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Is this tobacco mosaic virus

Craig.wrayCraig.wray Posts: 12
in Fruit & veg
deformed leaves mottled bright yellow have I realy failed 

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    It looks fine to me. Young leaves are usually paler. They should colour up in the sun
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Craig.wrayCraig.wray Posts: 12
    @B3 am I worrying to much it will break my soul if i have to bin the majority of my tomatoes 
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I'm not an expert, but one will come along soon😊
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    They look fine and I can see no leaf unusual distortion but they do need more light.  Give them that (eg by putting on a sunny windowsill) and they will produce more chlorophyll and turn a darker green.  This is always a problem when starting tomatoes early.  My tomatoes were only sown last week and seedlings are just emerging now.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • Craig.wrayCraig.wray Posts: 12
    @B3 The more I look at it the more upset I become over the past 4 days I think I have spent 5 hours a day aggressively researching the virus but without a testing kit all I can do is speculate I kno there's strains that are tmv resistant Such as sungold (cherry) but I wanted to try true seed vararities such as gardners delight without knowing they have no resistantes towards virus or diseases made a big mistake this year and with the corvid 19 virus around can't even get to a garden centre mayby this year wasint to be I should stop smoking or the very least don't smoke at home like a knife to my heart this 
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Looks ok to me Craig - as said above it just needs more light.
    You've cared for it so well it's growing quickly and it hasn't had time to soak up enough light to turn the leaves darker yet - they will darken.
    Keep them warm with lots of light and sow them a bit later next year.
    I start mine in early March - they're about 2" high atm

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • Craig.wrayCraig.wray Posts: 12
    @Pete.8 thanks for your input I posted a discussion yesterday they are pictures of my tommys under the description tomato plant problems and the majority of respondents was the weather was not appropriate to support the plants needs then I got realy upset this morning when I seen a deformed leaf with mottled on it with bright yellow markings and then a second deformed leaf brand new shoots with the same deformalaities 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Bless you @Craig.wray ...  we've all got enough to worry about without worrying about a tomato disease that is really not seen that often ... or are you trying a bit of displacement therapy  ;)

    Your plants are completely normal ... several of mine have yellowish coloured new growth and slightly twisted leaves every year ... I put it down to low light/low temperatures or just one of those things.  They all grow up just fine.  Enjoy your tomato growing and try not to worry about it  :)

    But yes, stop smoking ... I did ... no one thought I could but it's been 25 years without even one now ... 

    Your lungs and heart are something you should worry about ... and my father said he'd never have smoked if he'd known that being in a smoky house would give my mother macular degeneration and affect her sight quite badly.   :'(

    S0 ... take care of yourself, our gardening friend ... and we'll help you take care of your plants  :)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Hi Craig - just looked at  your post of yesterday.
    I'm amazed that you have any plants at all if they're in an unheated greenhouse, you're certainly cossetting them.
    Problems start to occur if the temperature drops below 13c for a period at any time during their life - obviously this happens now and then and they'll recover, but generally 13c min to 30c max is a good temperature for tomatoes.
    Also, if you're bringing them in at night and it's warmer at night than it is during the day, this will upset their hormones.
    Fortunately this time of year we get just about enough sunlight to keep the plants ok even if it's not strong light yet, so they'd be ok on a sunny windowsill during the day, and somewhere else at night.
    I've grown gardeners delight many times and they're a lovely and very old variety.
    If they need feeding, some seaweed extract will give them all the trace minerals they need and some nitrogen, but don't use general feed or tomato feed until the fruits start to appear.


    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
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