Tomato Troubleshooting

Here are some of the most commonly encountered problems when tomato troubleshooting:

• Young plants chewed off at stem—Protect seedlings from cutworms with a 6-inch cardboard collar, placed half below the soil line.
• Poor fruit set—Encourage pollinators to visit your garden by planting flowers along side vegetables.
• Blossom end rot—Choose resistant varieties. Mulch around plants to prevent soil borne fungi from splashing onto leaves. Keep garden clean by discarding vines at the end of the season.
• Fungal leaf diseases—On young plants, remove and discard infected foliage as soon as it is detected. The best tomato troubleshooting method is prevention: provide good air circulation around plants, cover the ground with permeable landscaping fabric or other mulch, choose varieties labeled “VF” or “VFF” which indicates resistance to verticillium and fusarium wilts.

Your regional university or country extension service is a good source of information about local pests, diseases and tomato troubleshooting.

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