What is Wrong With My Home Grown Tomatoes?

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:42:00 +0000

As the soil prepares to warm and Oklahoma gardeners begin planting their tomatoes, we all hope for the same out come. A home grown tomato with that wonderful taste which we remember from our childhood. The tomatoes, you stood over the sink eating with the salt & pepper shaker close at hand. Remember those? You would go a couple miles over, not to Walmart, with the little hard tasteless knots called tomatoes from Chile, but a couple miles over to the farmer who always had home grown tomatoes among other veggies!

Well, I had no idea until I tried to grow my own tomatoes, the battle that farmer had on his hands. Below I have list a number of things you might encounter once you plant that tomato in your Oklahoma garden. (for other articles see Best Varieties Of Tomatoes For Oklahoma, The Most Important Day Of Your Tomatoes Life or Ten Must Do Things For Healthy Tomatoes)

Fusarium Wilt

Blossom End Rot

Blossom Drop

Early Blight

Leaf Curl

Cracking

Septoria Leave Spot

Southern Blight

Verticillium Wilt

Nematodes/Knot Root

Aphids

Blister Beetle

Horned Worm

Stink Bugs

Thrips

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What is Wrong With My Home Grown Tomatoes?