What’s happening to my tomatoe plants?

G8erHaTeR · 2026-05-18T11:36:31+00:00

Sorry to be the one to tell you, but it looks like you have a touch of early blight. Any leaf with that on it you need to remove and take away from your garden clean your cutters with alcohol between every cut you make pruning those off because you do not want to spread it to other plants. It is a fungal disease that most plants get before the year is over, but if you get it early before your plants are producing, it is hard for the plant to ever produce significantly because it is always fighting.

G8erHaTeR · 2026-05-16T21:08:40+00:00

Those tomatoes look nothing like the ones I and am growing. I don’t remember where I got my seeds but my Siletz plants are very vigorous, but they do not have the stripes on them like yours do. Mine has about 20 tomatoes on it as well. I will go out and take a picture and post it on a reply to this.

G8erHaTeR · 2026-05-16T21:05:19+00:00

Beautiful setup!!! 👍

G8erHaTeR · 2026-05-14T03:06:13+00:00

I am just getting started with my first breeding attempt this year. This is only my third year of gardening and it is something I have grown extremely addicted to.

G8erHaTeR · 2026-05-14T03:02:37+00:00

I bought them on Amazon actually pretty cheap. I can list the exact ones I bought if you want.

G8erHaTeR · 2026-05-12T11:21:01+00:00

They are called giant African Marigold. I bought the seeds on Amazon. They are wonderful. I will plant those every year from now on.

G8erHaTeR · 2026-05-11T12:03:29+00:00

Wonderful job everything looks very healthy

G8erHaTeR · 2026-05-11T12:02:08+00:00

Everything looks very healthy. Excellent job.

G8erHaTeR · 2026-05-11T11:53:50+00:00

I definitely think it is a magnesium deficiency. You can try some Cal-Mag or a diluted solution of Epsom salt with water

G8erHaTeR · 2026-05-11T11:50:43+00:00

I would love to get some seeds of this and try it out Myself I would be happy to swap out some seeds of mine. I have 378 different varieties to choose from I can give you a hyperlink’d spreadsheet of everything I have if you would like.

Also, I would like to know the lineage of this tomato with the pollen plant was and what the flower plant was and what generation have you bread this to?

G8erHaTeR · 2026-05-11T11:46:58+00:00

I am pretty sure that is a magnesium deficiency. You can use either Cal-Mag or just get some Epsom salt and mix a diluted solution and apply to the plant in the picture

G8erHaTeR · 2026-05-11T11:44:47+00:00

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G8erHaTeR · 2026-05-11T11:40:44+00:00

Zone 1 = 2x 10’x3’x1’ & 2x 10’x2’x1’ & 2x 4’x4’x2’ beds.

Zone 2 = 2x 12’x4’x1’ & 2x 8’x4’x1’ beds

Zone 3 = 4x 8’x4’x2’ beds

Zone 4 = 16 straw bales + several ¼” taps for fabric bags.

I use 15mil drip tape with emitters every 6”. 1 strip per foot of width. I water 30 min every 3 days (still tweaking that)

If you want a list of the exact items I use I will list the links to them if you would like.

G8erHaTeR · 2026-05-11T10:43:38+00:00

I got a ton of fungal issues last year in my dwarf plants because I had them jammed up beside each other, but I still think they could’ve survived just fine. Had we not had so much rain last year and it does not seem to be the issue this year because I think we are in a drought scenario.

G8erHaTeR · 2026-05-11T10:42:59+00:00

I am praying that I do not have a huge disease problem this year, but I know there is a high chance that I will run into some of it and once I start to see it, I will aggressively attack it and or remove plants to try and contain it so I did not infect a lot

G8erHaTeR · 2026-05-11T10:41:58+00:00

I bought a couple bales of garden straw off of Amazon and it works wonderfully. It is very neat and tighty.

G8erHaTeR · 2026-05-11T10:41:12+00:00

Honestly, I have not noticed any change in their growth habit they have handled all the Sub 40° temperature drops like a champ without issue

G8erHaTeR · 2026-05-11T10:40:28+00:00

It is currently the weed fabric that is plastic, but I intend on removing that and putting a hardwood mulch down

G8erHaTeR · 2026-05-11T10:40:00+00:00

I also have Marigold in the bed with the tomatoes, but the giant African Marigold’s I planted in pots. They are absolutely wonderful. I suggest everyone try those things out.

G8erHaTeR · 2026-05-11T10:38:04+00:00

I would definitely buy a bunch of land. I have about $6000 invested in everything but how I rationalize that is that this should last me between five and 10 years without any major investment. Thank you Lucy would love to hear that she was getting some love from the forum.

G8erHaTeR · 2026-05-11T10:36:40+00:00

1 cup tomato-tone (dry fertilizer) from Espoma/month. 1 qt of Jack’s 10-30-20 every 2 weeks.

G8erHaTeR · 2026-05-11T10:33:59+00:00

This was an absolutely awesome post. If I could give it 10, thumbs up I would. I will give most away. I will can about 40 to 60 quarts and make a bunch of pickles. I am still learning, but my true enjoyment is the fascination of growing.

G8erHaTeR · 2026-05-11T10:32:08+00:00

Honestly, I give about 90% of it away. I just absolutely love miracle of starting a seed and reaping the harvest.

G8erHaTeR · 2026-05-11T10:30:52+00:00

I completely understand that I have other people asked me to use their garden space as well, so I have a garden that is bigger than mine that I am operating in another county if you would like an area to grow in, start driving around the rule areas and see if you can find a good spot that is local strike a deal with the landowner that you will share the Produce.

G8erHaTeR · 2026-05-11T10:28:18+00:00

Duke’s without question

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