So I'm new to gardening in general. This is a Tomato plant I've been growing for the past couple months. It's been recently pruned, so up until a few days ago, imagine 3x the branches and leaves. And not a single tomato yet. I get flowers, but no tomatoes have grown yet. I tap it occasionally to help with the pollination. I started fertilizing once a week since it's in a potting mix in a grow bag. The leaves have always curled like that and I'm assuming it's sun scald because I'm in the tropics. Oh! And the seed packet called them "Beefsteak Heirloom'.
Any advice?
by Lostinfantry
2 Comments
It looks like herbicide contamination to me. Is there agricultural land near you, or property that you think could be spraying? It can also come from the soil, if you are using compost or manure as an amendment, it can carry 2-4-D. But I would guess drift on the tropical breeze
If it’s airborne, there’s not much you can do. If you feel the source might be from the soil or growing media, a bean seed is the best test. It will grow twisted leaves right away if there is contamination. Spray oils can cause damage if applied in full sun, but it doesn’t look like that to me. It would be optimal to have another plant that you didn’t spray, to see if the spray is helping or hurting.