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EarthBox Chat => Questions and Answers => Topic started by: vikhawk on July 19, 2018, 08:23:23 am
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Three weeks ago, my tomato plants were fantastic. They were tall and had lots of tomatoes on the vines. However, I went out on one morning and I found one stem that was damaged. I thought it might have been damaged by wind or rain so I cut it off. I went out the next day and there were several more stems with the same damage. I cut these off also. I was away for two days and when I came back on Wednesday every the plant was dead. The stems were not cut all the way through. It looked like someone took a sharp knife and cut into the stem.
I have no idea what caused it. I have been growing tomatoes for years and I have never seen damage like that. Does anyone have any idea what caused it and, what I can do to prevent it in the future? I tried to attach a picture but it wouldn't go through.
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Was it just stem damage? No leaf or tomato damage? Did you notice any bugs 🐛 or chewing on the stems?
If the leaves were not effective it seems like animals... deer, gopher, rats. Etc ...
Just one plant ?
Sorry for all the questions... I’ve had animal damage and that’s what it seems like to me.
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Rats love to munch on tomato plants
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These are photos of the plant. Plan on trying again this year.
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Was it windy? Tomatoes that are not trellised will sometime twist in the wind and split longitudinally
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No. It wasn't windy and I had them tied to strong support stakes. But thanks for trying to answer my question.
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Looks exactly like what rats did to my tomato plants, until my neighbor got an outside cat 2 years ago. I tried everything, including traps. Got a few, but didn't make a dent. The cat worked!