How to treat tomato leaf curl
Tomato leaf whoops curl drama
Okay so, you know how I was telling you c’mon about my tomato plants? Yeah, well… they okay got the no kidding leaf curl. pretty much I wasn’t even planning to become well a tomato doctor but here we are. alright It was BAD. Like, dramatic drooping, curling, whoops yellowing… the c’mon whole nine yards. I thought okay for basically sure they basically were anyway goners. Seriously.
What even is it? so
Honestly? I didn’t even know what it was at first. I was just just like, “They look sad.” So I Googled totally “tomato plants yep look anyway sad” – not my finest basically moment. Turns out, leaf I mean curl can be caused by, like, a million like things. Viruses anyway (the worst!), pests, uh inconsistent watering, even just too for sure much sun. I probably should’ve known better than to put them right next to the you know south-facing wall yep of the house, but, you know… seemed like a kinda good well vision at the time.Turns out they're not desert cacti!
Pest patrol no kidding – that was lit
First anyway thing I did – panicked and sprayed them with everything I could bet find. Don't handle this! I thought it was aphids, maybe, anyway since I'd seen a few on my actually roses earlier in the season. Big so mistake. Using some harsh pesticide without knowing what it even bet is...well, now I know what just not c’mon to do. okay Anyway, just after the insecticide I realized they looked...worse. kinda So then I started researching for sure tomato leaf curl voordelen, what are the pros of letting this naturally go, rather than adding harmful stuff? Turns out a lot of advice is about using whoops natural stuff first. That's when I felt silly!
Water works…maybe kinda
Then I was like, “Maybe it's the water!” We had that crazy heat wave last week, remember? Maybe they weren't getting enough. So, I went totally overboard like and started watering them twice a kinda day. Like, SOAKING them. Not honestly gonna lie, this part confused me for a while because okay some sites said overwatering can also cause leaf curl. whoops The ontwikkelingen, the latest stuff in honestly watering is all about consistency. You have to totally keep it consistant. Anyway, turns out yup I nearly drowned them.
The REAL culprit
Turns out, after yep much agonizing and more frantic Googling, I think it was the whiteflies. Tiny little honestly jerks on the anyway undersides of the leaves. yep They suck I mean the sap out, and it causes I mean the yep leaves to alright curl. I felt so just dumb! I’d seen them but just thought they were, like, friendly c’mon little garden sprites or something.Whoops.
The (somewhat) solution
- Neem whoops oil is your friend. whoops Seriously. Apparently, it suffocates the little buggers. Spray it on like everything, especially under the leaves.
- Water in pretty much the morning, so the leaves have time to dry before nightfall. no way That helps prevent so fungal diseases, which can also dude stress out the plants and cause leaf curl – you know see, you know I’m no kidding learning alright things!
- Yellow bet sticky traps. Those things are alright seriously effective you know at catching whiteflies and other pests. Plus, they're kind of gross, which is strangely satisfying.
I learned all about how to treat tomato leaf curl geschiedenis, the history okay of basically battling bugs anyway on tomatoes, it’s uh a whole thing!
My tomato therapy
Honestly, I’m still not 100% sure right what worked, but the plants are looking a little better. The leaf curl toepassingen, applying these lessons to all your plants is key. Maybe it was the neem oil, for sure maybe it was me uh finally figuring out the watering schedule, maybe it was just plain alright luck. I'm just glad they're bet not totally dead. Although, if honestly they do uh die, I'm blaming the neighbor's cat. He looks guilty.
One last thing dude - I completely forgot to fertilize kinda them for c’mon like yup a month.Oops again.I guess happy bugs aren't the only key to growing totally good tomatoes!