Hello! My dad poisoned a lot of stuff in my garden w/ roundup (not what i would’ve done but it’s cool) and now the new growth on all 14 of my tomatoes is a light yellow. What should I do? Thank you! (Pictured above is a plant that’s struggling a bit more than the rest, most of my tomatoes only have light, but noticeable yellowing at new growth)
by wavwavok
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I’d imagine it will die. But in the case that they don’t, and at the risk of myself sounding naive or hypocritical to what goes into my store bought produce, I would not eat the fruit from that plant.
Overspray is a real concern when using herbicides. Wind makes the risk far higher. The plant is unlikely to be productive even if it survives. Hard lessons learned.
Trim. Pinch flowers. Fertilize.
Probably won’t die but yield will suck. Probably best to bite the bullet and replace it.
Trash em me opinion I’m not superman kryptonite even whipped his butt didn’t it
still early in season. my worry is more the soil
Replying to a question you posed in the comments. You still have time to buy starts I would assume. I suggest local nurseries. I can get plants for like two bucks or less so you may be able to replace them without breaking the bank.
I give myself at least 6 weeks if starting from seed. And it may work If you choose smaller sized tomatoes like cherry varieties and have a long growing season. If your racing a frost you won’t want to do beefsteaks (they take longer to mature and ripen than cherries). It depends on your first frost date so you ll have to work backwards if you have enough time. I personally would just do plant starts. I am starting seeds soon for some small patio varieties to succession plant later this season. I’m honestly not sure if I’m timing it correct but we ll find out!
I’m sorry this happened to you.
Idk the bottom still looks green and healthy and strong, I would give her a chance to make a recovery
If you replace it, do you have other healthy plants, you might be able to cut and root suckers. Also, mulch.
Stop watering it for a while. This is caused by nitrogen deficiency. The roots are drowning and cant get oxygen. Stop watering for atleast 1 week and let the soil around the roots dry up.
Thought the whole purpose of gardening at home was to get away from products like that.. I would be pissed at my dad.
I am not an expert but could you plant some seedlings from the store in pots or grow bags with fresh soil from a store? Then you would not have to worry about them getting roundup chemicals in them from the ground soil.
I’d dig it up… It’s absorbed a lot of poison and you don’t want to be eating that with visible poison on it. People get cancer from Roundup/glysophate and win massive lawsuits for a reason.
This is so unfortunate and I would be mad at dad, or at the very least communicate to him about the need to tell you if he plans to use herbicides. These plants and probably most of the earth around them are toast for the next 6-18 months, I’d pick up the best starts you can from a local grower and get some good sized grow bags with fresh soil. Anything that grows or fruits after this will contain glyphosates you will be consuming.
For the contaminated area I would suggest immediately filling over with a few inches of compost and mulch and keeping it relatively moist. The best way to remediate glyphosate, without digging out the top few inches of soil and refilling, is just the natural mycelium, water, and plants, so let as many plants grow there for now as you can and then throw all of those in the garbage when they die, do not compost them, as they may poison that as well.
I had glyphosate drift once on my tomatoes. Totally an accident by me. Leaves curled up and stunted the plants that year. Never fully killing the plant though. But they didn’t flower much. Looking back, if it ever happened again I would pull them