I have 6 early girl tomatoe plants in a raised bed 48 hrs ago they were all ok today 4 of them are completly dead. The leaves are brown and wilted. They look like plants that have not had any water. The plants were all about 6ft tall and had lots of green tomatoes. What could have taken them this fast? Also I have pole beans in this bed that have climbed to about 8ft on a trellis but no beans. I have used packeged dirt from Lowes could the dirt be the problem? Thanks Roxanne

-- Roxanne (Roxanne@143webtv.net), May 28, 2001

Answers

was there any frost??? if not,, pull up the plants to check the root, could be something ate it just below the dirt line,, a cutworm

-- stan (sopal@net-port.com), May 29, 2001.

We had a blight last season that took ours out in under 3 days. We pulled them all out and disposed of them away from our place. Tilled the area under and treated it with compost. Picked up local grown plants and bedded them across our property from the blighted site.

-- Jay Blair in N. AL (jayblair678@yahoo.com), May 29, 2001.

Are there any walnut trees near the tomatoes? We found out that won't work. The tomato plants look really good and set on tomatoes, but by the time the tomatoes are about golf ball size, the plants wilt and die. Just found out this year that the walnut tree several feet away is the cause. Something toxic from the tree gets into the soil and kills them. I thought we should try containers for the tomatoes this year and that way we could move them to a sunny area-- our 40 acres is mostly woods. Our neighbor has several hundred tomato plants, so he is our supplier this year.

-- ruth in s.e.Illinois (bobtravous@email.com), May 29, 2001.

I know what your problem is. Your problem is that your a fuckin jack ass. How about that

-- leric king (lakings@ganja.com), July 10, 2001.