Plant Diseases

Some of the plants in my garden appeared to have some disease. In particular, my tomato plant was looking very sickly. It has had trouble staying up, even after numerous tie attempts and I believe this made it weak and susceptible to disease. While it was hanging down in the dirt, it was more susceptible to fungi and pathogens. Other students in the class seem to have struggling tomato plants as well, but my structural support issues have certainly not helped my particular plant. It seems that maybe the tomato seedlings we transplanted were diseased or the soil is particularly harmful to tomato plants. I made sure to prune the browning leaves, specifically the lower leaves were the most stressed.

I applied fungicide to my plants this week in class and it was an interesting experience. I thought that once plants had a disease of some kind it would be very difficult to control it. Once I watched the lecture I learned that it was as easy as applying a fungicide. I hope that my fungicide is helpful in protecting my plants. I will be able to see the results in the coming weeks. I fear that my tomato plant is beyond the help of any fungicide.

Unfortunately, I forgot to take a picture of my hydroponic system, 

this is a similar system I found online