Should I Start Over

[ferice]

Over the past four weeks, I've sprayed my eggplants and tomatoes plants with neem oil hoping to get rid of some fungi and Whiteflies. For a second, I thought they were getting better; however, I noticed the upper leaves are infected. Should I removed the curent plants and put new one on the ground? See pics.

 

[Chuck]

View attachment 8666 View attachment 8667 View attachment 8668 View attachment 8669 View attachment 8665 Over the past four weeks, I've sprayed my eggplants and tomatoes plants with neem oil hoping to get rid of some fungi and Whiteflies. For a second, I thought they were getting better; however, I noticed the upper leaves are infected. Should I removed the curent plants and put new one on the ground? See pics.

No! Not on the eggplants. I would buy some tomato transplants though. In 10a you still have time for tomatoes before and if you get a frost. If you see evidence of insects on the upper leaves then spray with Neem or spinosad. Once you have an infestation of harmful insects you must stay proactive in dealing with them. Getting rid of them once isn't a permanent cure. That is why you must disrupt their reproductive cycle by a spray regime. I would pull up and burn your tomato plants as it looks like they are infected by blight




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[ferice]

I do have these tomatoes plants that I have not transferred.

 

[Chuck]

View attachment 8671 I do have these tomatoes plants that I have not transferred.View attachment 8670

Those are old leggy plants. If you want to use them cut them in half and either repot or stick them in the ground. My advice would be to purchase new healthy sturdy plants. What are you fertilizing with

 

[ferice]

I've been using the nature's care plant food. I also purchased some fish fertilizer recently.
I will cut these plants in half and also purchase some new plants.

I did pull the tomatoes plants. Should i add some salt, cornmeal and fertilizer to the soil before planting new plants.

 

[headfullofbees]

Too high in nitrogen.
Tomatoes need very little fertilisation when they are growing, but loads, high in potash when flowering and fruiting.
So, woodash/seaweed in your growing medium & one good pee in your watering can when you water them in.
Comfrey tea, if you can get it, once a week whilst fruiting, and compost tea every fortnight. The compost tea will not be harmed by the addition of comfrey, so can be made as one batch.
That has been enough for a huge crop for me..

 

[ferice]

@Chuck, I got these two babies today.

 

[ferice]

Here are some updated pictures of my plants. I think my tomato plant is now infected too. I planted it a week ago, and you can start to notice some small hole on the lower leaves. Also, the eggplants are looking worst than they were last week. It seems to be progressing faster than expected. It has been raining quite a bit here, so I wonder if it has something to do with my tomato being infected so fast.

 

[Chuck]

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View attachment 8804 View attachment 8805 View attachment 8806 View attachment 8807 View attachment 8808 Here are some updated pictures of my plants. I think my tomato plant is now infected too. I planted it a week ago, and you can start to notice some small hole on the lower leaves. Also, the eggplants are looking worst than they were last week. It seems to be progressing faster than expected. It has been raining quite a bit here, so I wonder if it has something to do with my tomato being infected so fast.

Probab!y so. too much rain is worse than not enough

 

[ferice]

Should I remove the damaged leaves and prune the plants?

 

[Corzhens]

I believe your plants don't lack water so maybe it is a pest that is doing that to your eggplants. I am sorry if I have no opinion on the problem but I can feel your regret in seeing your plant seem to be dying like that. One of our lemon trees died and we suspect it is a borer that creates pin holes in the stem then lays eggs. The holes were tiny to the naked eyes so we didn't see it until the plant had died.

 

[ferice]

I think it's too much water because it's been raining here so much, every other day we got a storm.

 

[ferice]

Here are some pictures of my new tomato and pepper plants.

 

[Chuck]

View attachment 8953 View attachment 8954 View attachment 8955 View attachment 8956 View attachment 8958 Here are some pictures of my new tomato and pepper plants.

So far they look good. I see that your tomato blooms are going to fall off but that is normal until it cools off a little and hopefully all that rain you are getting will stop. You need a lot a sunshine

 

[ferice]

We rained here for several days, so I have not watered the plants. This is how one of my eggplant plant look in the afternoon. They look a little better in the morning but the still droopy.