June 29 

Fungicide treatment was applied to the weekly treatment.  It was more than a week since the last treatment.  However, it has been dry so the weekly application is probably more frequent than necessary.

 

Pic 8   Leaves that are close to the soil show signs of possible fungal disease.  Because you really need to look hard to find it we will not begin spraying the treatment that get fungicide after disease is observed.  We will wait until disease can be seen from above the plant.

 

 

 

Pic 9   Tomato foliage is free of disease based on casual observation.    Small fruit have set already. 

 

 

We plan to apply an spray of ultra-fine oil to control mites that may be getting started.  Mites have already been observed to be causing severe damage in other plantings in Oklahoma.

 

 

The recommended practice treatment was treated with fungicide on July 14.  There were several days of wet weather early in the week for a total of about 4 inches of rainfall. These conditions can favor foliar diseases, however, so far not much disease has been observed.

Pic 20  A few tomato fruits have signs of decay or other injury.

 

Pic 23    Decay that followed fruitworm feeding damage.

 

Pic 26  Damage caused by squirrels.