leaves on tomato plants

[tamatik]

the leaves on one of my plants are all curled up..otherwise the plant looks healthy with flowers etc..Whats up

[Silvercreek Farmer]

I get this too. The first cause may be too little water, if you have been watering enough it may be something called shoe string disease. Mine have had it several years in a row but it doesn't seem to impact productivity that much. And sometimes they seem to "grow" out of it. I have heard that it is transmitted by aphids, so perhaps some sort of organic control for aphids may help.

[Bluebonnet]

If the weather has been particularly hot, esp if it just got that way, this may just be the plants way of dealing with it. The curl a bit to keep from transpiring (losing) as much water. If they otherwise look fine I would't worry. Mine often do that with no other effects, including on production.

Bluebonnet

[YuccaFlatsRanch]

Probably wilt caused by water splashing on the soil and up onto the plants leaves. Always mulch tomatoes heavily.

[moopups]

In the links library there is a link to a site that displays diseases and mineral deficiencies for most common vegetables.

[nanu]

uncurl the leaves and look under them when ours does this they have aphids under them we powder with sevin dust to get rid of the aphids.

[bill not in oh]

If you till and plant in raised rows, it could be an unusually large number of voids in the soil structure (areas where soil is absent). Poke your fingers down into the soil and feel for 'hollow spots' in the soil. If this is the case, most likely the plant roots will work their way around them and be fine - it is normally a temporary situation.