One of the hardest things when growing tomato plants, is diagnosing any foliage problems they may get at any time. This evening I had to choose what I thought was wrong with 6-8 of my plants, and I'm settled with "Physiological Leaf Roll", a non-virus related problem. Physiological Leaf Roll occurs in the home garden, more times than growers realise and I guess the only way to see if I've diagnosed them correctly is to wait a week or so.
This problem is caused when the tops are growing faster than what the roots can supply in food to the plant and is noticeable on stressed plants when there is a rolling inwards of the leaves. Would you know what to do, well it's probably easier for me, because I'm heartless when I need to make a decision as to what I'd do.
My action was to get out my pruning knife, then plant by plant, go for the jugular and whip off the top half of the plant, hopefully creating a balance where less top growth will bring these plants back into balance.
Hey, if I'm wrong - I'll just pull them out.
This problem is caused when the tops are growing faster than what the roots can supply in food to the plant and is noticeable on stressed plants when there is a rolling inwards of the leaves. Would you know what to do, well it's probably easier for me, because I'm heartless when I need to make a decision as to what I'd do.
My action was to get out my pruning knife, then plant by plant, go for the jugular and whip off the top half of the plant, hopefully creating a balance where less top growth will bring these plants back into balance.
Hey, if I'm wrong - I'll just pull them out.
