Pics from "Had My Garden Tested thread"

[braggscowboy]

Pics of garden problem. Still think it was spray before I planted. Tomatoes, okra, and cabbage. Cabbage, squash did fine.

[pancho]

Looks like you should throw a little water on it.

[How Do I]

If someone at OSU recommended you not add compost to your soil, I think they need to find another line of work.

[Sawmill Jim]

Originally Posted by pancho

Looks like you should throw a little water on it.

A lot of water a while back

That soil looks almost like my driveway only firmer

[braggscowboy]

Originally Posted by Sawmill Jim

A lot of water a while back

That soil looks almost like my driveway only firmer

No to dry, and need water. It is plenty moist under the top. My soil is sandy and that is some crust that I have from the soil I mix in. We have had rain a few times. The cabbage as you see is fine and the squash is about 30" tall and still producing. Potatoes did fine, nice potatoes. Wate is not the problem, maybe water will not hurt but garden was plenty wet during the growing part early. The problem you see has been there all the while in the tomatoes and peppers since after a few days of planting and I planted more than two or three times. Five on the tomatoes. Still thinking spray.

[Sawmill Jim]

You may have a disease in the soil I had to move my tomatoes and peppers this year

[northergardener]

Looks like 2,4-D damage to me, especially the 2nd picture.

[geo in mi]

Check the label on whatever you used ealier to spray the weeds. I will guess it had Dicamba in the formula. Dicamba lingers longer than 2,4,D EXTOXNET PIP - DICAMBA

[braggscowboy]

Originally Posted by northergardener

Looks like 2,4-D damage to me, especially the 2nd picture.

That is what I used. I think that is the problem!

[Alice In TX/MO]

Also, just a general warning to folks. Do NOT use cotton bur or cotton seed compost. It has SO MUCH residual defoliant in it that I completely ruined my garden one year.

[7thswan]

Originally Posted by braggscowboy

That is what I used. I think that is the problem!

Ok, tell us folks that don't use chemicals ,what you are talking about here.Please.

[oneokie]

As was mentioned in the other thread, have a plant tissue sample tested.

From personal expierence: 2,4-D does have some residual properties.

[Alice In TX/MO]

2 4 D
2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The other link is listed above.

Defoliants:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defoliant

[7thswan]

Originally Posted by Alice In TX/MO

2 4 D
2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The other link is listed above.

Defoliants:
Defoliant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thank you.

[LisaInND]

Maybe not related, but one of our first challenges after purchasing a homestead this past spring was half of our newly planted garden becoming deformed and dying shortly after planting. After some sleuthing worthy of CSI my husband determined that the owner before us had fed his horses "ditch hay" and they were confined in the area where we decided to put our new garden, thinking that this manure-rice pasture would be an ideal spot. Apparently in this area the county sprays the ditches with Tordon (picloram) so the ditch hay he fed his horses passed through them and was deposited in the soil - thus the dead plants. From what we understand it will take a long time for the Tordon to break down. In the mean time hubby took soil samples from around the property and planted pea plants to see how widespread the contamination is. This does not bode well for the vineyard we hope to plant next year. One just never knows what one is going to get themselves into when one buys a property.