples. Yesterday my bil informed my that the tree has worms that are eating the leaves and will burrow into the apples is I don't do something quick. My heart sank.
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Post by mallie on Jun 20, 2016 22:10:26 GMT
I feel for you.
I felt like that last Monday when I looked out the window and saw that overnight, the chipmunks had eaten or taken away every single flower I had planted. I only planted flowers that they never eat. Not this year. Due to my health issues, this year is my last year to garden, ever, so to see it all laid to waste broke my heart. There will be no do over.
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mlana
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Post by mlana on Jun 20, 2016 22:12:48 GMT
I completely understand why you are upset. Is it too late to buy some tomato plants and grow them in pots? You may not get the same yield but you might get enough to do something with. I nursed my apple tree back to life after it got almost completely eaten by a moose. This year it is has a bunch of apples. Yesterday my bil informed my that the tree has worms that are eating the leaves and will burrow into the apples is I don't do something quick. My heart sank. If you hurry, you can probably spray the tree with Bt, an organic pesticide, and it will stop the worms. You'll need to repeat the spray every 2 weeks or so, but it should work. I have a bunch of tomato plants I haven't finished planting yet. I just hate to lose such prime growing space. Marcy
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Post by christine58 on Jun 20, 2016 22:16:40 GMT
Next year I can use that bed for pole beans and such, but not anything in the same family. This really sucks because I need a LOT of tomatoes for my family. DH is Italian and I make a lot of sauce each year. I messed up last year and used worm casting from someone who had thrown an infected tomato into their worm bin and I lost a lot of plants to a different tomato disease. Luckily (ha!) I had tried planting in straw bales that year, so I just used that infected soil and straw in my herb and flower beds. this is not the same disease at all. My family has so been looking forward to homegrown tomatoes this year, they've all pitched in and helped me get everything ready. a Get some planters and put in some new plants. Many people do this when they don't have the area to have a big garden. I green green beans that way one summer. It's not too late
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Post by eversograceful1 on Jun 20, 2016 22:18:48 GMT
How that sucks! I totally understand why you're crying. So much care and effort you put into it.
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Post by Really Red on Jun 20, 2016 22:20:08 GMT
That is a lot of hard work and worse, great expectations that have been destroyed. I am sorry.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2016 22:29:14 GMT
I am another one who gets attached to her plants. We are discussing moving in the future and I told DH that certain plants will need to come with us. His reasoning is, can't you buy a new one. But I raised this one from a stick! You need to tell him that my great-grandma planted some irises in her garden 100 years ago and today, they are blooming in three different gardens due to transplanting and splitting. My grandma had some in her garden. My Mom took some. I will take some when I finally feel like we're staying somewhere for more than 5 years. One of my Mom's aunts and her children also have some of these irises.
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Post by christine58 on Jun 20, 2016 22:32:24 GMT
I have peonies that were in my grandma's yard....she died in 78....we all have some!~
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Post by papersilly on Jun 20, 2016 22:39:45 GMT
I love gardening too so I can see how that would be very disappointing.
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Post by jayfab on Jun 20, 2016 22:44:56 GMT
Oh no! This former gardner knows exactly how you feel. I would be in tears too.
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IAmUnoriginal
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Post by IAmUnoriginal on Jun 20, 2016 22:45:30 GMT
Have yourself a good cry. All that love, work and anticipation just got crapped on by Mother Nature, that fickle witch. Is it too late for you to check out the garden centers for some container tomatoes for this summer? Our Home Depot still had some on Saturday and they were in nice shape.
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Post by GiantsFan on Jun 20, 2016 23:03:26 GMT
That's horrible. You have my sympathy. I'd be crying too. I love homegrown tomatoes and would be lost with out my plants. Four years is a long time to let the soil cure. I know they won't grow as well, but can you plant some pots?
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Jun 20, 2016 23:23:31 GMT
I buy my plants from the garden center and still get all attached to them. I can only imagine the loss you must feel for plants that you nursed yourself from seed. I'm sorry Mother Nature was cruel to you this year.
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